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| Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation | Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation The accompanying Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of NACCO Industries, Inc.® (NACCO) and its wholly owned subsidiary, NACCO Natural Resources Corporation® (NACCO Natural Resources and with NACCO collectively, the Company, we, our or us). NACCO Natural Resources brings natural resources to life by delivering aggregates, minerals, reliable fuels and environmental solutions through our robust portfolio of businesses. We operate under three reportable business segments: Utility Coal Mining, Contract Mining and Minerals and Royalties. The Utility Coal Mining segment, operated by North American Coal®, manages surface coal mines that are exclusive, long-term fuel providers for power generation companies. The Contract Mining segment, operated by North American Mining®, is a leading provider of a broad range of specialized, long-term contract mining services. The Minerals and Royalties segment, which includes the Catapult Mineral Partners® (Catapult) business, acquires and promotes the development of mineral and royalty interests and other related investments. In addition to the reportable segments discussed above, we also operate other businesses that are not currently reported as separate segments. These businesses complement out existing operations and support our long-term growth strategic objectives. Mitigation Resources of North America® (Mitigation Resources) provides natural resource restoration and reclamation services that include stream and wetland mitigation solutions. ReGen Resources is pursuing opportunities to develop new power generation resources. We also have items not directly attributable to an operating segment. These items primarily include administrative costs related to public company reporting requirements, including management and board compensation, the financial results of developing businesses and Bellaire Corporation (Bellaire). Bellaire manages long-term liabilities related to former Eastern U.S. underground mining activities. See Note 8 for further discussion of segment reporting. Our reportable segments are further described below: Utility Coal Mining Segment The Utility Coal Mining segment operates surface coal mines under exclusive, long-term contracts to supply 100% of the fuel requirements for adjacent power plants and a synfuels plant. Each mine is fully integrated with the operation of these facilities. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Utility Coal Mining segment's operating coal mines were: The Coteau Properties Company (Coteau), Coyote Creek Mining Company, LLC (Coyote Creek), The Falkirk Mining Company (Falkirk) and Mississippi Lignite Mining Company (MLMC). Coteau, Falkirk and Coyote Creek are in North Dakota and MLMC is in Mississippi. Each of these mines produce lignite coal. While MLMC’s coal supply contract contains a take or pay provision, all other coal supply contracts are requirements contracts. Certain coal supply contracts can be terminated early, which would result in a reduction to future earnings. The MLMC contract is the only coal supply contract in which we are responsible for all operating costs, capital requirements and final mine reclamation; therefore, MLMC is consolidated within our financial statements. MLMC sells coal to its customer at a contractually agreed-upon price which adjusts monthly, primarily based on changes in the level of established indices which reflect general U.S. inflation rates and includes adjustments for coal quality and certain reimbursable costs. Profitability at MLMC is affected by customer demand for coal, changes in the contractually determined sales price and actual costs incurred. MLMC's customer operates the Red Hills Power Plant, which supplies electricity to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) under a long-term power purchase agreement. MLMC’s contract with its customer runs through April 1, 2032. Current mine area reserves are sufficient to meet contractual requirements through the 2032 contract term. TVA’s power portfolio includes coal, nuclear, hydroelectric, natural gas and renewables. The decision regarding which power plants to dispatch is determined by TVA. As a significant portion of MLMC’s costs are fixed, reduction in dispatch and/or reduced mechanical availability of the Red Hills Power Plant can materially reduce operating results at MLMC. Conversely, periods of higher dispatch can improve results. The Sabine Mining Company (Sabine) operates the Sabine Mine in Texas. All production from Sabine was delivered to Southwestern Electric Power Company's (SWEPCo) Henry W. Pirkey Plant until its retirement in 2023. Sabine’s post-production operations primarily consist of reclamation and other land-related activities. Under the provisions of the lignite mining agreement, SWEPCo is required to pay an amount equal to Sabine’s operating costs plus a management fee and SWEPCo holds an option agreement to purchase Sabine, which SWEPCo exercised in 2023. As a result, SWEPCo will take direct control over reclamation activities in October 2026. At