Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
1. General
Description of Business
SunCoke Energy, Inc. (“SunCoke Energy,” “SunCoke,” “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us”) is the largest independent producer of high-quality coke in the Americas, as measured by tons of coke produced each year, and has more than 60 years of coke production experience. Coke is produced by heating metallurgical coal in a refractory oven, which releases certain volatile components from the coal, thus transforming the coal into coke. Our coke is primarily used as a principal raw material in the blast furnace steelmaking process as well as in the foundry production of casted iron, and the majority of our sales are derived from blast furnace coke sales made under long-term, take-or-pay agreements. We also export coke to international customers seeking high-quality product for their blast furnaces. We have designed, developed and built, and we currently own and operate, five cokemaking facilities in the United States (“U.S.”) with collective nameplate capacity to produce approximately 4.2 million tons of blast furnace coke per year. Additionally, we designed and currently operate one cokemaking facility in Brazil under licensing and operating agreements on behalf of ArcelorMittal Brasil S.A. (“ArcelorMittal Brazil”), which has approximately 1.7 million tons of annual cokemaking capacity. Our cokemaking ovens utilize efficient, modern heat recovery technology designed to combust the coal’s volatile components liberated during the cokemaking process and use the resulting heat to create steam or electricity for sale.
We also own and operate a logistics business that provides export and domestic material handling and/or mixing services to steel, coke (including some of our domestic cokemaking facilities), electric utility, coal producing and other manufacturing based customers. Our logistics terminals, which are strategically located to reach Gulf Coast, East Coast, Great Lakes and international ports, have the collective capacity to mix and/or transload more than 40 million tons of coal and other aggregates annually and has storage capacity of approximately 3 million tons.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) for interim reporting. Certain information and disclosures normally included in financial statements have been omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In management’s opinion, the financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations, financial position and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the period ended March 31, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results expected for the entire year. These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
2. Inventories
The components of inventories were as follows:
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| | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
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| | (Dollars in millions) |
Coal | | $ | 145.7 | | | $ | 109.4 | |
Coke | | 34.5 | | | 14.3 | |
Materials, supplies and other | | 54.6 | | | 51.5 | |
Total inventories | | $ | 234.8 | | | $ | 175.2 | |
3. Intangible Assets
Intangible assets, net, include Goodwill allocated to our Domestic Coke segment of $3.4 million at both March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and other intangibles detailed in the table below, excluding fully amortized intangible assets.
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| | | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
| Weighted - Average Remaining Amortization Years | | Gross Carrying Amount | | Accumulated Amortization | | Net | | Gross Carrying Amount | | Accumulated Amortization | | Net |
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| | | (Dollars in millions) |
Customer relationships | 1 | | $ | 6.7 | | | $ | 5.8 | | | $ | 0.9 | | | $ | 6.7 | | | $ | 5.6 | | | $ | 1.1 | |
Permits | 19 | | 31.7 | | | 4.8 | | | 26.9 | | | 31.7 | | | 4.5 | | | 27.2 | |
Other | 27 | | 1.6 | | | 0.1 | | | 1.5 | | | 1.6 | | | 0.1 | | | 1.5 | |
Total | | | $ | 40.0 | | | $ | 10.7 | | | $ | 29.3 | | | $ | 40.0 | | | $ | 10.2 | | | $ | 29.8 | |
Total amortization expense for intangible assets subject to amortization was $0.5 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
4. Income Taxes
At the end of each interim period, we make our best estimate of the effective tax rate and the impact of discrete items, if any, and adjust the rate as necessary.
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| Three Months Ended March 31, | | |
| 2023 | | 2022 | | | | |
| (Dollars in millions) |
Income before income tax expense | $ | 24.5 | | | $ | 40.6 | | | | | |
Income tax expense | 6.8 | | | 10.0 | | | | | |
Effective tax rate | 27.8 | % | | 24.6 | % | | | | |
Income taxes recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2023 included immaterial discrete items. Income taxes recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2022 included the revaluation of certain deferred tax liabilities due to changes in apportioned state tax rates, which resulted in an income tax benefit of $1.0 million.
Before the impact of discrete items described above, the Company's effective tax rate was 27.8 percent and 27.2 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The difference between the Company's effective tax rates and federal statutory rate of 21.0 percent during both periods presented reflect the impact of state taxes as well as compensation deduction limitations under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. The three months ended March 31, 2023 also reflects the impact of foreign taxes as a result of new regulations impacting foreign tax credit utilization published by the U.S. Treasury in 2022.
