ACQUISITION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Business Combinations [Abstract]

ACQUISITION

ACQUISITION

On January 31, 2012, the Company, through Westmoreland Kemmerer, Inc., acquired from Chevron Mining Inc., a Missouri corporation, the Kemmerer surface coal mine, associated processing facilities and other related real and personal property assets located in Kemmerer, Wyoming and assumed certain liabilities related to the mine. The Company did not acquire working capital in the acquisition, other than inventory.

The following unaudited pro forma information has been prepared for illustrative purposes only and assumes the acquisition occurred on January 1, 2011. The unaudited pro forma results have been prepared based on estimates and assumptions, which the Company believes are reasonable, however, they are not necessarily indicative of the consolidated results of operations had the acquisition occurred on January 1, 2011, or of future results of operations.

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	(In thousands)
Total Revenues
As reported	$	441,410
Pro forma	$	455,523
Operating Income
As reported	$	20,274
Pro forma	$	22,548
Net loss applicable to common shareholders
As reported	$	(4,622	)
Pro forma	$	(3,560	)
Net loss per share applicable to common shareholders
As reported	$	(0.33	)
Pro forma	$	(0.25	)