Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 29,336	$ 14,258
Receivables:
Trade	146,522	143,052
Loan and lease receivables	6,304	10,493
Contractual third-party reclamation receivables	19,310	12,462
Other	15,081	19,923
Total receivables	187,217	185,930
Inventories	124,438	133,855
Deferred income taxes	14,451	13,083
Other current assets	15,795	13,645
Total current assets	371,237	360,771
Property, plant and equipment:
Land and mineral rights	494,950	500,226
Plant and equipment	1,012,900	956,112
Gross property, plant and equipment	1,507,850	1,456,338
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization	625,940	528,676
Net property, plant and equipment	881,910	927,662
Loan and lease receivables	51,099	73,180
Advanced coal royalties	17,958	17,508
Reclamation deposits	77,425	77,907
Restricted investments and bond collateral	137,672	164,389
Contractual third-party reclamation receivables, less current portion	96,086	104,021
Investment in joint venture	28,664	33,409
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $16.9 million and $15.3 million at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively	29,720	31,315
Other assets	36,451	39,416
Total Assets	1,728,222	1,829,578
Current liabilities:
Current installments of long-term debt	38,879	43,136
Revolving lines of credit	0	9,576
Accounts payable and accrued expenses:
Trade and other accrued liabilities	129,084	149,514
Interest payable	7,869	2,699
Production taxes	53,437	45,747
Workers' compensation	656	671
Postretirement medical benefits	13,263	13,263
SERP	368	368
Deferred revenue	13,170	13,175
Asset retirement obligations	47,462	43,289
Other current liabilities	25,895	52,459
Total current liabilities	330,083	373,897
Long-term debt, less current installments	1,014,075	932,075
Workers' compensation, less current portion	6,081	6,315
Excess of black lung benefit obligation over trust assets	11,919	11,252
Postretirement medical benefits, less current portion	293,268	293,156
Pension and SERP obligations, less current portion	44,256	49,779
Deferred revenue, less current portion	27,425	35,255
Asset retirement obligations, less current portion	402,145	409,456
Intangible liabilities, net of accumulated amortization of $14.3 million and $13.5 million at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively	3,737	4,538
Deferred income taxes	47,435	34,852
Other liabilities	37,014	28,448
Total liabilities	2,217,438	2,179,023
Shareholders' deficit:
Preferred stock of $1.00 par value Authorized 5,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding nil shares at September 30, 2015 and 91,669 at December 31, 2014	0	92
Common stock of $0.01 par value as of September 30, 2015 and $2.50 par value as of December 31, 2014, Authorized 30,000,000 shares; Issued and outstanding 18,021,061 shares at September 30, 2015 and 17,102,777 shares at December 31, 2014	180	42,756
Other paid-in capital	238,705	185,644
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(165,811)	(124,296)
Accumulated deficit	(563,804)	(468,902)
Total Westmoreland Coal Company shareholders’ deficit	(490,730)	(364,706)
Noncontrolling interest	1,514	15,261
Total deficit	(489,216)	(349,445)
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Deficit	$ 1,728,222	$ 1,829,578