5. Accrued Liabilities
Accrued liabilities consisted of the following:
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| | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
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| | (Dollars in millions) |
Accrued benefits | | $ | 13.4 | | | $ | 29.7 | |
Current portion of postretirement benefit obligation | | 2.4 | | | 2.4 | |
Other taxes payable | | 12.1 | | | 9.8 | |
Current portion of black lung liability | | 5.9 | | | 5.9 | |
Accrued legal | | 5.2 | | | 4.9 | |
Other | | 6.6 | | | 8.1 | |
Total accrued liabilities | | $ | 45.6 | | | $ | 60.8 | |
6. Debt and Financing Obligation
Total debt and financing obligation, including the current portion of the financing obligation, consisted of the following:
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| | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
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| | (Dollars in millions) |
4.875 percent senior notes, due 2029 ("2029 Senior Notes") | | $ | 500.0 | | | $ | 500.0 | |
$350.0 revolving credit facility, due 2026 ("Revolving Facility") | | 35.0 | | | 35.0 | |
5.346 percent financing obligation, due 2024 | | 8.0 | | | 8.8 | |
Total borrowings | | 543.0 | | | 543.8 | |
Debt issuance costs | | (11.2) | | | (11.6) | |
Total debt and financing obligation | | $ | 531.8 | | | $ | 532.2 | |
Less: current portion of financing obligation | | 3.4 | | | 3.3 | |
Total long-term debt and financing obligation | | $ | 528.4 | | | $ | 528.9 | |
Revolving Facility
As of March 31, 2023, the Revolving Facility had a $35.0 million outstanding balance, leaving $315.0 million available. Additionally, the Company has certain letters of credit totaling $22.4 million, which do not reduce the Revolving Facility's available balance.
Covenants
Under the terms of the Revolving Facility, the Company is subject to a maximum consolidated net leverage ratio of 4.50:1.00 and a minimum consolidated interest coverage ratio of 2.50:1.00. The Company's debt agreements contain other covenants and events of default that are customary for similar agreements and may limit our ability to take various actions including our ability to pay a dividend or repurchase our stock.
If we fail to perform our obligations under these and other covenants, the lenders' credit commitment could be terminated and any outstanding borrowings, together with accrued interest, under the Revolving Facility could be declared immediately due and payable. The Company has a cross default provision that applies to our indebtedness having a principal amount in excess of $35.0 million.
As of March 31, 2023, the Company was in compliance with all applicable debt covenants. We do not anticipate a violation of these covenants nor do we anticipate that any of these covenants will restrict our operations or our ability to obtain additional financing.
7. Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
Legal Matters
The Company is a party to certain pending and threatened claims, including matters related to commercial disputes, employment claims, personal injury claims, common law tort claims, and environmental claims. Although the ultimate outcome of these claims cannot be ascertained at this time, it is reasonably possible that some portion of these claims could be
resolved unfavorably to the Company. Management of the Company believes that any liability which may arise from these claims would likely not have a material adverse impact on our consolidated financial statements. SunCoke's threshold for disclosing material environmental legal proceedings involving a government authority where potential monetary sanctions are involved is $1 million.
Black Lung Benefit Liabilities
The Company has obligations related to coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, or black lung, to provide benefits to certain of its former coal miners and their dependents. Such benefits are provided for under Title IV of the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act of 1969 and subsequent amendments, as well as for black lung benefits provided in the states of Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia pursuant to workers’ compensation legislation. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), which was implemented in 2010 and amended previous legislation related to coal workers’ black lung obligations, provides for the automatic extension of awarded lifetime benefits to surviving spouses and changes the legal criteria used to assess and award claims.
We adjust our liability each year based upon actuarial calculations of our expected future payments for these benefits. Our independent actuarial consultants calculate the present value of the estimated black lung liability annually based on actuarial models utilizing our population of former coal miners, historical payout patterns of both the Company and the industry, actuarial mortality rates, medical costs, death benefits, dependents, discount rates and the current federally mandated payout rates. The estimated liability may be impacted by future changes in the statutory mechanisms, modifications by court decisions and changes in filing patterns by claimants and their advisors, the impact of which cannot be estimated. The estimated liability was $58.6 million and $58.1 million at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, of which the current portion of $5.9 million and $5.4 million was included in accrued liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets in each respective period.
