10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number: 001-34815

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Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	77-0695453
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 300 Englewood, CO	80112
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (855) 922-6463

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	o	Accelerated filer	o
Non-accelerated filer	x	Smaller reporting company	o
		Emerging growth company	o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of August 2, 2018, 1,284,840 common units were outstanding. The common units trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “WMLP.” 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION		3
Item 1	Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	3
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	7
Item 2	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	19
Item 3	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	26
Item 4	Controls and Procedures	26
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION		27
Item 1	Legal Proceedings	27
Item 1A	Risk Factors	27
Item 4	Mine Safety Disclosures	27
Item 6	Exhibits	28
SIGNATURES		29

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1 - CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

WESTMORELAND RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	28,233		$	36,739
Receivables	21,020			27,409
Inventories	13,676			14,927
Other current assets	7,099			1,891
Total current assets	70,028			80,966
Property, plant and equipment:
Land, mineral rights, property, plant and equipment	208,385			358,375
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization	(82,348		)	(164,711		)
Net property, plant and equipment	126,037			193,664
Advanced coal royalties	3,990			10,143
Restricted investments	35,811			37,239
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $6.2 million at December 31, 2017	—			24,800
Deposits and other assets	904			592
Total Assets	$	236,770		$	347,404
Liabilities and Partners’ Capital (Deficit)
Current liabilities:
Current installments of long-term debt	$	318,950		$	314,228
Accounts payable and accrued expenses:
Trade	15,326			15,565
Deferred revenue	2,037			3,141
Production taxes	15,535			16,670
Asset retirement obligations	11,124			15,187
Other current liabilities	2,317			2,091
Total current liabilities	365,289			366,882
Long-term debt, less current installments	7,345			9,605
Asset retirement obligations, less current portion	30,808			30,609
Other liabilities	1,711			1,942
Total liabilities	405,153			409,038
Partners’ capital (deficit):
Limited partners (1,284,840 units outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017)	20,024			25,959
Series A convertible units (17,050,680 units outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017)	(149,068		)	(69,605		)
Series B convertible units (4,512,500 units outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017)	(70,784		)	(49,755		)
General partner units (35,291 units outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017)	31,529			31,687
Liquidation units (856,698 units outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017)	—			—
Accumulated other comprehensive income	(84		)	80
Total Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP deficit	(168,383		)	(61,634		)
Total Liabilities and Partners’ Deficit	$	236,770		$	347,404

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited). 

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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
	(In thousands, except per unit data)
Revenues	$	64,295		$	81,051		$	132,102		$	155,856
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization, shown separately)	54,065			59,812			109,691			119,228
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	9,189			10,110			17,354			20,461
Selling and administrative	7,008			3,714			12,919			7,611
Loss (gain) on sales of assets	(1,169		)	(220		)	(1,068		)	(362		)
Loss on impairment	77,675			—			77,675			—
Total cost and expenses	146,768			73,416			216,571			146,938
Operating (loss) income	(82,473		)	7,635			(84,469		)	8,918
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense	(11,609		)	(10,653		)	(22,959		)	(21,132		)
Interest income	239			233			498			439
Other income	84			433			293			608
Total other expenses	(11,286		)	(9,987		)	(22,168		)	(20,085		)
Net loss	(93,759		)	(2,352		)	(106,637		)	(11,167		)
Less net loss allocated to general partner	(140		)	(4		)	(158		)	(17		)
Net loss allocated to limited partners	$	(93,619	)	$	(2,348	)	$	(106,479	)	$	(11,150	)
Net loss	$	(93,759	)	$	(2,352	)	$	(106,637	)	$	(11,167	)
Unrealized and realized (loss) gain on available-for-sale debt securities	(97		)	105			(164		)	251
Comprehensive loss attributable to the Partnership	$	(93,856	)	$	(2,247	)	$	(106,801	)	$	(10,916	)
Net loss per limited partner common unit, basic and diluted:	$	(4.10	)	$	(0.08	)	$	(4.66	)	$	(0.45	)
Weighted average number of limited partner common units outstanding, basic and diluted:	1,285			1,285			1,285			1,264
Cash distribution paid per limited partner common unit	$	—		$	0.1333		$	—		$	0.2666
Cash distribution paid per general partner unit	—			0.1333			—			0.2666

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited). 

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Consolidated Statements of Partners’ Capital (Deficit) (Unaudited)

	Limited Partners																										Total Partners' Capital (Deficit)
	Common				Series A Convertible				Series B Convertible				Liquidation			Total				General Partner				Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
	Units	Capital (Deficit)			Units	Capital (Deficit)			Units	Capital (Deficit)			Units	Capital (Deficit)		Units	Capital (Deficit)			Units	Capital (Deficit)
	(In thousands, except units data)
Balance at December 31, 2017	1,284,840	$	25,959		17,050,680	$	(69,605	)	4,512,500	$	(49,755	)	856,698	$	—	23,704,718	$	(93,401	)	35,291	$	31,687		$	80		$	(61,634	)
Net loss	—	(5,987		)	—	(79,463		)	—	(21,029		)	—	—		—	(106,479		)	—	(158		)	—			(106,637		)
Equity-based compensation	—	52			—	—			—	—			—	—		—	52			—	—			—			52
Other comprehensive income	—	—			—	—			—	—			—	—		—	—			—	—			(164		)	(164		)
Balance at June 30, 2018	1,284,840	$	20,024		17,050,680	$	(149,068	)	4,512,500	$	(70,784	)	856,698	$	—	23,704,718	$	(199,828	)	35,291	$	31,529		$	(84	)	$	(168,383	)

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited). 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018			2017
	(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(106,637	)	$	(11,167	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	17,354			20,461
Accretion of asset retirement obligations	3,551			2,672
Equity-based compensation	52			81
Loss on impairment	77,675			—
Non-cash interest expense	4,782			4,639
Amortization of deferred financing costs	1,362			1,421
Other	(1,068		)	(1,263		)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables, net	6,389			3,202
Inventories	1,251			867
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	1,374			2,679
Interest payable	226			21
Deferred revenue	(1,104		)	(1,375		)
Other assets and liabilities	(3,221		)	2,721
Asset retirement obligations	(5,260		)	(5,219		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	(3,274		)	19,740
Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions to property, plant, equipment and other	(3,151		)	(7,054		)
Advance royalties payments	(98		)	(318		)
Proceeds from sales of restricted investments	5,939			6,981
Purchases of restricted investments	(4,395		)	(8,854		)
Net proceeds from sales of assets	600			608
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(1,105		)	(8,637		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt	(3,845		)	(2,620		)
Cash distributions to unitholders	—			(388		)
Acquisition under common control of Johnson Run	—			(1,526		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(3,845		)	(4,534		)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash	(8,224		)	6,569
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, beginning of period	44,493			23,675
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, end of period	$	36,269		$	30,244
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	$	16,495		$	15,174
Non-cash transactions:
Accrued purchases of property and equipment	$	738		$	332
Economic value of Series A convertible unit distributions	—			2,124
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, end of period
Cash and cash equivalents	$	28,233		$	23,096
Restricted cash in Restricted investments	8,036			7,148
	$	36,269		$	30,244

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying consolidated financial statements (unaudited) include the accounts and operations of Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP (the “Partnership”) and its consolidated subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and require the use of management’s estimates. All intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation. The financial information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Quarterly Report”) is unaudited, but reflects all adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial information for the periods shown. Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the financial statement line items used by Westmoreland Coal Company (“WCC”), the parent of our general partner Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC (the “GP”). The results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2018.

These unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements included in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (“2017 Form 10-K”). There were no changes to our significant accounting policies from those disclosed in the audited consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements thereto contained in our 2017 Form 10-K, except as described below in the section titled "Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements."

