** Shares of coal miner Arch Resources ARCH.N decline 6.3%
to $160 in premarket trade
** Lowers full-year 2023 outlook for coking coal sales
** Expects FY23 coking coal sales volumes to be between 8.6
mln tons and 8.9 mln tons, compared with previous outlook of
8.9-9.7 mln tons
** Expects its 2023 average metallurgical cash cost to rise
between $88-$91 per ton vs. $79-$89 per ton earlier
** Revision due to ongoing challenges mining in the first
longwall district at its Leer South mine in West Virginia - Arch
** Says adjusted EBITDA for Q3 to be about 10% lower than
the total reported for Q2, as per preliminary estimates;
scheduled to post Q3 results on Oct.26
** ARCH up ~28% YTD
(Reporting by Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru)
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