On February 1, 2013, SunCoke obtained commercial insurance for black lung claims in excess of a deductible for employees with a last date of employment after that date. Also during 2013, we were reauthorized to continue to self-insure black lung liabilities incurred prior to February 1, 2013 by the U.S. Department of Labor's Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation ("DCMWC") in exchange for $8.4 million of collateral. In July 2019, the DCMWC required that SunCoke, along with a number of other companies, file an application and supporting documentation for reauthorization to self-insure any legacy black lung obligations incurred prior to February 1, 2013. The Company provided the requested information in the fourth quarter of 2019. The DCMWC subsequently notified the Company in a letter dated February 21, 2020 that the Company was reauthorized to self-insure certain of its black lung obligations; however, the reauthorization is contingent upon the Company providing collateral of $40.4 million to secure certain of its black lung obligations. This proposed collateral requirement is a substantial increase from the $8.4 million in collateral that the Company currently provides to secure these self-insured black lung obligations. The reauthorization process provided the Company with the right to appeal the security determination. SunCoke exercised its right to appeal the DCMWC’s security determination and provided additional information supporting the Company’s position in May 2020 and February 2021. If the Company’s appeal is unsuccessful, the Company may be required to provide additional collateral to receive the self-insurance reauthorization from the DCMWC, which could potentially reduce the Company’s liquidity. Additionally, on January 19, 2023, the Department of Labor issued a new proposed rule that would require self-insured companies to post collateral in the amount of 120 percent of the company's total expected lifetime black lung obligations as determined by the DCMWC. While this new proposed rule is not effective, if finalized, it could potentially reduce the Company's liquidity. We will submit comments on this proposed rule and continue to monitor any impact to the Company.
8. Share-Based Compensation
Equity Classified Awards
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company granted share-based compensation to eligible participants under the SunCoke Energy, Inc. Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Omnibus Plan"). All awards vest immediately upon a qualifying termination of employment, as defined by the Omnibus Plan, following a change in control.
Restricted Stock Units Settled in Shares
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company issued 294,462 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to certain employees, to be settled in shares of the Company’s common stock. The weighted average grant date fair value was $9.24 per unit, and was based on the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant. RSUs granted to employees vest and become payable in three annual installments beginning one year from the date of grant. The service period for certain retiree eligible participants is accelerated. RSUs granted to the Company's Board of Directors vest upon grant, but are paid out upon termination of board service.
Performance Share Units
Performance share units (“PSUs”) were granted to certain employees to be settled in shares of the Company's common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2023, for which the service period will end on December 31, 2025, and will vest and become payable during the first quarter of 2026. The service period for certain retiree eligible participants is accelerated. The Company granted the following PSUs:
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| Shares | | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Unit |
PSUs(1)(2) | 147,232 | | | $ | 9.84 | |
(1)Performance measures for the PSU awards are split 50/50 between the Company's three-year cumulative Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in Note 12) and the Company's three-year average pre-tax return on capital for its coke and logistics businesses and unallocated corporate expenses.
(2)The number of PSUs ultimately awarded will be determined by the above performance measures versus targets and the Company's three-year total shareholder return (“TSR”) as compared to the TSR of the companies making up the Nasdaq Iron & Steel Index (“TSR Modifier”). The TSR Modifier can impact the payout between 80 percent and 120 percent of the Company's final performance measure results.
Each PSU award may vest between 25 percent and 200 percent of the original units granted. The fair value of the PSUs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2023 is based on the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant as well as a Monte Carlo simulation for the valuation of the TSR Modifier.
Liability Classified Awards
Restricted Stock Units Settled in Cash
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company issued 216,547 restricted stock units to certain employees to be settled in cash (“Cash RSUs”), which vest and become payable in three annual installments beginning one year from the grant date. The weighted average grant date fair value of the Cash RSUs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2023 was $9.24 per unit, based on the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant.
The Cash RSUs liability is adjusted based on the closing price of our common stock at the end of each quarterly period and was $1.0 million at March 31, 2023 and $2.4 million at December 31, 2022.
