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| based on customer feedback and demand, we're excited about the prospects for growing our last-mile business in 2024 |
| Additionally, in the quarter, we continue to generate positive free cash flow |
| We have a strong balance sheet with one of the lowest leverage levels in the industry, which allows us to manage effectively through the cycles in the energy business and provides us the ability to move quickly to take advantage of new opportunities in the market |
| With our SmartSystems technology, we can meet increasing demand of customers looking for higher volume of sand delivered to the well site in a safe and efficient manner |
| We have the best-in-class terminals serving the key Bakken and Appalachian basins, and a network of high-quality well-positioned third-party terminal partners |
| So, our Blair facility is positioned really well for attacking that market |
| natural gas fundamentals continue to be positive with continued growth in natural gas plants for electricity generation and increased LNG demand as new capacity in North America comes online |
| We are excited about our prospects in 2024 |
| We generated $21 million in contribution margin and $13.3 million in an adjusted EBITDA, both solid improvements over third quarter 2022 results and second quarter 2023 results |
| demand for Northern White frac sand continues to be strong |
| We are excited about the Blaire mine's growth potential as part of our continuing effort to expand our Northern White sand franchise |
| Charles Young Thanks, Chris and good morning, Smart Sand delivered another quarter of strong operating and financial results |
| For the first nine months of 2023, we have generated $17.5 million in free cash flow and I'm pleased to report that smart Sand will be cash flow-positive for 2023 |
| Based on the current market conditions and commodity prices, we expect volumes in these two key markets for Smart Sand to be strong in 2024 |
| Our goal is to continue to deliver positive free cash flow |
| to support the expected long-term positive market fundamentals in the Marcellus, we have expanded our Waynesburg, Pennsylvania terminal |
| We also have a well-tenured management team that are owners in the business and are focusing on delivering long-term value for our employees and shareholders |
| as well to the Appalachian basin, but we're super-excited, because it gets us up to a Canadian market that we never had before on our other rail providers |
| So, which looks to have some pretty good growth next year |
| we sold 1.2 million tons in the third quarter, a 12% increase over second quarter sales volumes of 1.1 million tons |
| As Chuck highlighted, we expect to be free cash flow-positive for the year |
| So, we have -- I think from a driving margin out of that plant, we should be able to drive down production cost too as we get more utilization |
| We've paid off over $9 million in debt for the first nine months of 2023, returned value to shareholders |
| With the introduction of our Smart Belt direct to blender technology, we're delivering the customers what they want, faster fracs and less trucking through maximizing payload per truck and minimizing unload times |
| However, based on current market conditions, we expect overall sand sales volumes for 2024 to be at least 10% higher than 2023 sales levels |
| So, we feel like we're really in a good space to service |
| We had consistent demand of the Bakken and Appalachian basins during the quarter |
| We can serve every market in North America through our efficient low-cost logistics footprint |
| we strive to not only be a supplier of sand to our customer, but to be their partner in efficiently providing high-quality, efficient, environmentally-friendly and sustainable long-term sand supply |
| Industrial sand sales volumes have been approximately 5% of our sales volume over the last few quarters and we expect those sales to grow in 2024 |
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| As Chuck highlighted, we do expect demand to moderate some in the fourth quarter due to normal seasonal slowdown in the Bakken and budget exhaustion from customers at the end of the year |
| Looking at the fourth quarter, we currently expect to see normal seasonal slowdown in the bakken as we move into the winter months |
| We could not have achieved these results without the dedication and hard work of our employees |
| So again, industrial is always going to be a lag from volume compared to frac, frac is the big dog in the volume world |
| normally, in the fourth quarter and first quarters of the calendar year, we have higher reported production costs due to drawing down inventory that we have capitalized in the summer months to meet our winter sales volumes |
| Total operating expenses of $9.5 million in the third quarter were marginally lower than second quarter operating expenses of $9.6 million |
| Additionally, we are seeing some budget exhaustion from customers, who accelerated spending in the first nine months of the year |
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