Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. announced that the board of directors of its general partner increased the cash distribution to unit holders for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018 to $0.53 per unit (an annualized rate of $2.12 per unit), payable on February 14, 2019 to all unit holders of record as of the close of trading on February 7, 2019. The announced distribution represents a 3.9% increase over the cash distribution of $0.51 per unit for the 2017 quarter and a 1.0% increase over the cash distribution of $0.525 per unit for the Sequential Quarter.