Alliance Res Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) reported quarterly earnings of $0.57 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.50 by 14 percent. This is a 52.89 percent decrease over earnings of $1.21 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $540.47 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $552.05 million by 2.10 percent. This is a 17.07 percent decrease over sales of $651.70 million the same period last year.