Going Concern, Liquidity and Management’s Plan

Our Term Loan (as defined in Note 6. Debt And Lines Of Credit) matures on December 31, 2018, and accordingly the principal balance of $315.9 million is classified as a current liability on our Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2018. The Partnership does not currently have liquidity or access to additional capital sufficient to pay off this debt by its maturity date. This condition gives rise to substantial doubt as to the Partnership’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these financial statements were issued.

Certain affirmative covenants in our 2014 Financing Agreement (as defined in Note 6. Debt And Lines Of Credit) provide that an audit opinion on our consolidated financial statements that includes an explanatory paragraph referencing our conclusion that substantial doubt exists as to the Partnership's ability to continue as a going concern constitutes an event of default. The audit report included in our 2017 Form 10-K contained such an explanatory paragraph. On March 1, 2018, we entered into a waiver and amendment number three to the 2014 Financing Agreement that waived any such event of default arising from the inclusion of a going concern explanatory paragraph in the audit report included in our 2017 Form 10-K. Prior to the expiration of the aforementioned waiver on May 15, 2018, we entered into a series of amendments that ultimately continued to waive any such event of default through September 8, 2018 (“Waiver”) or the occurrence of any other event of default that has not been waived as part of the Waiver. Accordingly, on expiration of the Waiver, the lenders could accelerate the maturity date of the Term Loan, making it immediately due and payable.

If our lenders accelerate the maturity date of the Term Loan, we do not currently have sufficient liquidity to repay such indebtedness and would need additional sources of capital to do so. We have engaged financial advisors to assess our capital structure. Management and our Board, with the assistance of our advisors, are evaluating options to address the Term Loan maturity date, which may include seeking an amendment, restructuring of our existing debt or sales of underlying assets. We cannot provide any assurances that we will be successful addressing the maturity date, and if we fail to do so, it may be necessary for us to seek a private restructuring or protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements (unaudited) are prepared on a going concern basis and do not include any adjustments that might result from uncertainty about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“new revenue standard”), which supersedes all previously existing revenue recognition guidance. Under this guidance, an entity should recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The standard allows for initial application to be performed retrospectively to each period presented or as a

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONT.)

cumulative effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. During 2016, the FASB clarified the implementation guidance on principal versus agent, identifying performance obligations and licensing, practical expedients, and made technical corrections on various topics.

The Partnership adopted the new revenue standard effective January 1, 2018 using the full retrospective method. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact to the Partnership's consolidated financial statements.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash (“new cash flows standard”), which requires all entities that have restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents to explain the changes during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. As a result, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents that are included in other financial statement captions of the Consolidated Balance Sheets should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning of period and end of period total amounts shown on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The ASU should be adopted using a retrospective transition method to each period presented. The Partnership adopted the new cash flows standard effective January 1, 2018 and applied the ASU retrospectively to the periods presented in the Partnership’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited). As a result, net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was adjusted to exclude the change in restricted cash as follows:

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cash used in investing activities, as previously reported	$	(7,204	)
Less: Purchases of restricted investments	(1,433		)
Cash used in investing activities, as adjusted	$	(8,637	)

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires companies leasing assets to recognize on their balance sheet a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term on contracts longer than one year. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, using a modified retrospective approach, with early adoption permitted.

In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842):Targeted Improvements, which includes two main provisions. The first is an additional optional transition method to adopt the new leasing standard at the adoption date through recognition of a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retaining earnings in the period of adoption. The second provides lessors with a practical expedient, by class of underlying asset, to not separate non-lease components from the associated lease component and, instead, to account for those components as a single component, if certain criteria are met.

The Partnership has established an implementation team to execute a multi-phase plan to adopt the requirements of the new standard. The team is in the process of finalizing its conclusions on how the guidance will be applied to all identified leases. The team is also evaluating the expanded disclosures required by the new standard and reviewing our system capabilities, processes and internal controls over financial reporting to ensure the appropriate information will be available for these disclosures. We will adopt the new guidance in the first quarter of 2019.

2. REVENUE

We produce and sell thermal coal primarily to large electric utility customers with coal-fired power plants, typically under long-term contracts. Our customers are generally in close proximity through mine-mouth power plants and strategically located rail and barge transportation. Lesser amounts of revenue are generated from royalties from oil and gas leases and sales of various mining byproducts.

Under ASC 606, revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive in exchange for those goods or services. We measure revenue based on the consideration specified in the contract, and revenue is recognized when the performance obligations in the contract are satisfied. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct service to the customer. The transaction price of a contract is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when or as the customer receives the benefit of the performance obligation.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONT.)

For all of our coal sales contracts, performance obligations consist of the delivery of each ton of coal to the customer as our promise is to sell multiple distinct units of a commodity at a point in time. The transaction price principally consists of fixed consideration in the form of a base price per ton of coal with additional variable consideration comprised of adjustments to the base price based on quality measurements. Certain long-term contracts contain additional variable consideration comprised of various index-based adjustments, adjustments based on changes in underlying production costs and reimbursements of various costs such as royalties and taxes.

Disaggregated Revenues

The following table presents our revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 disaggregated by type of revenue (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
Type of Revenue	2018		2017		2018		2017
Coal sales	$	60,032	$	79,817	$	126,741	$	152,924
Other revenues	4,263		1,234		5,361		2,932
Total	$	64,295	$	81,051	$	132,102	$	155,856

Contract Balances

Contract assets and contract liabilities are the result of timing differences between revenue recognition, billings and cash collections. We recognize contract assets in those instances where billing occurs subsequent to revenue recognition and our right to invoice the customer is conditioned on something other than the passage of time. There were no contract assets included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. We recognize contract liabilities in those instances where billing occurs prior to revenue recognition, which occurs for certain contracts with tiered pricing in which the per ton contract price has exceeded per ton revenue to date, or when we have received consideration prior to satisfaction of performance obligations.

The following table presents the activity in our contract liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2018 (in thousands):

Contract Liabilities(1):
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$	3,141
Additions	1,441
Transfers to Revenues	(2,545		)
Balance as of June 30, 2018	$	2,037

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(1) Comprised entirely of current balances of $2.0 million and $3.1 million reported within Deferred revenue in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

Remaining Performance Obligations

The following table presents our estimated revenues allocated to remaining performance obligations for contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, representing our “contractually committed” revenues as of June 30, 2018 that we will invoice or transfer from contract liabilities and be recognized in future periods (in thousands):

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	Estimated Revenues
Six months ended December 31, 2018	$	83,853
2019	73,340
2020	69,680
2021	51,727
2022	—
Thereafter	—
Total	$	278,600

Our contractually committed revenue, for purposes of the table above, is limited to the transaction price for long-term coal sales contracts which have minimum tonnage commitments. Our contractually committed revenue amounts generally exclude, based on the following practical expedients that we elected to apply, (i) variable consideration within contracts in which such variable consideration is allocated entirely to wholly unsatisfied performance obligations; and (ii) remaining performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less. Additional revenues are expected to be recognized based on our short-term coal sales contracts, long-term coal sales contracts with no minimum tonnage commitments and long-term coal sales contracts with customer options in addition to minimum tonnage commitments.

3. INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following:

	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Coal stockpiles	$	3,539		$	4,642
Materials and supplies	10,420			10,569
Reserve for obsolete inventory	(283		)	(284		)
Total	$	13,676		$	14,927

4. RESTRICTED INVESTMENTS

For all of its restricted investments accounts, the Partnership can select from limited fixed-income investment options for the funds and receive the investment returns on these investments. Funds in the restricted investments accounts are not available to meet the Partnership’s general cash needs. These investments include available-for-sale debt securities, which are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and reported in Accumulated other comprehensive income in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The carrying value and estimated fair value of restricted investments were as follows:

	June 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	8,036	$	7,754
Available-for-sale debt securities	27,775		29,485
	$	35,811	$	37,239

Available-for-Sale Debt Securities

The cost basis, gross unrealized holding gains and losses and fair value of available-for-sale debt securities were as follows:

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	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cost basis	$	27,859		$	29,405
Gross unrealized holding gains	330			409
Gross unrealized holding losses	(414		)	(329		)
Fair value	$	27,775		$	29,485

5. LOSS ON IMPAIRMENT

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Partnership recorded an asset impairment charge to various assets in the amounts of $77.7 million in Loss on impairment in the Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited). The Partnership determined that indicators of impairment existed with respect to the following:

• AEP Generation Resources Inc. (“AEP”) declined the Partnership’s bid to supply coal to AEP’s Conesville Power Plant Units 5 and 6 for periods subsequent to the expiration of the parties' current contract which expires on December 31, 2018. Coal sales under Oxford’s current coal supply contract to AEP’s Conesville Power Plant Units 5 and 6 represented a substantial portion of the Partnership's revenues generated from the Ohio mines for the year ended December 31, 2017.

The Partnership performed a recoverability analysis as of June 30, 2018 and determined that the net undiscounted cash flows were less than the carrying values for the Ohio mines' long-lived assets groups. As a result, the Partnership estimated the fair value of the long-lived asset groups using a discounted cash flow analysis using marketplace participant assumptions which constituted Level 3 fair value inputs. The discounted cash flow analysis is dependent on a number of significant management estimates about future performance including sales volumes and prices, which are based on projected revenues based on expected economic conditions, costs to produce, capital spending, working capital changes and the weighted average cost of capital. The estimates of costs to produce include labor, fuel, explosives, supplies and other major components of mining. The Partnership estimated the fair value of certain property, plant and equipment and intangible assets using the market approach. To the extent that the carrying values of the long-lived asset groups exceeded the respective fair values, the Partnership recorded an asset impairment charge, as can be seen by asset type in the table below for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.

	Asset Impairment Charges
	(In thousands)
Land, mineral rights, property, plant and equipment, net	$	50,717
Advanced coal royalties	3,145
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $7.2 million at June 30, 2018	23,767
Other assets	46
	$	77,675

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(1) Consists of the current portion of Advanced coal royalties.

6. DEBT AND LINES OF CREDIT

Debt consisted of the following:

	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Term Loan	$	315,945		$	312,734
Capital lease obligations	11,477			13,478
Other	265			375
Total debt outstanding	327,687			326,587
Less debt issuance costs	(1,392		)	(2,754		)
Less current installments, net of debt issuance costs	(318,950		)	(314,228		)
Total debt outstanding, less current installments	$	7,345		$	9,605

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The following table presents remaining aggregate contractual debt maturities of all long-term debt:

	June 30, 2018
	(In thousands)
2018	$	318,084
2019	4,174
2020	1,766
2021	1,664
2022	1,999
Thereafter	—
Total debt	$	327,687

Term Loan

Pursuant to the financing agreement (as amended, the “2014 Financing Agreement”), dated as of December 31, 2014, by and among Oxford Mining Company, LLC, the Partnership and each of its subsidiaries, lenders from time to time party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as administrative agent, we entered into a term loan (“Term Loan”) which matures on December 31, 2018 and pays interest on a quarterly basis at a variable rate equal to the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) at each period end (2.33% as of June 30, 2018), subject to a floor of 0.75%, plus 8.50% or the reference rate, as defined in the 2014 Financing Agreement. As of June 30, 2018, the Term Loan had a cash interest rate of 10.83%. The Term Loan is a primary obligation of Oxford Mining Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership, is guaranteed by the Partnership and its subsidiaries, and is secured by substantially all of the Partnership’s and its subsidiaries’ assets.

The 2014 Financing Agreement also provides for Paid-In-Kind Interest (“PIK Interest”) at a variable rate between 1.00% and 3.00% based on our consolidated total net leverage ratio, as defined in the 2014 Financing Agreement. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Term Loan had a PIK Interest rate of 3.00%. The rate of PIK Interest is recalculated on a quarterly basis with the PIK Interest added quarterly to the then-outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan. PIK Interest under the 2014 Financing Agreement was $2.4 million and $4.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, and $2.3 million and $4.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. The outstanding Term Loan amount as of June 30, 2018 represents the principal balance of $285.8 million, plus PIK Interest of $30.2 million.

The 2014 Financing Agreement requires mandatory prepayment of principal with proceeds from the receipt of oil and gas royalties and asset sales. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, we paid down $0.3 million and $0.8 million of the Term Loan with such proceeds.

The 2014 Financing Agreement limits cumulative cash distributions to an aggregate amount not to exceed $15.0 million (“Restricted Distributions”), if we have: (i) a consolidated total net leverage ratio of greater than 3.75, or a fixed charge coverage ratio of less than 1.00 (as such ratios are defined in the 2014 Financing Agreement), or (ii) liquidity of less than $7.5 million, after giving effect to such cash distribution and applying our availability under the Revolver. As of June 30, 2018, our consolidated total net leverage ratio is in excess of 3.75, our fixed charge coverage ratio is less than 1.00 and we have utilized the full $15.0 million limit on Restricted Distributions.

Covenant Compliance

The Partnership does not currently have liquidity or access to additional capital sufficient to pay off the Term Loan by its December 31, 2018 maturity date. This condition gives rise to substantial doubt as to the Partnership’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these financial statements were issued. Certain affirmative covenants in our 2014 Financing Agreement provide that an audit opinion on our consolidated financial statements that includes an explanatory paragraph referencing our conclusion that substantial doubt exists as to the Partnership's ability to continue as a going concern constitutes an event of default. The audit report included in our 2017 Form 10-K contained such an explanatory paragraph. On March 1, 2018, we entered into a waiver and amendment number three to the 2014 Financing Agreement that waived any such event of default arising from the inclusion of a going concern explanatory paragraph in the audit report included in our 2017 Form 10-K. Prior to the expiration of the aforementioned waiver on May 15, 2018, we entered into a series of amendments that ultimately continued to waive any such event of default through September 8, 2018 (“Waiver”) or the occurrence of any other event of default that has not been waived as part of the Waiver. Accordingly, on expiration of the Waiver, the lenders could accelerate the maturity date of the Term Loan, making it immediately due and payable.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONT.)

For more detail please refer to Note 1. Basis Of Presentation "Going Concern, Liquidity and Management’s Plan."

Revolver

On October 23, 2015, the Partnership and its subsidiaries entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Revolver”) with the lenders party thereto and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (formerly known as The PrivateBank and Trust Company). The Revolver expired on its December 31, 2017 maturity date and management elected not to replace or extend it.

Capital Lease Obligations

The Partnership engages in leasing transactions for office equipment and equipment utilized in its mining operations. The Partnership did not enter into any new capital leases during the six months ended June 30, 2018.

7. DISTRIBUTIONS OF AVAILABLE CASH

Our 2014 Financing Agreement restricts us from making cash distributions in excess of $15.0 million in the aggregate when certain ratios and liquidity requirements are not met. As of June 30, 2018, both of these ratios were not met, and we do not foresee them being met in the near future. As of June 30, 2018, we have made $15.0 million in Restricted Distributions and, accordingly, cannot make further distributions unless we either refinance or modify our Term Loan or meet the required ratios noted in Note 6. Debt And Lines Of Credit.

