艾伯塔马矿山,阿拉巴马州 - 2024年10月30日 - Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (NYSE: HCC) (“Warrior” or the “Company”) today announced results for the third quarter of 2024. Warrior is the leading dedicated U.S.-based producer and exporter of high-quality steelmaking coal for the global steel industry.
Warrior reported net income for the third quarter of 2024 of $4180万, or $0.80 per diluted share, a decrease from net income of $8540万, or $1.64 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2023. Adjusted net income per share for the third quarter of 2024 was $0.80 per diluted share compared to adjusted net income per share of $1.85 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2023. The Company reported Adjusted EBITDA of $7850万 in the third quarter of 2024 compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $14580万 in the third quarter of 2023.
第三季度要点
•Commenced continuous miner development of the first longwall panel at the world-class Blue Creek growth project, producing the first development tons of 3.9万 short tons;
•Completed the installation of the service cage, slope belt, slope car and raw coal belt at Blue Creek, and made significant progress on the preparation plant, the overland clean coal belt and the rail and barge loadouts. Further development progress remains on track, with the preparation plant expected to be completed in the middle of 2025 and the longwall startup expected in the second quarter of 2026;
•Invested $9380万 in the continued development of Blue Creek, which brings the year-to-date project spend to $24640万 and the total project spend to $61240万; and
•Recorded $6220万 of cash provided by operating activities despite weaker demand in the global markets and a 12.5% decrease in Platts Premium Low Vol FOb Australian index price from the previous quarter.
“During the third quarter, high-quality steelmaking coal prices reached a three-year low primarily driven by a confluence of weaker demand, excess Chinese steel exports into our customers' markets, and ample supply of steelmaking coals” commented Walt Scheller, CEO of Warrior. “We believe that current prices are below the global cost curve and are not sustainable. While we wait for market conditions to improve, we are carefully managing spot opportunities and are strategically exercising patience with certain
2024年第三季度总收入为3.277亿美元,而2023年第三季度总收入为4.235亿美元。公司炼钢煤的平均净销售价格下降了6.9%,从184.71美元 per short ton in the third quarter of 2023 to $171.92 per short ton in the third quarter of 2024. Our average gross selling price realization was approximately 93% of the Platts Premium Low Vol FOb Australian index price for the third quarter of 2024.
Cost of sales for the third quarter of 2024 were $23160万 compared to $26040万 for the third quarter of 2023. Cash cost of sales (free-on-board port) for the third quarter of 2024 were $22970万, or 71.8% of mining revenues, compared to $25880万, or 62.1% of mining revenues in the same period of 2023. Cash cost of sales (free-on-board port) per short ton increased to $123.45 in the third quarter of 2024 from $114.66 in the third quarter of 2023, driven primarily by lower sales volumes of 17.5% offset partially by an increase in production costs driven by increased headcount and supply costs.
Selling, general and administrative expenses for the third quarter of 2024 were $1140万, or 3.5% of total revenues and were slightly higher than the same period last year of 2.6% due to higher employee-related costs.
Depreciation and depletion expenses for the third quarter of 2024 were $3660万, or 11.2% of total revenues and were slightly higher than the same period last year of 8.0% of total revenues primarily due to depreciation expense recognized on additional assets placed into service. Warrior achieved net interest income of $730万 during the third quarter of 2024, which is consistent with the prior year. Interest
income earned on our cash investments continues to exceed interest expense on our outstanding notes and equipment leases.
Income tax expense was $460万 in the third quarter of 2024 on pre-tax income of $4640万 primarily driven by an income tax benefit for foreign-derived intangible income and depletion expense. This compares to an income tax expense of $1680万 on income of $10220万 in the third quarter of 2023.
公司将于2024年第三季度今天10月30日下午4:30(东部时间)举行电话会议,讨论其业绩。欲收听直播或访问存档录音,请访问 http://investors.warriormetcoal.com分析师和投资者如欲参加电话会议,请在开始时间前10分钟拨打1-844-340-9047(国内)或1-412-858-5206(国际),并提及Warrior Met Coal电话会议。电话回放将从2024年10月30日下午6:30(东部时间)至2024年11月6日下午6:30(东部时间)提供。重播可通过拨打1-877-344-7529(国内)或1-412-317-0088(国际)并输入访问码6016502获得。
关于战士
Warrior是一家总部位于美国,致力于全球钢铁行业的环保和社会责任供应商。Warrior完全专注于开采非热力冶金金属 用作欧洲、南美和亚洲的金属制造商生产钢材时的重要元件。Warrior是大规模、低成本的高品质焦煤生产和出口商,也被称为硬焦煤(HCC) ,在阿拉巴马州的地下矿山中运营高效的巷道放顶开采。Warrior从Blue Creek 煤层开采的HCC含硫量极低,并具有较强的煅烧性能。Warrior HCC的优质特性使其非常适合作为钢铁制造商的基础煤。更多信息,请访问 www.warriormetcoal.com.
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