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Asset Impairment and Restructuring
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Asset Impairment and Restructuring Asset Impairment and Restructuring
Strategic Actions

During the second quarter of 2020, as a result of the weakening coal market conditions due in part to the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Company announced that it would take certain strategic actions with respect to two of its thermal coal mining complexes in an effort to strengthen its financial performance and improve forecasted liquidity. The Company announced that an underground mine and preparation plant located in West Virginia would be idled during the third quarter of 2020. In addition, the Company decided not to move forward with the construction of a new refuse impoundment at its Cumberland mine in Pennsylvania and would therefore no longer spend the significant capital required in connection with the project. As a result, the Cumberland mine is expected to cease production at the end of 2022, and in the meantime, the Company plans to actively market the Cumberland property for sale.

Long-lived Asset Impairment

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, due to declines in metallurgical and thermal coal pricing which reduced forecasted margins at certain locations to amounts below those required for full recoverability, the Company determined that indicators of impairment were present for four long-lived asset groups within its CAPP - Met reporting segment and three long-
lived asset groups within its CAPP - Thermal reporting segment and performed impairment testing as of February 29, 2020. At February 29, 2020, the Company determined that the carrying amounts of the asset groups exceeded both their undiscounted cash flows and their estimated fair values. The Company estimated the fair value of these asset groups generally using a discounted cash flow analysis utilizing market-participant assumptions. As a result, after allocating the potential impairment to individual assets, the Company recorded a long-lived asset impairment of $33,709, of which $32,951 was recorded within CAPP - Met and $758 was recorded within CAPP - Thermal. The long-lived asset impairment reduced the carrying values of mineral rights by $21,825, property, plant, and equipment, net, by $6,066, and acquired mine permits, net, by $5,818.

In connection with the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the Company determined that the strategic actions taken by the Company during the three months ended June 30, 2020, discussed above, shortened the lives of two mining complexes, and that continued weakening in metallurgical and thermal coal pricing had resulted in forecasted margins at certain locations falling below amounts necessary for full recoverability. As a result of these determinations, the Company assessed that indicators of impairment were present for three long-lived asset groups within its CAPP - Met reporting segment and four long-lived asset groups within its CAPP - Thermal reporting segment. The Company therefore performed impairment testing on these assets and determined that, as of May 31, 2020, the carrying amounts of the asset groups exceeded both their undiscounted cash flows and their estimated fair values. The Company estimated the fair value of these asset groups generally using a discounted cash flow analysis utilizing market-participant assumptions. As a result, after allocating the potential impairment to individual assets, the Company recorded a long-lived asset impairment of $161,738, of which $144,348 was recorded within NAPP, $17,385 was recorded within CAPP - Thermal, and $5 recorded in All Other. No long-lived asset impairment was recorded within the CAPP - Met reporting segment as each of the three long-lived asset groups had previously been impaired. The long-lived asset impairment reduced the carrying values of mineral rights by $18,605, property, plant, and equipment, net, by $134,480, and acquired mine permits, net, by $8,653.

During three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded $5,826 of asset impairment primarily related to the write-off of prepaid purchased coal from Blackjewel as a result of Blackjewel’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on July 1, 2019.

Restructuring

As a result of the strategic actions discussed above, the Company recorded restructuring expense during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 as follows:

Affected line item in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
Severance and employee-related benefits (1)
$20,553  
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities and Other non-current liabilities
Other costs (2)
1,882  
Inventories, net and Other non-current assets
Total restructuring expense (3)
$22,435  

(1) Severance and employee-related benefits were considered probable and estimable based on provisions of contractual agreements and existing employee benefit plans.
(2) Includes accelerated amortization of deferred longwall move expenses of $668, allowance for advanced mining royalties of $407, and allowance for obsolete materials and supplies inventory of $807.
(3) Total restructuring expense of $2,310, $18,132, and $1,993 were recorded within the reportable segments CAPP - Thermal, NAPP and All Other, respectively.

There were no restructuring expenses recorded during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.