Coteau, Coyote Creek and Falkirk, we are paid a management fee per ton of coal or heating unit (MMBtu) delivered. Each contract specifies the indices and mechanics by which fees change over time, generally in line with broad measures of U.S. inflation. Our customers are responsible for funding all mine operating costs, including final mine reclamation, and directly or indirectly providing all of the capital required to build and operate the mine. This contract structure eliminates exposure to spot coal market price fluctuations while providing predictable income and cash flow with minimal capital investment. Other than at Coyote Creek, debt financing provided by or supported by the customers is without recourse to us. See Note 6 for further discussion of Coyote Creek's guarantees. Coteau, Coyote Creek, Falkirk and Sabine each meet the definition of a variable interest entity (VIE). In each case, NACCO is not the primary beneficiary of the VIE as we do not exercise financial control; therefore, we do not consolidate the results of these operations within our financial statements. Instead, these contracts are accounted for as equity method investments. We regularly evaluate if there are reconsideration events which could change our conclusion as to whether these entities meet the definition of a VIE and the determination of the primary beneficiary. The income before income taxes associated with these VIEs is reported as Earnings of unconsolidated operations on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and our investment is reported on the line Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The mines that meet the definition of a VIE are referred to collectively as the Unconsolidated Subsidiaries. For tax purposes, the Unconsolidated Subsidiaries are included within our consolidated U.S. tax return; therefore, the Income tax provision line on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations includes income taxes related to these entities. See Note 6 for further information on the Unconsolidated Subsidiaries. We perform contemporaneous reclamation activities at each mine in the normal course of operations. Under all of the Unconsolidated Subsidiaries’ contracts, the customer has the obligation to fund final mine reclamation activities. Under certain contracts, the Unconsolidated Subsidiary holds the mine permit and is therefore responsible for final mine reclamation activities. To the extent the Unconsolidated Subsidiary performs such final reclamation, it is compensated for providing those services in addition to receiving reimbursement from customers for costs incurred. Contract Mining Segment The Contract Mining segment provides value-added contract mining and other services for producers of industrial minerals and products. The segment is a platform for our growth and diversification of mining activities outside of the thermal coal industry. Contract Mining provides contract mining services for independently owned mines and quarries, creating value for our customers by performing the mining aspects of our customers’ operations. This allows customers to focus on their areas of expertise: materials handling and processing, product sales and distribution. As of March 31, 2026, the Contract Mining segment operates at quarries in Florida, Arkansas and Nebraska and is expected to begin operations at a quarry in Arizona during the second half of 2026. During the first quarter of 2026, the Contract Mining segment began providing dragline services as part of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers construction project in Palm Beach County, Florida. In addition, Contract Mining's subsidiary, Sawtooth, is the exclusive provider of comprehensive mining services for the Thacker Pass lithium project in Humboldt County, Nevada. Thacker Pass is owned by a joint venture between Lithium Americas Corp. and General Motors Holdings LLC. The U.S. Department of Energy holds warrants to purchase five percent non-voting, non-transferable equity in this joint venture. Thacker Pass is targeting initial lithium production in late 2027. The contract requires reimbursement for costs of mining, capital expenditures and mine closure. Sawtooth will recognize a contractually agreed upon production fee once the mine is operating. In addition to providing comprehensive mining services, Sawtooth is currently assisting with certain construction services and will transport clay tailings once lithium production commences. Minerals and Royalties Segment The Minerals and Royalties segment derives income primarily by leasing our royalty and mineral interests to third-party exploration and production companies, and, to a lesser extent, other mining companies, granting them the rights to explore, develop, mine, produce, market and sell gas, oil, and coal in exchange for royalty payments based on the lessees' sales of those minerals. The Minerals and Royalties segment owns royalty interests, mineral interests, non-participating royalty interests and overriding royalty interests (collectively mineral and royalty interests). •Royalty Interest. Royalty interests generally result when the owner of a mineral interest leases the underlying minerals to an exploration and production