Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 17,754	$ 22,936
Receivables:
Trade	150,068	134,141
Loan and lease receivables	5,968	6,157
Contractual third-party reclamation receivables	12,564	8,020
Other	19,021	11,598
Total receivables	187,621	159,916
Inventories	143,399	121,858
Other current assets	19,951	16,103
Total current assets	368,725	320,813
Property, plant and equipment:
Land and mineral rights	596,448	476,447
Plant and equipment	869,901	790,677
Gross property, plant and equipment	1,466,349	1,267,124
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization	586,968	554,008
Net property, plant and equipment	879,381	713,116
Loan and lease receivables	51,823	49,313
Advanced coal royalties	16,367	19,781
Reclamation deposits	77,807	77,364
Restricted investments	143,345	140,807
Contractual third-party reclamation receivables, less current portion	154,816	86,915
Investment in joint venture	29,014	27,374
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $2.9 million and $15.9 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively	28,574	29,190
Other assets	20,837	11,904
Total Assets	1,770,689	1,476,577
Current liabilities:
Current installments of long-term debt	77,375	38,852
Revolving lines of credit	0	1,970
Accounts payable and accrued expenses:
Trade and other accrued liabilities	136,844	109,850
Interest payable	11,749	15,527
Production taxes	54,215	46,895
Postretirement medical benefits	13,855	13,855
SERP	368	368
Deferred revenue	20,303	10,715
Asset retirement obligations	49,445	43,950
Other current liabilities	36,782	30,688
Total current liabilities	400,936	312,670
Long-term debt, less current installments	1,051,674	979,073
Workers' compensation, less current portion	5,034	5,068
Excess of black lung benefit obligation over trust assets	17,423	17,220
Postretirement medical benefits, less current portion	288,437	285,518
Pension and SERP obligations, less current portion	44,221	44,808
Deferred revenue, less current portion	21,986	24,613
Asset retirement obligations, less current portion	450,422	375,813
Intangible liabilities, net of accumulated amortization of $10.0 million and $9.8 million at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively	3,203	3,470
Other liabilities	37,434	30,208
Total liabilities	2,320,770	2,078,461
Shareholders' deficit:
Common stock of $0.01 par value; authorized 30,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 18,402,961 shares at March 31, 2016 and 18,162,148 shares at December 31, 2015	184	182
Other paid-in capital	243,297	240,721
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(151,897)	(171,300)
Accumulated deficit	(641,635)	(672,219)
Total Westmoreland Coal Company shareholders’ deficit	(550,051)	(602,616)
Noncontrolling interest	(30)	732
Total deficit	(550,081)	(601,884)
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Deficit	$ 1,770,689	$ 1,476,577