Pursuant to the Partnership’s Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as amended (the “Partnership Agreement”), we distribute 100% of our available cash within 45 days after the end of each quarter to unitholders of record and to our GP, subject to the conditions and limitations within the 2014 Financing Agreement. Available cash is determined at the end of each quarter and is generally defined in the Partnership Agreement, as all cash and cash equivalents on hand at the end of each quarter less reserves established by our GP in its reasonable discretion for future cash requirements. These reserves are retained to provide for the conduct of our business, the payment of debt principal and interest, to provide funds for future distributions for any one or more of the next four quarters, and to comply with applicable law or any loan agreement to which the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries are a party. Our available cash may also include, if our GP so determines, all or any portion of the cash on hand on the date of determination of available cash for the quarter resulting from working capital borrowings made subsequent to the end of such quarter.

We made cash distributions as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Limited partner common units	$	—	$	171	$	—	$	334
General partner units	—		5		—		10
Warrants	—		22		—		44

8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Valuation techniques used must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy, as defined below, gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs.

• Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. Level 1 assets include available-for-sale debt securities generally valued based on independent third-party market prices.

• Level 2, defined as observable inputs other than Level 1 prices. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in an active market, quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

• Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONT.)

The book values of cash and cash equivalents, receivables and accounts payable reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) approximate the fair value of these instruments due to the short duration to their maturities.

See Note 4. Restricted Investments for further disclosures related to the Partnership's fair value estimates.

In connection with our refinancing in June 2013, certain of the second lien lenders and lender affiliates received warrants entitling them to purchase common units. Prior to the expiration of all outstanding warrants in June 2018, the warrants had been measured at fair value at each balance sheet date.

Long-term debt fair value estimates are based on observed prices for securities with an active trading market when available (Level 2) and otherwise using discount rate estimates based on interest rates (Level 3). As of June 30, 2018, the Partnership valued the Term Loan with Level 3 fair values. The estimated fair values of the Partnership’s debt with fixed and variable interest rates are as follows:

	Fixed Interest Rate				Variable Interest Rate
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
June 30, 2018	$	11,741	$	11,741	$	314,554	$	70,862
December 31, 2017	13,853		13,853		309,980		144,536

9. UNIT-BASED COMPENSATION

Historically, we have granted employees and non-employee directors restricted common units under our Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”). However, we do not anticipate granting any units during the year ended December 31, 2018. We recognized compensation expense from unit-based arrangements as shown in the following table:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
	(In thousands)
Recognition of fair value of restricted common units over the vesting period	$	—	$	39	$	52	$	81

The unvested restricted common unit awards had an initial vesting date of March 2, 2018. However, on March 1, 2018 the grant was modified and the vesting date for all awards was extended to December 15, 2018. As all related compensation expense was recognized as of the modification date and the modification did not result in an increase in fair value of the awards, no additional expense was recognized. A summary of restricted common unit award activity for the six months ended June 30, 2018 is as follows:

	Units	Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value		Unamortized Compensation Expense (In thousands)
Unvested balance at December 31, 2017	82,240	$	3.04
Granted	—	—
Vested and issued	—	—
Unvested balance at June 30, 2018	82,240	$	3.04	$	—

10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Coal Sales Contracts

We are committed under long-term contracts to sell coal that meets certain quality requirements at specified prices. Many of these prices are subject to cost pass-through or cost adjustment provisions that mitigate some risk from rising costs. Quantities sold under some of these contracts may vary from year to year within certain limits at the option of the customer or us. As of June 30, 2018, the remaining terms of our long-term contracts range from one to eight years.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONT.)

Litigation

There have been no material changes in our litigation since December 31, 2017. For additional information, refer to Note18. Commitments and Contingencies to the consolidated financial statements of our 2017 Form 10-K.

Guarantees

Our GP and the Partnership guarantee certain obligations of our subsidiaries. We believe that these guarantees may result in a material liability to the guarantors, and, consequentially, have a material adverse effect on our financial position, liquidity or operations.

11. PARTNERS' CAPITAL AND CONVERTIBLE UNITS

Our capital accounts are comprised of approximately 0.15% beneficial general partner interests and 99.85% limited partner interests as of June 30, 2018. Our limited partners have limited rights of ownership as provided for under our Partnership Agreement and the right to participate in our distributions. Our GP manages our operations and participates in our distributions, including certain incentive distributions pursuant to the incentive distribution rights, which are nonvoting limited partner interests held by our GP. Pursuant to our Partnership Agreement, our GP participates in losses and distributions based on its interest. The GP’s participation in the allocation of losses and distributions is not limited and therefore, such participation can result in a deficit to its capital account. Allocation of losses and distributions, including distributions for previous transactions between entities under common control, has resulted in a deficit to certain limited partners’ capital accounts included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited).

Series A Convertible Units

In connection with the Kemmerer Drop (as defined and described in Note 2. Acquisitions to the consolidated financial statements for our 2017 Form 10-K) and the issuance of the Series A Convertible Units (the "Series A Units"), the Partnership entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to our Partnership Agreement. The Amendment established the terms of the Series A Units and any additional Series A Units that may be issued in kind as a distribution (the “Series A PIK Units”), and provided that each Series A Unit will have the right to share in distributions from us on a pro-rata basis with the common units. All or any portion of each distribution payable in respect of the Series A Units (the “Series A Convertible Unit Distribution”) may, at our election, be paid in Series A PIK Units. To the extent any portion of the Series A Convertible Unit Distribution is paid in Series A PIK Units for any quarter, the distribution to the holders of incentive distribution rights shall be reduced by that portion of the distribution that is attributable to the payment of those Series A PIK Units, as further described in the Amendment. The Series A Units and the Series A PIK Units will convert on a one-for-one basis, at the earlier of the date on which we first make a regular quarterly cash distribution with respect to any quarter to holders of common units in an amount at least equal to $0.22 per common unit or upon a change of control. The Series A Units have the same voting rights as if they were outstanding common units and will vote together with the common units as a single class. In addition, the Series A Units are entitled to vote as a separate class on any matters that materially adversely affect the rights or preferences of the Series A Units in relation to other classes of partnership interests or as required by law.

Series B Convertible Units

On October 28, 2016, we issued 4,512,500 Series B Convertible Units (the “Series B Units”) to WCC in exchange for WCC’s 4,512,500 common units (the "Exchange"). Upon issuance of the Series B Units in the Exchange, WCC’s common units were canceled. The Series B Units do not share in distributions with the common units and are convertible at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis into common units on the day after the record date for a cash distribution on the common units in which the Partnership is unable to make such a distribution without exceeding its restricted payment basket under the 2014 Financing Agreement (as defined in Note 6. Debt And Lines Of Credit). This date occurred on November 15, 2017 and the holder of the Series B Units has not yet converted these Series B Units into common units. The Series B Units will convert automatically upon a change of control or a dissolution or liquidation of the Partnership. The Series B Units have the same voting rights as if they were outstanding common units and will vote together with the common units as a single class. In addition, the Series B Units are entitled to vote as a separate class on any matters that materially adversely affect the rights or preferences of the Series B Units in relation to other classes of partnership interests or as required by law. Concurrently with the Exchange, we entered into a second amendment to the Partnership Agreement, which established the terms of the Series B Units.

Liquidation Units

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONT.)

The liquidation units have no distribution or voting rights, other than in connection with liquidation. For tax purposes, liquidation units are allocated additional taxable income but no additional taxable loss compared to other unit classes.

