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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

21.RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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We have continuing related-party transactions with MGP and its affiliates. The Board of Directors and its conflicts committee (“Conflicts Committee”) review our related-party transactions that involve a potential conflict of interest between our general partner or its affiliates and ARLP or its subsidiaries or any other partner of ARLP to determine that such transactions are fair and reasonable to ARLP. As a result of these reviews, the Board of Directors and the Conflicts Committee approved each of the transactions described below that had such potential conflict of interest as fair and reasonable to ARLP.

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Affiliate Coal Lease Agreements

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The following table summarizes advanced royalties outstanding and related payments and recoupments under our affiliate coal lease agreements:

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WKY CoalPlay

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​

​

​

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Towhead

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Henderson

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WKY

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​

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Craft Foundations

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Coal

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Coal

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CoalPlay

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Henderson

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Henderson

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Tunnel

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& Union

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Henderson

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& Union

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Ridge

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Counties, KY

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County, KY

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Counties, KY

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Total

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Acquired

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Acquired

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Acquired

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Acquired

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2005

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2014

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2014

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2015

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(in thousands)

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As of January 1, 2022

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$

1,500

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$

21,750

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$

17,650

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$

14,713

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$

55,613

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Payments

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3,000

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3,597

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2,522

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2,131

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11,250

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Recoupment

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(3,000)

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(3,255)

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—

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—

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(6,255)

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Unrecoupable

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—

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—

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—

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—

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—

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As of December 31, 2022

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1,500

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22,092

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20,172

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16,844

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60,608

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Payments

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3,000

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3,597

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2,521

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2,131

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11,249

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Recoupment

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(3,000)

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(4,258)

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—

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—

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(7,258)

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Unrecoupable

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—

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—

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—

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—

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—

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As of December 31, 2023

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1,500

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21,431

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22,693

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18,975

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64,599

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Payments

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3,000

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3,597

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2,521

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2,131

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11,249

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Recoupment

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(3,000)

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(5,380)

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(258)

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(21)

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(8,659)

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Unrecoupable

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—

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—

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—

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—

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—

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As of December 31, 2024

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$

1,500

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$

19,648

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$

24,956

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$

21,085

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$

67,189

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Craft Foundations

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In January 2005, we acquired Tunnel Ridge from ARH. In connection with this acquisition, we assumed a coal lease with Alliance Resource GP, LLC, an entity indirectly wholly owned by Mr. Craft and Kathleen S. Craft until it was dissolved in December 2020. In December 2018, the property subject to the lease was transferred to the Joseph W. Craft III Foundation and the Kathleen S. Craft Foundation, which each hold an undivided one-half interest (the “Craft Foundations”). Under the terms of the lease, Tunnel Ridge is required to pay an annual minimum royalty of $3.0 million. The lease expires the earlier of January 1, 2033 or upon the exhaustion of the mineable and merchantable leased coal. Tunnel Ridge incurred $9.4 million, $12.1 million and $12.3 million in earned royalties in 2024, 2023 and 2022 respectively.

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Tunnel Ridge has a surface land lease with an annual payment of $0.2 million, payable in January of each year with the Craft Foundations.

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WKY CoalPlay

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In February 2015, WKY CoalPlay, LLC (“WKY CoalPlay”), an entity owned by the Craft Foundations and two limited liability companies owned by irrevocable trusts established by Mr. Craft and his children, entered into a coal lease agreement with Alliance Resource Properties regarding coal mineral resources located in Henderson and Union Counties, Kentucky. The lease has an initial term of 20 years and provides for earned royalty payments to WKY CoalPlay of 4.0% of the coal sales price and annual minimum royalty payments of $2.1 million. All annual minimum royalty payments are recoupable from future earned royalties.

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In December 2014, WKY CoalPlay’s subsidiaries, Towhead Coal Reserves, LLC and Henderson Coal Reserves, LLC entered into coal lease agreements with Alliance Resource Properties. The leases have initial terms of 20 years and provide for earned royalty payments of 4.0% of the coal sales price and annual minimum royalty payments of $3.6 million and $2.5 million, respectively. All annual minimum royalty payments under each agreement are recoupable from future earned royalties payable under that agreement.