Cash Incentive Awards
The Company also granted long-term cash compensation to eligible participants under the Omnibus Plan. All
awards vest immediately upon a qualifying termination of employment, as defined by the Omnibus Plan, following a change in control. The cash incentive award liability is included in accrued liabilities and other deferred credits and liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
The Company issued awards with an aggregate grant date fair value of approximately $2.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023, for which the service period will end on December 31, 2025 and will vest and become payable during the first quarter of 2026. The service period for certain retiree eligible participants is accelerated. The performance measures for these awards are split 50/50 between the Company's three-year cumulative Adjusted EBITDA and the Company's three-year average pre-tax return on capital for its coke and logistics businesses and unallocated corporate expenses.
The cash incentive award liability at March 31, 2023 was adjusted based on the Company's three-year cumulative Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted average pre-tax return on capital for the Company's coke and logistics businesses and unallocated corporate expenses. The cash incentive award liability was $6.7 million at March 31, 2023 and $8.7 million at December 31, 2022.
Summary of Share-Based Compensation Expense
Below is a summary of the compensation expense, unrecognized compensation costs, and the period for which the unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over:
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| Three Months Ended March 31, | | | | |
| 2023 | | 2022 | | | | | | March 31, 2023 |
| Compensation Expense(1) | | Unrecognized Compensation Cost | | Weighted Average Remaining Recognition Period |
| (Dollars in millions) | | | | (Years) |
Equity Awards: | | | | | | | | | | | |
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RSUs | $ | 0.3 | | | $ | 0.3 | | | | | | | $ | 2.9 | | | 1.3 |
PSUs | 1.3 | | | 0.7 | | | | | | | 1.1 | | | 2.1 |
Total equity awards | $ | 1.6 | | | $ | 1.0 | | | | | | | | | |
Liability Awards: | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash RSUs | $ | 0.7 | | | $ | 0.7 | | | | | | | $ | 2.8 | | | 1.9 |
Cash incentive award | 1.3 | | | 1.0 | | | | | | | 2.8 | | | 0.8 |
Total liability awards | $ | 2.0 | | | $ | 1.7 | | | | | | | | | |
(1)Compensation expense recognized by the Company is included in selling, general and administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Income.
9. Earnings per Share
Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) has been computed by dividing net income attributable to SunCoke Energy, Inc. by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. Except where the result would be anti-dilutive, diluted EPS has been computed to give effect to share-based compensation awards using the treasury stock method.
The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the weighted-average number of common shares used to compute basic EPS to those used to compute diluted EPS:
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| | Three Months Ended March 31, | | |
| | 2023 | | 2022 | | | | |
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Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding-basic | | 84.5 | | | 83.2 | | | | | |
Add: Effect of dilutive share-based compensation awards | | 0.4 | | | 1.0 | | | | | |
Weighted-average number of shares-diluted | | 84.9 | | | 84.2 | | | | | |
The following table shows equity awards that are excluded from the computation of diluted EPS as the shares would have been anti-dilutive:
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| | Three Months Ended March 31, | | |
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Stock options | | 1.4 | | | 1.8 | | | | | |
Total | | 1.4 | | | 1.8 | | | | | |
10. Fair Value Measurement
The Company measures certain financial and non-financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Fair value disclosures are reflected in a three-level hierarchy, maximizing the use of observable inputs and minimizing the use of
unobservable inputs.
The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability on the measurement date. The three levels are defined as follows:
•Level 1 - inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for an identical asset or liability in an active market.
•Level 2 - inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for a similar asset or liability in an active market or model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
•Level 3 - inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement of the asset or liability.
Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Certain assets and liabilities are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The Company's cash and cash equivalents were measured at fair value at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. These inputs are classified as Level 1 within the valuation hierarchy.
Certain Financial Assets and Liabilities not Measured at Fair Value
At March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the fair value of the Company’s total debt was estimated to be $482.3 million and $471.9 million, respectively, compared to a carrying amount of $543.0 million and $543.8 million, respectively. The fair value was estimated by management based upon estimates of debt pricing provided by financial institutions, which are considered Level 2 inputs.