Warrants

In June 2013, in connection with a prior credit facility, certain lenders and lender affiliates received warrants entitling them to purchase 166,557 common units at $0.12 per unit. The warrants participated in distributions whether or not exercised. All outstanding warrants expired in June 2018.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Limited Partner Common Units

Net income (loss) is allocated to the limited partner units, Series A Units, Series B Units and general partner units in accordance with their respective ownership percentages, after giving effect to distributions and declared distributions on Series A Units, warrants and general partner units, including incentive distribution rights. Basic and diluted limited partners’ net income (loss) per limited partner common unit is calculated by dividing limited partners’ interest in net income (loss) by the weighted average number of limited partner common units outstanding during the period. We determined basic and diluted limited partners’ net loss per limited partner common unit as follows (in thousands, except per unit amounts):

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Net loss attributable to the Partnership	$	(93,759	)	$	(2,352	)	$	(106,637	)	$	(11,167	)
Less:
Paid and declared distributions on Series A convertible units	—			2,200			—			4,362
Series A convertible units share of undistributed loss	(69,864		)	(3,504		)	(79,463		)	(11,726		)
Series B convertible units share of undistributed loss	(18,490		)	(964		)	(21,029		)	(3,265		)
Paid and declared distributions on general partner units	—			5			—			10
General partner units share of undistributed loss	(140		)	(8		)	(158		)	(26		)
Paid and declared distributions on warrants	—			22			—			44
Undistributed net loss attributable to limited partners	$	(5,265	)	$	(103	)	$	(5,987	)	$	(566	)
Weighted average number of limited partner common units outstanding used in computation of limited partners' net loss per common unit (basic and diluted)	1,285			1,285			1,285			1,264
Net loss per limited partner common unit, basic and diluted	$	(4.10	)	$	(0.08	)	$	(4.66	)	$	(0.45	)

12. ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

The following table reflects the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income by component:

	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	80
Other comprehensive loss before reclassification	(271		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	107
Balance at June 30, 2018	$	(84	)

The following table reflects the reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018:

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONT.)

	Amount Reclassified From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Details About Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components	Three Months Ended June 30, 2018		Six Months Ended June 30, 2018		Affected Line Item in the Statement Where Net Loss is Presented
	(In thousands)
Realized gains on available-for-sale debt securities	$	16	$	107	Other income

13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Board of the GP and its Conflicts Committee review our related party transactions that involve a potential conflict of interest between a general partner and WMLP or its subsidiaries or another partner to determine that such transactions reflect market-clearing terms and conditions customary in the coal industry. As a result of these reviews, the Board and the Conflicts Committee approved each of the transactions described below that had such potential conflict of interest as fair and reasonable to us and our limited partners.

Effective January 1, 2015, the Partnership and the GP, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of WCC, entered into an administrative and operational services agreement (the “Services Agreement”). The Services Agreement is terminable by either party upon 120 days’ written notice. The current term of the Services Agreement expires on June 1, 2018, and automatically renews for successive one-year periods unless terminated earlier upon 120-days’ written notice. On January 31, 2018, we received a letter from WCC providing 120 days’ written notice that it was reserving its rights with respect to its continued provision of services to the GP under the Services Agreement, noting that WCC would “continue to pursue value-maximizing transactions for all relevant stakeholders” and noting that WCC would be willing to continue to provide services to the GP and us under certain circumstances. On February 22, 2018, we responded to that letter questioning whether a valid notice of termination of the Services Agreement was provided, addressing the continued deployment of the mine-related employees, noting our intention to seek alternative service providers and preserving our options with respect to the ongoing negotiations over WCC’s provisions of services to the GP and us under the Services Agreement. As previously disclosed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2018, if an agreement with respect to the continued provision of such services had not been reached with WCC by June 1, 2018, we could have initiated a legal dispute with WCC regarding whether the January 31, 2018 reservation of rights letter constituted a valid termination notice under the Services Agreement. As of the date of this filing, no legal dispute has arisen and the parties remain in constructive discussions with respect to WCC’s continued provision of administrative and operational services to us.

Under the terms of the Services Agreement, the GP provides services through its, or an affiliate's, employees and is reimbursed for all related costs incurred on our behalf. Pursuant to the Services Agreement, the Partnership engaged the GP to continue providing services such as general administrative and management, engineering, operations (including mining operations), geological, corporate development, real property, marketing, and other services to the Partnership. Administrative services include without limitation legal, finance and accounting, treasury, insurance administration and claims processing, risk management, health, safety and environmental, information technology, human resources, credit, payroll, internal audit and tax. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, we paid the GP approximately $16.2 million and $34.7 million, respectively, for these services performed under the Services Agreement primarily related to employee costs. Further, under the Services Agreement, the Partnership pays the GP a fixed annual management fee of $2.2 million for certain executive and administrative services, and reimburses the GP at cost for other expenses and expenditures. This fixed annual management fee has not been prepaid and is currently being expensed as incurred. Expense related to this annual management fee, included in Selling and administrative in the Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited), was $0.5 million and $1.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Pursuant to the Services Agreement, the primary reimbursements to our GP were for costs related to payroll. Reimbursable costs under the Services Agreement totaling $2.1 million and $1.3 million were included in accounts payable as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

On January 9, 2017, the Partnership acquired surface coal reserves (“Johnson Run”) through conveyance of leases and recoupable advance royalty payments from Buckingham Coal Company, LLC, ("BCC") a wholly owned subsidiary of WCC, for $1.7 million, of which $1.5 million was deemed a distribution as the transaction was between entities under common control.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively, we sold coal to a subsidiary of WCC, which generated $8.3 million and $12.1 million in revenues. No such coal sales occurred during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2018. Further, as of December 31, 2017, accounts receivable related to the coal sales to the subsidiary of WCC totaled

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONT.)

$3.8 million and were included in Receivables in the Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited) for that period. No accounts receivable related to these revenues was outstanding as of June 30, 2018.

14. SEGMENT INFORMATION

We operate in one business segment. We operate surface coal mines in Ohio and Wyoming, selling thermal coal to utilities, industrial customers, municipalities and other coal-related entities primarily in the Midwest and Wyoming. All of our operations have similar economic characteristics including but not limited to coal quality, geology, coal marketing opportunities, mining and transportation methods and regulatory issues. Our operating and executive management makes its decisions based on consolidated reports. Our Ohio operating subsidiaries share customers and a particular customer may receive coal from any one of such Ohio operating subsidiaries. We also lease or sublease coal reserves to others through our Ohio Operations in exchange for a per ton royalty rate.

15. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Partnership has evaluated subsequent events in accordance with ASC 855, Subsequent Events, through the filing date of this Quarterly Report, and determined that no events have occurred that have not been disclosed elsewhere in the notes to the consolidated financial statements (unaudited) that would require adjustments to disclosures in the consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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Item 2 - MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements (unaudited) and notes to the consolidated financial statements (unaudited) thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements thereto and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017 included in our 2017 Form 10-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). This discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect management’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements or as a result of certain factors such as those set forth below under “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report and other materials we have filed or will file with the SEC (as well as information included in our other written or oral statements) contain or will contain certain statements that are forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on our expectations and assumptions at the time they are made and are not guarantees of future performance. Because forward looking statements relate to the future, they involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, our forward-looking statements. Words such as “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “guides,” “provides guidance,” “provides outlook” and other similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” and “might” are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Readers of this Quarterly Report should not rely solely on the forward-looking statements and should consider all uncertainties and risks discussed in Item 1A - Risk Factors and throughout this Quarterly Report. The statements are only as of the date they are made, and the Partnership undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement. Possible events or factors that could cause results or performance to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements include but are not limited to the following:

• Our ability to adhere to our financial and other covenants, including those waived through September 8, 2018 by the most recent waiver we have obtained from our lenders, and to repay our debts, including our Term Loan which matures December 31, 2018, as they become due;

• Risks associated with our general partner, including our dependence on our general partner and its affiliates, including Westmoreland Coal Company, to manage and provide resources for our operations;

• Our ability to secure customer contracts to replace revenue from expiring contracts;

• Adverse impacts to our business as a result of the audit opinion of our independent auditor containing an explanatory paragraph referencing our conclusion that substantial doubt exists as to our ability to continue as a going concern contained within our 2017 Form 10-K;

• Our substantial level of indebtedness, liquidity issues and potential to seek restructuring transactions;

