Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

SEGMENT REPORTING

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SEGMENT REPORTING
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
SEGMENT REPORTING
NOTE 3 - SEGMENT REPORTING
Our Company’s continuing operations are organized and managed in two operating segments according to our differentiated products. Our Mining and Pelletizing segment is a major supplier of iron ore pellets to the North American steel industry from our mines and pellet plants located in Michigan and Minnesota. Our Metallics segment includes our HBI production plant in Toledo, Ohio, which is currently under construction and expected to be completed during the first half of 2020. During the second quarter of 2019, Northshore mine began supplying DR-grade pellets to our Metallics segment, which will be used as feedstock for the HBI production plant. All intersegment sales were eliminated in consolidation.
We evaluate performance based on sales margin, defined as revenues less cost of goods sold identifiable to each segment. Additionally, we evaluate performance on a segment basis, as well as a consolidated basis, based on EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. These measures are used by management, investors, lenders and other external users of our financial statements to assess our operating performance and to compare operating performance to other companies in the iron ore industry. In addition, management believes EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are useful measures to assess the earnings power of the business without the impact of capital structure and can be used to assess our ability to service debt and fund future capital expenditures in the business.
The following tables present a summary of our reportable segments including a reconciliation of segment revenues to total Revenues from product sales and services, segment sales margin to total Sales margin and a reconciliation of Net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:    
 
(In Millions)
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2019
 
Mining and Pelletizing
 
Metallics
 
Total
Operating segment revenues from product sales and services
$
2,069.2

 
$
—

 
$
2,069.2

Elimination of intersegment revenues
(79.3
)
 
—

 
(79.3
)
Total revenues from product sales and services
$
1,989.9

 
$
—

 
$
1,989.9

 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating segment sales margin
$
600.0

 
$
—

 
$
600.0

Elimination of intersegment sales margin
(24.3
)
 
—

 
(24.3
)
Total sales margin
$
575.7

 
$
—

 
$
575.7

Revenues from product sales and services of $2,332.4 million and $1,866.0 million, respectively, and sales margin of $809.6 million and $467.6 million, respectively, related to our Mining and Pelletizing segment accounted for all of our consolidated revenues and sales margin for years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

 
(In Millions)
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Net income
$
292.8

 
$
1,128.1

 
$
363.1

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense, net
(101.6
)

(121.3
)

(132.0
)
Income tax benefit (expense)
(17.6
)

460.3


252.4

Depreciation, depletion and amortization
(85.1
)

(89.0
)

(87.7
)
Total EBITDA
$
497.1

 
$
878.1

 
$
330.4

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
Impact of discontinued operations
$
(1.3
)
 
$
120.6

 
$
22.0

Loss on extinguishment of debt
(18.2
)
 
(6.8
)
 
(165.4
)
Severance costs
(1.7
)
 
—

 
—

Acquisition costs
(6.5
)
 
—

 
—

Foreign exchange remeasurement
—

 
(0.9
)
 
13.9

Impairment of other long-lived assets
—


(1.1
)

—

Total Adjusted EBITDA
$
524.8

 
$
766.3

 
$
459.9

 
 
 
 
 
 
EBITDA:
 
 
 
 
 
Mining and Pelletizing
$
648.1


$
852.9


$
534.9

Metallics
(8.1
)
 
(3.3
)
 
(0.4
)
Corporate and Other (including discontinued operations)
(142.9
)

28.5


(204.1
)
Total EBITDA
$
497.1

 
$
878.1

 
$
330.4

 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted EBITDA:
 
 
 
 
 
Mining and Pelletizing
$
668.3

 
$
875.3

 
$
559.4

Metallics
(8.1
)
 
(3.3
)
 
(0.4
)
Corporate
(135.4
)
 
(105.7
)
 
(99.1
)
Total Adjusted EBITDA
$
524.8

 
$
766.3

 
$
459.9

The following table summarizes our depreciation, depletion and amortization and capital additions:
 
(In Millions)
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Depreciation, depletion and amortization:
 
 
 
 
 
Mining and Pelletizing
$
79.0

 
$
68.2

 
$
66.6

Metallics
0.6

 
—

 
—

Corporate
5.5

 
5.6

 
6.8

Total depreciation, depletion and amortization
$
85.1

 
$
73.8

 
$
73.4

 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital additions1:
 
 
 
 
 
Mining and Pelletizing
$
128.1

 
$
145.0

 
$
136.8

Metallics
558.4

 
248.1

 
13.7

Corporate and Other
3.3

 
1.6

 
2.7

Total capital additions
$
689.8

 
$
394.7

 
$
153.2

 
 
 
 
 
 
1 Refer to NOTE 2 - SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL STATEMENT INFORMATION for additional information.

A summary of assets by segment is as follows:
 
(In Millions)
 
December 31,
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
Mining and Pelletizing
$
1,643.1

 
$
1,694.1

 
$
1,500.6

Metallics
913.6

 
265.9

 
13.4

Total reportable segment assets
2,556.7

 
1,960.0

 
1,514.0

Corporate and Other
940.1

 
1,557.2

 
1,300.6

Assets of discontinued operations
7.0

 
12.4

 
138.8

Total assets
$
3,503.8

 
$
3,529.6

 
$
2,953.4


Included in the consolidated financial statements are the following amounts relating to geographic location:
 
(In Millions)
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Revenues from product sales and services:
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
1,505.2

 
$
1,847.3

 
$
1,504.5

Canada
448.1

 
395.1

 
206.2

Other countries
36.6

 
90.0

 
155.3

Total revenues from product sales and services
$
1,989.9

 
$
2,332.4

 
$
1,866.0

 
 
 
 
 
 
Property, plant and equipment, net:
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
1,929.0

 
$
1,286.0

 
$
1,033.8


Concentrations in Revenue
In 2019, 2018 and 2017, three customers individually accounted for more than 10% of our consolidated product revenue. Total product revenue from those customers represents $1.8 billion, $2.1 billion and $1.5 billion of our total consolidated product revenue in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.