Coronado Global Resources Inc.
Form 10-Q June 30, 2023
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We
make
many
of
our
forward-looking
statements
based
on
our
operating
budgets
and
forecasts,
which
are
based upon
detailed assumptions.
While we
believe that
our assumptions
are reasonable,
we caution
that it
is
very difficult to
predict the impact
of known factors,
and it is
impossible for us
to anticipate all
factors that could
affect our actual results.
See Part I, Item
1A. “Risk Factors”
of our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for
the year ended December
31, 2022,
filed with the
SEC and
ASX on February
21, 2023,
and Part
II, Item 1A.
“Risk Factors”
of our Quarterly
Report
on Form 10-Q for
the quarterly period ended March
31, 2023, filed with
SEC and ASX on
May 8, 2023, for
a more
complete
discussion
of
the
risks
and
uncertainties
mentioned
above
and
for
discussion
of
other
risks
and
uncertainties we face that could
cause actual results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by
these
forward-looking statements.
All
forward-looking
statements
attributable
to
us
are
expressly
qualified
in
their
entirety
by
these
cautionary
statements, as well as others
made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
and hereafter in our other filings
with
the
SEC
and
public
communications.
You
should
evaluate
all
forward-looking
statements
made
by
us
in
the
context of these risks and uncertainties.
We caution you that the risks and uncertainties identified by us may not be all of the factors that are important to
you.
You
should
not
interpret
the
disclosure
of
any
risk
to
imply
that
the
risk
has
not
already
materialized.
Furthermore, the
forward-looking statements
included in this
Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q
are made only
as
of the date
hereof. We
undertake no
obligation to
publicly update
or revise
any forward-looking
statement as
a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except
as required by applicable law.
Overview
We
are
a
global
producer,
marketer
and
exporter
of
a
full
range
of
Met
coal
products.
We
own
a
portfolio
of
operating mines and development
projects in Queensland, Australia,
and in the states of
Virginia,
West Virginia
and Pennsylvania in the United States.
Our Australian
Operations
comprise the
100%-owned
Curragh producing
mine complex.
Our U.S.
Operations
comprise
two
100%-owned
producing
mine
complexes
(Buchanan
and
Logan),
one
100%-owned
idled
mine
complex (Greenbrier) and two development properties (Mon Valley
and Russell County). In addition to Met coal,
our Australian
Operations sell
thermal coal
domestically,
which is
used to
generate electricity,
to Stanwell
and
some thermal
coal in
the export
market. Our
U.S. Operations
primarily focus
on the
production of
Met coal
for
the North American domestic and seaborne export
markets and also produce and sell some
thermal coal that is
extracted in the process of mining Met coal.
Coronado performed strongly in the
second quarter of 2023 delivering on
a number of milestones that we
believe
have
placed
the
Company
well
for
the
remainder
of
2023.
The
business
delivered
quarter-on-quarter
higher
production,
overburden
and
sales
volumes,
and
continued
to
maintain
a
strong
balance
sheet
with
healthy
Coking coal index prices continued to
decline over the second quarter
of 2023. The downward price adjustment
was driven mostly by
weak end user demand
resulting in delayed
restocking of coal inventories,
combined with
higher supply from Australia
due to drier
operating conditions in the
second quarter of 2023.
The global economic
environment and weak steel demand
continues to put pressure
on steel margins with steelmakers
continuing to
lower steel prices and delay raw material procurement. The Australian
Premium Low Volatile Hard Coking
Coal,
or AUS PLV HCC, index price averaged $242.8 per Mt for the three months
ended June 30, 2023, $101.1 per Mt
lower, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023. The
AUS PLV HCC averaged $293.8 per Mt for the
six months ended June 30, 2023, $173.0 per Mt lower,
compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022.
Our results for the six months ended June 30, 2023, were adversely impacted by (1) lower average realized Met
price per Mt sold compared to the
six months ended June 30, 2022, (2) significant wet
weather events during the
first quarter
of 2023
at our
Australian Operations
impacting production,
(3) continued
inflationary
pressure,
(4)
additional fleets deployed to recover pre-strip overburden removal, (5)
a train derailment in January 2023 on the
Blackwater line which impacted our sales volume.
For
the
six
months
ended
June
30,
2023,
we
produced
8.2
MMt
and
sold
7.6
MMt
of
coal.
Met
coal
sales
represented 75.3%
of our
total volume
of coal
sold and
90.0% of
total coal
revenues for
the six
months ended
June 30, 2023, compared to 77.8% and 96.3%, respectively,
for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
Coal revenues of $1,455.8 million for
the six months ended June
30, 2023, decreased by 25.6% compared
to the
same period in
2022, driven by
average realized
Met price per
Mt sold,
which was $65.7
per Mt lower
than the
$292.8 average realized
price per Mt sold
for the six months
ended June 30,
2022. Sales volumes
were 0.7 Mt
lower for the
six months ended
June 30, 2023,
compared to the
same period in
2022, largely due
to significant
wet
weather
events
and
equipment
breakdowns,
impacting
production
performance
and
coal
availability,
and