11. Revenue from Contracts with Customers
Cokemaking
Our blast furnace coke sales are largely made pursuant to long-term, take-or-pay coke sales agreements primarily with Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Holding Corporation and Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC, both subsidiaries of Cleveland Cliffs Inc. and collectively referred to as "Cliffs Steel", United States Steel Corporation ("U.S. Steel"), and Algoma Steel Inc. The take-or-pay provisions in our agreements require our customers to purchase coke volumes as specified in the agreements or pay the contract price for any tonnage they do not purchase. The take-or-pay provisions of our agreements also require us to deliver minimum annual tonnage. As of March 31, 2023, our coke sales agreements have approximately 24.6 million tons of unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations, which are expected to be delivered over a weighted average remaining contract term of approximately ten years.
We also sell blast furnace coke into the export coke market, utilizing capacity in excess of that reserved for our long-term, take-or-pay agreements. Export coke sales are generally made on a spot basis at the current market price and do not contain the same provisions as our long-term, take-or-pay agreements.
While the revenues in our Domestic Coke segment are primarily tied to blast furnace coke sales made under long-term, take-or-pay agreements, we also produce and sell foundry coke out of our Jewell cokemaking facility. Foundry coke sales are generally made under annual agreements with our customers for an agreed upon price and do not contain take-or-pay volume commitments.
Revenues on all coke sales are recognized when performance obligations to our customers are satisfied in an amount that reflects the consideration that we expect to receive in exchange for the coke.
Logistics
In our logistics business, handling and/or mixing services are provided to steel, coke (including some of our domestic cokemaking facilities), electric utility, coal producing and other manufacturing based customers. Materials are transported in numerous ways, including rail, truck, barge or ship. We do not take possession of materials handled, but rather act as intermediaries between our customers and end users, deriving our revenues from services provided on a per ton basis. The handling and mixing services consist primarily of two performance obligations, unloading and loading of materials. Revenues are recognized when the customer receives the benefits of the services provided, in an amount that reflects the consideration that we will receive in exchange for those services.
Estimated take-or-pay revenue of approximately $45.0 million from all of our multi-year logistics contracts is expected to be recognized over the next four years for unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations as of March 31, 2023.
Disaggregated Sales and Other Operating Revenue
The following table provides disaggregated sales and other operating revenue by product or service, excluding intersegment revenues:
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| | Three Months Ended March 31, | | |
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Sales and other operating revenue: | | | | | | | | |
Cokemaking | | $ | 444.6 | | | $ | 395.9 | | | | | |
Energy | | 12.2 | | | 14.7 | | | | | |
Logistics | | 20.9 | | | 18.7 | | | | | |
Operating and licensing fees | | 7.9 | | | 9.4 | | | | | |
Other | | 2.2 | | | 1.1 | | | | | |
Sales and other operating revenue | | $ | 487.8 | | | $ | 439.8 | | | | | |
The following tables provide disaggregated sales and other operating revenue by customer:
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Sales and other operating revenue: | | | | | | | | |
Cliffs Steel | | $ | 326.2 | | | $ | 264.4 | | | | | |
U.S. Steel | | 72.8 | | | 60.5 | | | | | |
Other | | 88.8 | | | 114.9 | | | | | |
Sales and other operating revenue | | $ | 487.8 | | | $ | 439.8 | | | | | |
12. Business Segment Information
The Company reports its business through three segments: Domestic Coke, Brazil Coke and Logistics. The Domestic Coke segment includes the Jewell, Indiana Harbor, Haverhill, Granite City and Middletown cokemaking facilities. Each of these facilities produces coke, and all facilities except Jewell recover waste heat, which is converted to steam or electricity.
The Brazil Coke segment includes the licensing and operating fees payable to us under long-term contracts with ArcelorMittal Brazil, under which we operate a cokemaking facility located in Vitória, Brazil through January 2028.
Logistics operations are comprised of Convent Marine Terminal ("CMT"), Kanawha River Terminal ("KRT"), and Lake Terminal, which provides services to our Indiana Harbor cokemaking facility. Handling and mixing results are presented in the Logistics segment. The Company elected to combine Dismal River Terminal ("DRT") operations into the Jewell cokemaking operations in the Domestic Coke segment beginning January 1, 2023. The DRT results were included in the Logistics segment in 2022 and are not recast.
Corporate expenses that can be identified with a segment have been included in determining segment results. The remainder is included in Corporate and Other, which also includes activity from our legacy coal mining business.
Segment assets are those assets utilized within a specific segment and exclude taxes.
