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To: LoneClone who wrote (45597)	10/20/2009 10:22:59 PM
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UPDATE 1-Walter Energy Q3 profit beats estimates, shares rise Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:38pm EDT reuters.com * Q3 EPS $0.44 vs est. of $0.28 * Q3 revenue falls 10 pct to $278.3 mln * Sees met coal sales of 1.6-1.7 mln tons in Q4 * Sees Q4 met coal production of 1.4-1.5 mln tons * Shares up 2 pct in after-market trade Oct 20 (Reuters) - Walter Energy Inc (WLT.N) posted third-quarter earnings that handily topped analyst estimates, helped partly by a fall in production costs at one of its mines. In the third-quarter, the company posted a net income of $23.8 million, or 44 cents a share, compared with $55 million, or 97 cents a share, a year ago. The company said it earned 45 cents a share from continuing operations. It had spun off its homebuilding and finance arm earlier this year. Total revenue for the quarter dropped 10 percent to $278.3 million. Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of 28 cents a share, before items, on revenue of $222.8 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The company said costs at its No. 7 mine fell to $62.48 a ton compared to $94.82 a ton in the prior-year period. The coal miner said it expects to sell about 1.6 million to 1.7 million tons of metallurgical coal, or coking coal, in the fourth-quarter. Fourth-quarter coking coal production is expected to range between 1.4 million and 1.5 million tons, with production costs expected to average $65 to $70 per ton. Shares of the company rose 2 percent to $67 in trading after the bell. They closed at $65.87 Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange. (Reporting by Antonita Madonna Devotta in Bangalore; Editing by Aradhana Aravindan)