Company: NC
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000789933-25-000006
Chunk: 75

Company: NACCO INDUSTRIES INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-05
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 75
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 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. 

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The Coal Mining segment's customers' operations require significant capital expenditures.

Maintaining and installing environmental controls on power plants requires significant capital expenditures. Any delay or reduction in making capital expenditures to maintain or upgrade coal-fired power plants by the Coal Mining segment's customers, principally electric utilities, could result in an increase in outage days and a corresponding decrease in coal consumption. A decrease in coal consumption could have a material adverse effect on the Coal Mining segment's financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. 

We face numerous uncertainties in estimating economically recoverable reserves and resources, and inaccuracies in estimates could result in lower than expected revenues, higher than expected costs and decreased profitability.

Information concerning our mining operations in Item 2 - Properties on page 29 has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K. A mineral is economically recover