company pursuant to an oil and gas lease. Typically, the resulting royalty interest is a cost-free percentage of production revenues for minerals extracted from the acreage. A holder of royalty interests is generally not responsible for capital expenditures or lease operating expenses, but royalty interests may be calculated net of post-production expenses. Royalty interests leased to producers expire upon the expiration of the oil and gas lease and revert to the mineral owner. •Mineral Interest. Mineral interests are perpetual rights of the owner to explore, develop, exploit, mine and/or produce any or all of the minerals lying below the surface of the property. The holder of a mineral interest has the right to lease the minerals to an exploration and production company. Upon the execution of an oil and gas lease, the lessee (the exploration and production company) becomes the working interest owner and the lessor (the mineral interest owner) has a royalty interest. •Non-Participating Royalty Interest (NPRIs). NPRI is an interest in oil and gas production which is created from the mineral estate. The NPRI is expense-free, bearing no operational costs of production. The term non-participating indicates that the interest owner does not share in the bonus, rentals from a lease, nor the right to participate in the execution of oil and gas leases. The NPRI owner does, however, typically receive royalty payments. •Overriding Royalty Interest (ORRIs). ORRIs are created by carving out the right to receive royalties from a working interest. Like royalty interests, ORRIs do not confer an obligation to make capital expenditures or pay for lease operating expenses and have limited environmental liability; however, ORRIs may be calculated net of post-production expenses, depending on how the ORRI is structured. ORRIs that are carved out of working interests are linked to the same underlying oil and gas lease that created the working interest, and therefore, such ORRIs are typically subject to expiration upon the expiration or termination of the oil and gas lease. We may own more than one type of mineral and royalty interest in the same tract of land. For example, where we own an ORRI in a lease on the same tract of land in which we own a mineral interest, the ORRI in that tract will relate to the same gross acres as the mineral interest in that tract. We also maintain equity investments in Eiger Resources, a private company that holds operated and non-operated working interests in oil and natural gas assets in the Kansas and the Oklahoma portion of the Hugoton basin. See Note 7 for further information on Eiger Resources. Other Items: Effective January 1, 2026, the Company’s Contract Mining segment changed its depreciation method for certain assets (primarily draglines and other large mining equipment) from the straight-line method to the units-of-production method. The units-of-production method is based on the total tons expected to be mined by these assets over their estimated useful lives. Management believes the new method is preferable as it more closely matches the pattern in which the assets’ future economic benefits are expected to be consumed. The Company determined that the change in depreciation method is considered a change in accounting estimate affected by a change in accounting principle. Accordingly, this change was applied prospectively. The effect of the change to the units of production method resulted in a reduction of $0.9 million in depreciation expense and an estimated $0.9 million increase in net income, or approximately $0.12 per basic and diluted share for the three months ended March 31, 2026. The Contract Mining segment’s total cost basis of machinery subject to units of production method was $94.2 million as of March 31, 2026. Straight-line depreciation continues to be applied to other classes of assets where usage is time-based rather than activity-based. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we had $12.2 million and $12.8 million, respectively, classified as Assets held for sale on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of March 31, 2026, Assets held for sale consists of two draglines not in use in the Contract Mining segment and an office building in North Dakota in Unallocated Items. Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted: In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40) (ASU 2024-03), which requires entities to disclose disaggregated information about certain income statement expense line items in the notes to their financial statements on an annual and interim basis. ASU 2024-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this ASU on our Financial Statements and related disclosures. Basis of Presentation: These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position at March 31, 2026, the results of our operations, comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 have been included. These Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. The balance sheet at December 31, 2025 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information or notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements.
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