• Existing and future environmental legislation and regulation affecting both our coal mining operations and our customers’ coal usage, governmental policies and taxes, including those aimed at reducing emissions of elements such as mercury, sulfur dioxides, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter or greenhouse gases;

• The effects of limited protections during adverse economic conditions within certain provisions in our long-term supply contracts;

• The concentration of revenues derived from a small number of customers, and the creditworthiness of those customers;

• Changes in the demand or pricing for coal;

• Our relationships with, and other conditions affecting, our customers, including how power prices and consumption patterns affect our customers’ decisions to run their plants;

• Our ability to fund necessary capital expenditures for the maintenance and continued productivity of our mines;

• Inaccuracies in our estimates of our coal reserves and/or an inability to secure adequate replacement reserves;

• Potential title defects or loss of leasehold interests in our properties, which could result in unanticipated costs or an inability to mine the properties;

• Risks associated with cybersecurity and data leakage;

• The impacts of climate change concerns;

• Business interruptions, including unplanned equipment failures, geological, hydrological or other conditions, and competition and/or conflicts with other resource extraction activities, caused by external factors;

• Natural disasters and events, including blizzards, earthquakes, drought, floods, fire and storms, not all of which are covered by insurance;

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• Extensive government regulations, including existing and potential future legislation, treaties and regulatory requirements, particularly in Northern Appalachia and the Illinois Basin;

• Inaccuracies in our estimates of reclamation and/or mine closure obligations;

• Potential limitations in obtaining bonding capacity and/or increases in our mining costs as a result of increased bonding expenses;

• The availability and costs of key supplies or commodities, such as transportation, key equipment and materials;

• Competition within our industry and with producers of competing energy sources;

• Our ability to pay our quarterly distributions, which substantially depends upon our future operating performance (which may be affected by prevailing economic conditions in the coal industry), debt covenants, and financial, business and other factors, some of which are beyond our control;

• Risks associated with our common units;

• Changes in our tax position as a result of changes in tax law, certain tax positions we have taken, or our status as a publicly traded partnership; and

• Other factors that are described under the heading “Risk Factors” found in our reports filed with the SEC, including our Annual Reports on Form 10-K and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

Unless otherwise specified, the forward-looking statements in this report speak as of the filing date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements whether because of new information, future developments, or otherwise, except as may be required by law

Overview

We sell the majority of our coal under multi-year agreements to electric generation companies. These contracts often contain price escalation and adjustment provisions, pursuant to which the price for our coal may be periodically revised in line with broad economic indicators such as the consumer price index, commodity-specific indices such as the PPI-light fuel oils index, and/or changes in our actual costs. For our contracts that are not cost-protected in nature, we have exposure to inflation and price risk for supplies used in the normal course of production, such as diesel fuel and explosives. We manage these items through strategic sourcing contracts in normal quantities with our suppliers and may use derivatives from time to time.

Recent Trends and Activities

One of the major factors affecting the volume of coal that we sell in any given period is the demand for coal-generated electric power, as well as the specific demand for coal by our customers. Numerous factors affect the demand for electric power and the specific demands of customers, including weather patterns, the presence of hydro- or wind-generated energy in our particular energy grids, environmental and legal challenges, political influences, energy policies, domestic economic conditions, power plant outages and other factors discussed herein. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, our financial results were impacted by several more specific trends and activities, which are described below.

• Ohio Market. Our operations in Ohio are exposed to changes in the price of coal sold on the open market. The price of coal has been, and continues to be, volatile and, in the last few years, has generally been adversely influenced by reduced demand, political pressures, and the price of competing products, including natural gas, that are used in energy production. While approximately 69% of our coal tons are sold under supply contracts that are more than one year in duration, terms can vary significantly and may have pricing provisions that may increase or decrease the price of our coal based on broad economic indicators. Demand pressure has resulted in depressed revenues, net income and Adjusted EBITDA in our Ohio market. Whether volume softness in this region persist in future periods is dependent upon fluctuations in market demand in those regions.

• Weather. Weather conditions are inherently unpredictable and could have positive or negative impacts on operating conditions. During the first quarter of 2017, our operations in Wyoming experienced unusually high amounts of precipitation, which restricted our ability to supply coal and lowered our coal tons sold and our revenues. These unfavorable weather patterns did not recur in the 2018 period.

• Impairment Charges. During the second quarter of 2018, we recognized impairment charges of $77.7 million related to the write-down of certain assets, as described in Note 5. Loss On Impairment. As a result of these charges, the remaining depreciable value of our assets is lower, which will result in lower depreciation, depletion and amortization expense in future periods.

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• Contract Expiration. On June 14, 2018, we were notified by our primary customer at the Oxford mine that such customer would not renew its coal supply contract related to the Conesville Power Plant Units 5 and 6 after the current contract ends on December 31, 2018. While we endeavor to secure additional coal supply contracts to replace volumes lost at the end of this contract, there can be no guarantee we will be successful. Coal sales under Oxford’s current coal supply contract to AEP’s Conesville Power Plant Units 5 and 6 represented a substantial portion of the Partnership's revenues generated from the Ohio mines for the year ended December 31, 2017.

• Capital Structure Review. In light of the December 31, 2018 maturity of our Term Loan, we and our parent affiliate, WCC, proactively engaged separate financial advisors to assess the capital structures of our respective companies. Management and our Board, with the assistance of our advisors, are evaluating options to address the upcoming Term Loan maturity. Costs associated with this process were $2.7 million and $4.7 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively. This evaluation is ongoing and could result in, among other things, an amendment or restructuring of our existing debt, the sale of some or all of our assets, or, if we are unsuccessful in addressing the maturity of our debt, it may be necessary for us to seek a private restructuring or protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

Pursuant to the Waiver and Amendment No. 5 to the WMLP’s loan agreement (“Amendment No. 5”) entered dated as of June 15, 2018, we were required, amongst other things, to develop a business plan to utilize in a possible sale of the WMLP assets, including both Kemmerer and Ohio operations, and a sale protocol with respect to such possible sale.  This business plan was provided to WMLP lenders’ professional advisers on July 31, 2018, and, consistent with the agreed upon sales protocol, theprocess to market WMLP’s assets contemplated by Amendment No. 5 is expected to be initiated in August 2018.  There can be no guarantee that we will be successful in these efforts nor that such asset sales will generate sufficient cash to repay existing debt at the WMLP before it matures.  On July 31, 2018, WMLP entered into a new waiver and amendment to WMLP’s loan agreement, which waiver and amendment extends the waiver through and including September 8, 2018.

The objectives and intent of WCC may not be consistent with ours. Any action we choose to pursue will be evaluated by management, our Board and our advisors or an independent committee, as required under our Partnership Agreement. See "Liquidity and Capital Resources" and the notes to our consolidated financial statements (unaudited) for additional information.

Results of Operations

Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2017

Summary Financial Data	Three Months Ended June 30,						Increase / (Decrease)
	2018			2017			$			%
	(In millions)
Revenues	$	64.3		$	81.1		$	(16.8	)	(20.7	)%
Operating (loss) income	$	(82.5	)	$	7.6		$	(90.1	)	*
Net loss	$	(93.8	)	$	(2.4	)	$	(91.4	)	(3,808.3	)%
Adjusted EBITDA1	$	7.6		$	18.9		$	(11.3	)	(59.8	)%
Tons sold	1.4			1.9			(0.5		)	(26.3	)%

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¹ Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, is defined and reconciled to net loss at the end of this “Results of Operations” section.

* Not meaningful.

Revenues

Revenues decreased 20.7% on 26.3% fewer coal tons sold during the second quarter of 2018 compared with the second quarter of 2017 driven primarily by pressured volumes in our Ohio market. These declines were partially offset by stronger pricing at the Kemmerer mine in Wyoming and revenue related to an advanced bonus payment from an oil and gas lease.

