NC: the cash flow

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For the year ending 2025-12-31, NC had -$23,125K decrease in cash & cash equivalents over the period. $2,284K in free cash flow.

Cash Flow	2025-12-31
Net income	17,574
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	25,277
Amortization of deferred financing fees	764
Deferred income taxes	58
Stock-based compensation	8,280
Gain on sale of assets	286
Inventory impairment charges	6,986
Pension settlement charge	7,804
Other	-7,242
Accounts receivable	-2,916
Inventories	11,439
Other current assets	5,177
Accounts payable	2,668
Income taxes receivable/payable	-2,935
Other current liabilities	-8,823
Net cash provided by operating activities	50,909
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment	48,625
Acquisition of mineral interests	4,661
Proceeds from the sale of assets	2,799
Equity method investment	16,702
Return of equity method investment	3,295
Other	282
Net cash used for investing activities	-64,176
Net additions to revolving credit agreement	-5,000
Reductions to long-term debt	4,643
(reductions) additions to note payable to affiliate-Affiliated Entity	-346
Debt issuance costs	0
Cash dividends paid	7,335
Purchase of treasury shares	2,534
Net cash (used for) provided by financing activities	-9,858
Total decrease for the year	-23,125
Balance at the beginning of the year	72,833
Balance at the end of the year	49,708

Unit: Thousand (K) dollars (except for numbers of shares and EPS).