Rhino Resource Partners LP announced that in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the Partnership’s concern for their employees’ health and welfare, Rhino will be temporarily idling production activities at many of its mining operations on March 20, 2020. The affected employees will be placed in a temporary layoff status. Rhino’s employees and their families’ health and welfare are of the utmost importance. The idling process will be systematic across Rhino’s multi-state operations and will initially span for a minimum of two weeks. During this initial idle period, the Partnership will continue to monitor and evaluate the conditions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic to determine if further steps need to be taken. The Partnership does not expect the idling of the coal production activities will affect its ability to fulfill customer commitments during this initial idle period as loading and shipping crews will remain in place to ship coal from existing inventories. For any employees that remain working, Rhino will ensure the government issued safety guidelines to protect against the coronavirus will continue to be followed to help protect their health and welfare.