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Operating (loss) income and net loss

During the second quarter of 2018, we generated an operating loss of $82.5 million. This compares to operating income of $7.6 million in the second quarter of 2017. This $90.1 million decline quarter over quarter was driven primarily by the aforementioned impairment charge of $77.7 million (see also Note 5. Loss On Impairment). The year-over-year decline was also impacted by the decrease in revenues described above and an increase in selling, general and administrative expense related to advisory fees relative to the ongoing capital structure review.

Net loss was $93.8 million in the second quarter of 2018 compared to $2.4 million in the second quarter of 2017. In addition to the decreases in operating (loss) income noted above, net loss during the quarter was impacted by higher interest expense of $1.0 million resulting from a higher effective interest rate and outstanding balance on our Term Loan.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA decreased to $7.6 million compared to $18.9 million in the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. This decrease was driven by declines in revenues, as discussed previously, partially offset by decreases in cost of sales (excluding DD&A) resulting from lower sales volumes. Adjusted EBITDA excludes the impact of loss on impairment, DD&A expense and the advisory fees discussed above.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2017

Summary Financial Data	Six Months Ended June 30,						Increase / (Decrease)
	2018			2017			$			%
	(In millions)
Revenues	$	132.1		$	155.9		$	(23.8	)	(15.3	)%
Operating (loss) income	$	(84.5	)	$	8.9		$	(93.4	)	*
Net loss	$	(106.6	)	$	(11.2	)	$	(95.4	)	(851.8	)%
Adjusted EBITDA1	$	17.7		$	31.8		$	(14.1	)	(44.3	)%
Tons sold	3.0			3.6			(0.6		)	(16.7	)%

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¹Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, is defined and reconciled to net loss at the end of this “Results of Operations” section.

* Not meaningful.

Revenues

Revenues decreased 15.3% on 16.7% fewer coal tons sold during the six months ended June 30, 2018 compared with the six months ended June 30, 2017 driven by pressured volumes in our Ohio market. These declines were partially offset by stronger pricing at the Kemmerer mine in Wyoming and revenue related to an advanced bonus payment from an oil and gas lease.

Operating (loss) income and net loss

During the six months ended June 30, 2018, we generated an operating loss of $84.5 million. This compares to operating income of $8.9 million in the six months ended June 30, 2017. This $93.4 million decline period over period was driven primarily by an impairment charge of $77.7 million related to our Ohio Operations (see Note 5. Loss On Impairment). The year-over-year decline was also impacted by a decrease in revenues described above and an increase in selling, general and administrative expense related to advisory fees relative to the ongoing capital structure review.

Net loss was $106.6 million during the six months ended June 30, 2018 compared to $11.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2017. In addition to the decreases in operating (loss) income noted above, net loss during the period was impacted by higher interest expense of $1.8 million resulting from a higher effective interest rate and outstanding balance on our Term Loan.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA decreased to $17.7 million compared to $31.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. This decrease was driven by declines in revenues, as discussed previously, partially offset by decreases in cost of sales (excluding DD&A) resulting from lower sales volume. Adjusted EBITDA excludes the impact of loss on impairment, DD&A expense and the advisory fees discussed above.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EBITDA

EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest expense, interest income, income taxes, depreciation, depletion, amortization, and accretion expense. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA before certain charges to income such as impairment charges, advisory fees, loss on impairment, gains or losses on sales of assets, unit-based compensation and other non-cash and non-recurring costs which are not considered part of earnings from operations for comparison purposes to other companies’ normalized income. Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental measure of financial performance that is not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA is a key metric used by us to assess our operating performance and as a basis for strategic planning and forecasting and we believe that Adjusted EBITDA is useful to an investor in evaluating our operating performance because this measure:

• is used widely by investors to measure a company’s operating performance without regard to items excluded from the calculation of such term, which can vary substantially from company to company depending upon accounting methods and book value of assets, capital structure and the method by which assets were acquired, among other factors;

• is used by rating agencies, lenders and other parties to evaluate our creditworthiness; and

• helps investors to more meaningfully evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the effect of our capital structure and asset base from our operating results.

Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure calculated in accordance with GAAP. The items excluded from Adjusted EBITDA are significant in assessing our operating results. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. For example, Adjusted EBITDA:

• does not reflect our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital and major maintenance expenditures or contractual commitments;

• does not reflect income tax expenses or the cash requirements necessary to pay income taxes;

• does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; and

• does not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on certain of our debt obligations.

In addition, although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements. Other companies in our industry and in other industries may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently from the way that we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure. Because of these limitations, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using Adjusted EBITDA only as supplemental data. The table below shows how we calculated Adjusted EBITDA, including a breakdown by segment, and reconcile Adjusted EBITDA to net loss, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

Distributable Cash Flow

Distributable Cash Flow represents Adjusted EBITDA less cash changes in deferred revenue, cash reclamation and mine closure expenditures, reserve replacement and maintenance capital expenditures and cash interest expense (net of interest income). Cash interest expense represents the portion of our interest expense accrued and paid in cash during the reporting periods presented or that we will pay in cash in future periods as the obligations become due. Other maintenance capital expenditures represent expenditures for coal reserve replacement and for plant, equipment, and mine development. Cash reclamation expenditures represent the reduction to our reclamation and mine closure costs resulting from cash payments. Earnings attributable to the noncontrolling interest are not available for distribution to our unitholders and accordingly are deducted.

Distributable cash flow should not be considered as an alternative to net loss attributable to our unitholders, income or loss from operations, cash flows from operating activities or any other measure of performance presented in accordance with GAAP. Although distributable cash flow is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP, we believe distributable cash flow is useful to investors because this measurement is used by many analysts and others in the industry as a performance measurement tool to evaluate our operating and financial performance, facilitating comparison with the performance of other publicly traded limited partnerships.

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Our 2014 Financing Agreement restricts us from making cash distributions in excess of $15.0 million in the aggregate when certain ratios and liquidity requirements are not met. As of June 30, 2018, both of these ratios were not met, and we do not foresee them being met in the near future. As of June 30, 2018, we have made $15.0 million in Restricted Distributions and, accordingly, cannot make further distributions unless we either refinance or modify our Term Loan or meet the required ratios noted in Note 6. Debt And Lines Of Credit.

The table below shows how we calculated distributable cash flow and reconcile distributable cash flow to net loss, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. 

Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow to Net Loss

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
	(In thousands)
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow to Net Loss
Net loss	$	(93,759	)	$	(2,352	)	$	(106,637	)	$	(11,167	)
Interest expense, net of interest income	11,370			10,420			22,461			20,693
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	9,189			10,110			17,354			20,461
Accretion of ARO	1,748			1,337			3,551			2,672
EBITDA	(71,452		)	19,515			(63,271		)	32,659
Advisory fees1	2,679			—			4,651			—
Loss on impairment	77,675			—			77,675			—
Loss (gain) on sale of assets	(1,169		)	(220		)	(1,068		)	(362		)
Unit-based compensation	—			39			52			81
Other non-cash and non-recurring costs2	(84		)	(433		)	(293		)	(608		)
Adjusted EBITDA	7,649			18,901			17,746			31,770
Deferred revenue	(2,545		)	(3,821		)	(1,104		)	(1,375		)
Reclamation and mine closure costs	(3,140		)	(3,334		)	(5,260		)	(5,207		)
Maintenance capital expenditures and other	(1,630		)	(3,903		)	(3,151		)	(7,054		)
Cash interest expense, net of interest income	(8,151		)	(7,513		)	(15,997		)	(14,735		)
Distributable Cash Flow	$	(7,817	)	$	330		$	(7,766	)	$	3,399

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¹ Amount represents fees paid to financial and legal advisors related to the assessment of the Partnership's capital structure. These advisors, together with the Partnership's management and the board of directors of the GP ("Board"), are developing and evaluating options to restructure the Partnership’s overall capital structure.

