Business and Basis of Presentation Description of the Business
Warrior Met Coal, Inc. is a U.S.-based, environmentally and socially minded supplier to the global steel industry. The Company is dedicated entirely to mining non-thermal metallurgical (met) coal used as a critical component of steel production by metal manufacturers in Europe, South America and Asia. The Company is a large-scale, low-cost producer and exporter of premium met coal, also known as hard-coking coal ("HCC"), operating highly efficient longwall operations in its underground mines based in Alabama. The HCC that the Company produces from the Blue Creek coal seam contains very low sulfur, has strong coking properties and is of a similar quality to coal referred to as the premium HCC produced in Australia. The Company also generates ancillary revenues from the sale of natural gas extracted as a byproduct from the underground coal mines and royalty revenues from leased properties.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Warrior Met Coal, Inc and its subsidiaries (the "Company"). All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Company's Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The global steelmaking industry's demand for met coal is affected by pandemics, epidemics or other public health emergencies, such as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19"), which was first reported in late 2019. In March 2020, the World Health Organization ("WHO") declared COVID-19 a pandemic, and the President of the United States declared the COVID-19 outbreak a national emergency. In the two years since then, the pandemic has dramatically impacted the global health and economic environment, including millions of confirmed cases and deaths, business slowdowns or shutdowns, labor shortfalls, supply chain challenges, regulatory challenges, and market volatility. In addition, governments and central banks in several parts of the world have enacted fiscal and monetary stimulus measures to counteract the impacts of COVID-19.
Over the course of 2021, COVID-19 case rates and the health and economic impacts of the pandemic fluctuated dramatically in different communities in the U.S. and globally, particularly with the spread of new variants. But the Company continued to see a prolonged impact on the economy, its industry, and the Company itself, with increased challenges for customers and suppliers, labor shortages, supply chain challenges, and increasing inflation, among other impacts. The Company expected these and other impacts to continue and they could worsen, depending on the future course of the pandemic and actions taken in connection with it.
The Company continues to closely monitor and address the pandemic and related developments, including the impact on the Company, its employees, its customers, its suppliers and its communities. The Company has considered and continues to consider and be guided by health data and evolving guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in particular, as well as other health organizations globally, federal, state and local governmental authorities, and its customers, among others. The Company has taken, and continues to take, robust actions to help protect the health, safety and well-being of its employees, to support continued performance, to support its suppliers and local communities, and to continue to serve its customers. The Company's goals have been, and continue to be to lessen the potential adverse impacts, both health and economic, and to continue to position the Company for long-term success. As of the filing of this Form 10-K, the Company has not had to idle or temporarily idle its mines due to COVID-19.
Notwithstanding the Company's continued operations, COVID-19 has had and may continue to have further negative impacts on the Company's two ope
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