The following table includes Adjusted EBITDA, as defined below, which is the measure of segment profit or loss reported to the chief operating decision maker for purposes of allocating resources to the segments and assessing their performance:
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Sales and other operating revenue: | | | | | | | | |
Domestic Coke | | $ | 458.8 | | | $ | 411.6 | | | | | |
Brazil Coke | | 7.9 | | | 9.4 | | | | | |
Logistics | | 21.1 | | | 18.8 | | | | | |
Logistics intersegment sales | | 6.2 | | | 7.5 | | | | | |
Elimination of intersegment sales | | (6.2) | | | (7.5) | | | | | |
Total sales and other operating revenues | | $ | 487.8 | | | $ | 439.8 | | | | | |
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Adjusted EBITDA: | | | | | | | | |
Domestic Coke | | $ | 60.4 | | | $ | 76.0 | | | | | |
Brazil Coke | | 2.4 | | | 4.2 | | | | | |
Logistics | | 13.5 | | | 12.6 | | | | | |
Corporate and Other, net | | (9.2) | | | (9.0) | | | | | |
Total Adjusted EBITDA | | $ | 67.1 | | | $ | 83.8 | | | | | |
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Depreciation and amortization expense: | | | | | | | | |
Domestic Coke | | $ | 31.8 | | | $ | 31.3 | | | | | |
Brazil Coke | | 0.1 | | | — | | | | | |
Logistics | | 3.3 | | | 3.6 | | | | | |
Corporate and Other | | 0.1 | | | 0.3 | | | | | |
Total depreciation and amortization expense | | $ | 35.3 | | | $ | 35.2 | | | | | |
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Capital expenditures: | | | | | | | | |
Domestic Coke | | $ | 20.9 | | | $ | 11.1 | | | | | |
Brazil Coke | | 1.5 | | | 0.1 | | | | | |
Logistics | | 0.1 | | | 1.7 | | | | | |
Corporate and Other | | 0.1 | | | — | | | | | |
Total capital expenditures | | $ | 22.6 | | | $ | 12.9 | | | | | |
The following table sets forth the Company's segment assets:
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| | March 31, 2023 | | December 31, 2022 |
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| | (Dollars in millions) |
Segment assets | | | | |
Domestic Coke | | $ | 1,452.6 | | | $ | 1,422.6 | |
Brazil Coke | | 16.3 | | | 15.7 | |
Logistics(1) | | 167.8 | | | 193.5 | |
Corporate and Other | | 32.6 | | | 22.8 | |
Total assets | | $ | 1,669.3 | | | $ | 1,654.6 | |
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(1)Logistics segment assets included $21.7 million of DRT assets as of December 31, 2022, which are included in the Domestic Coke segment in 2023.
The Company evaluates the performance of its segments based on segment Adjusted EBITDA, which is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), adjusted for any impairments, restructuring costs, gains or losses on extinguishment of debt and transaction costs ("Adjusted EBITDA"). EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not represent and should not be considered alternatives to net income or operating income under GAAP and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures in other businesses.
Management believes Adjusted EBITDA is an important measure in assessing operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors because it highlights trends in our business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on GAAP measures and because it eliminates items that have less bearing on our operating performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and they should not be considered a substitute for net income or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, other companies may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Below is a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, which is its most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP:
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| | Three Months Ended March 31, | | |
| | 2023 | | 2022 | | | | |
| | (Dollars in millions) |
Net income attributable to SunCoke Energy, Inc. | | $ | 16.3 | | | $ | 29.5 | | | | | |
Add: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | | 1.4 | | | 1.1 | | | | | |
Net income | | $ | 17.7 | | | $ | 30.6 | | | | | |
Add: | | | | | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization expense | | 35.3 | | | 35.2 | | | | | |
Interest expense, net | | 7.2 | | | 8.0 | | | | | |
Income tax expense | | 6.8 | | | 10.0 | | | | | |
Transaction costs(1) | | 0.1 | | | — | | | | | |
Adjusted EBITDA | | $ | 67.1 | | | $ | 83.8 | | | | | |
Subtract: Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests(2) | | 2.5 | | | 2.1 | | | | | |
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to SunCoke Energy, Inc. | | $ | 64.6 | | | $ | 81.7 | | | | | |
(1)Costs incurred as part of the granulated pig iron project with U.S. Steel.
(2)Reflects noncontrolling interest in Indiana Harbor.