Company: NC
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: ARS
Source: 0000789933-25-000013
Chunk: 54

Company: NACCO INDUSTRIES INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: ARS
Chunk 54
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 a material adverse effect on our results of operations. Because of the contractual price formulas for the management fees at these Unconsolidated Subsidiaries, the profitability of these operations is also subject to fluctuations in inflationary adjustments (or lack thereof) that can impact the agreed upon management fees. These factors could materially reduce our profitability. Changes in coal consumption patterns of U.S. electric power generators could adversely affect our profitability. The amount of coal consumed by the electric power generation industry is affected by general economic conditions; overall demand for electricity; availability of transmission; competition from alternative fuel sources for power generation, such as natural gas, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind and solar power, and the location, availability, quality and price of those alternative fuel sources; environmental and other governmental regulations, including those impacting coal-fired power plants; and energy conservation efforts and related governmental policies. Changes in the utility industry that affect NACCO's customers could also adversely affect us. The increased availability of renewable energy sources has contributed to a reduction in demand for coal-fired electric power generation. Competition from natural gas-fired plants that are relatively more efficient, less expensive to construct and less difficult to permit than coal-fired plants have the most potential to continue to displace a significant amount of coal-fired electric power generation. Federal and state mandates for increased use of electricity derived from renewable energy sources have also adversely affected demand for coal-fired electric power generation. Such mandates make alternative fuel sources more competitive with coal-fired electric power generation. Any of these risks could result in a decrease in coal consumption by our customers and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We are subject to burdensome federal and state mining regulations and the assumptions underlying our reclamation and mine closure obligations could be materially inaccurate. Federal and state statutes require us to restore mine property in accordance with specified standards and an approved reclamation plan, and require that we obtain and periodically renew permits for mining operations. Regulations require us to incur the cost of reclaiming current mine disturbance at operations where we hold the mining permit. Estimates of our total reclamation and mine closing liabilities are based upon permit requirements and our engineering expertise related to these requirements. While management regularly reviews the estimated reclamation liabilities and believes that appropriate accruals have been recorded for all expected reclamation and other costs associated with closed mines, the estimate can change significantly if actual costs vary from assumptions or if governmental regulations change significantly. Such changes could have a material adverse effect on our business and could significantly reduce our profitability. 20

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