² Includes non-cash activity from the change in fair value of investments and warrants.

Liquidity and Capital Resources 

Liquidity

We had cash and cash equivalents of $28.2 million and $36.7 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

Our Term Loan matures on December 31, 2018 and, accordingly, the principal balance of $315.9 million is classified as a current liability on our Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited) as of June 30, 2018. The Partnership does not currently have liquidity or access to additional capital sufficient to pay off this debt by its maturity date. This condition gives rise to substantial doubt as to the Partnership’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these financial statements were issued.

Certain affirmative covenants in our 2014 Financing Agreement provide that an audit opinion on our consolidated financial statements that includes an explanatory paragraph referencing our conclusion that substantial doubt exists as to the

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Partnership's ability to continue as a going concern constitutes an event of default. The audit report included in our 2017 Form 10-K contained such an explanatory paragraph. On March 1, 2018, we entered into a waiver and amendment number three to the 2014 Financing Agreement that waived any such event of default arising from the inclusion of a going concern explanatory paragraph in the audit report included in our 2017 Form 10-K. Prior to the expiration of the aforementioned waiver on May 15, 2018, we entered into a series of amendments that ultimately continued to waive any such event of default through September 8, 2018 (“Waiver”) or the occurrence of any other event of default that has not been waived as part of the Waiver. Accordingly, on expiration of the Waiver, the lenders could accelerate the maturity date of the Term Loan, making it immediately due and payable.

If our lenders accelerate the maturity date of the Term Loan, we do not currently have sufficient liquidity to repay such indebtedness and would need additional sources of capital to do so. We have engaged financial advisors to assess our capital structure. Management and our Board, with the assistance of our advisors, are evaluating options to address the Term Loan maturity date, which may include seeking an amendment, restructuring our existing debt or selling some or all of our assets. In May 2018, our Board, in conjunction with management and outside advisors, initiated a formal process to explore the sale of some or all of our mine assets. There can be no guarantee that we will be successful in selling these assets or that such asset sales will generate sufficient cash to repay our existing debt balances before their maturities. Likewise, we cannot provide any assurances that we will be successful addressing the maturity date, and if we fail to do so, it may be necessary for us to seek a private restructuring or protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

Our business is capital intensive and requires substantial capital expenditures for, among other things, purchasing, maintaining and upgrading equipment used in developing and mining our coal, and acquiring reserves. Our principal liquidity needs are to finance current operations, replace reserves, fund capital expenditures, including costs of acquisitions from time to time, service our debt and pay quarterly cash distributions to our unitholders. Our primary sources of liquidity to meet these needs have been cash generated by our operations and borrowings under the 2014 Financing Agreement. See Note 6. Debt And Lines Of Credit for a description of our debt facilities.

Our ability to satisfy our working capital requirements, meet debt service obligations and fund planned capital expenditures substantially depends upon our future operating performance, which may be affected by prevailing economic conditions in the coal industry. To the extent our future operating cash flow or access to financing sources and the costs thereof are materially different than expected, our future liquidity may be adversely affected.

Debt Obligations and Covenant Compliance

See Note 6. Debt And Lines Of Credit for a description of our debt facilities and the above "Liquidity" section for matters regarding covenant compliance.

Cash Distributions

See Note 6. Debt And Lines Of Credit and Note 7. Distributions Of Available Cash for further information regarding cash distributions.

Historical Sources and Uses of Cash

The following table summarizes net cash provided by (used in) operating, investing and financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:

	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018			2017
	(In thousands)
Net cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	(3,274	)	$	19,740
Investing activities	(1,105		)	(8,637		)
Financing activities	(3,845		)	(4,534		)

Cash and cash equivalents included restricted cash decreased by $8.2 million during the six months ended June 30, 2018, driven primarily by capital expenditures of $3.2 million and repayments of long-term debt of $3.8 million.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Please refer to the corresponding section in Part II - Item 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of our 2017 Form 10-K for a discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1. Basis Of Presentation.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

In the normal course of business, we are a party to certain off-balance sheet arrangements. These arrangements include guarantees and financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk, such as letters of credit and surety, performance and road bonds. Federal and state laws require us to secure certain long-term obligations, such as ARO, and contractual performance. Historically, we have secured these obligations with surety bonds. No liabilities related to these arrangements are reflected in our Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited), and we do not expect any material adverse effects on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows to result from these off-balance sheet arrangements.

There have been no material changes to our off-balance sheet arrangements since December 31, 2017. Our off-balance sheet arrangements are discussed in Part II - Item 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of our 2017 Form 10-K.

Item 3 - QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

There have been no material changes in our market risk since December 31, 2017. For additional information, refer to Part II - Item 7A - Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk of our 2017 Form 10-K.

Item 4 - CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

As required by Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), management has evaluated, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2018. Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that material information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Disclosure controls and procedures also include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding our required disclosure. Based on that evaluation, our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date.

Additionally, there have been no changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the six months ended June 30, 2018, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are subject, from time-to-time, to various proceedings, lawsuits, disputes, and claims (“Actions”) arising in the ordinary course of our business. Many of these Actions raise complex factual and legal issues and are subject to uncertainties. We cannot predict with certainty the outcome of Actions brought against us. Accordingly, adverse developments, settlements or resolutions may occur and may result in a negative impact on income in the quarter of such development, settlement or resolution. However, we do not believe that the outcome of any current Action would have a material adverse effect on our financial results. See Note 10. Commitments And Contingencies for a description of any pending legal proceedings, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1A -RISK FACTORS

We have disclosed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our 2017 Form 10-K, the risk factors that we believe materially affect our business, financial condition and/or results of operations. There have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in our 2017 Form 10-K, except that the current collective bargaining agreement at the Kemmerer mine that had a previous expiration date of May 1, 2018 was extended to August 1, 2018 and subsequently extended a second time through July 31, 2019. You should carefully consider the risk factors set forth in the 2017 Form 10-K and the other information set forth elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. You should be aware that these risk factors and other information may not describe every risk that we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

Item 4 -MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

On July 21, 2010, Congress enacted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”). Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act contains reporting requirements regarding mine safety. Mine safety violations or other regulatory matters, as required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act and Item 104 of Regulation S-K, are included as Exhibit 95.1 to this Quarterly Report.

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Item 6 -EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT INDEX

Those exhibits marked with a (*) refer to management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements. Portions of the exhibits marked with a (†) are the subject of a Confidential Treatment Request under 5 U.S. § 552(b)(4) and 17 C.F.R. §§ 200.80(b)(4), 200.83 and 240.24b-2. Omitted material for which confidential treatment has been requested has been filed separately with the SEC.

		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	File Number	Exhibit	Filing Date	Filed or Furnished Herewith
10.1	Waiver and Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement by and among Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP and each of its subsidiaries, the lenders party there to and U.S. Bank National Association, dated as of March 1, 2018					X
10.2	Waiver and Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement by and among Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP and each of its subsidiaries, the lenders party there to and U.S. Bank National Association, dated as of June 15, 2018					X
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)					X
31.2	Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)					X
32	Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350					X
95.1	Mine Safety Disclosure					X
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document					X
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document					X
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document					X
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document					X
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document					X
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Definition Document					X

Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are documents formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language). The financial information contained in the XBRL-related document is “unaudited” or “unreviewed.” Exhibits 32 and 101 attached hereto are being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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SIGNATURES

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		WESTMORELAND RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP
		By:	WESTMORELAND RESOURCES GP, LLC, its general partner
Date:	August 3, 2018	By:	/s/ Scott A. Henry
			Scott A. Henry
			Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
			(Principal Financial Officer and A Duly Authorized Officer)

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EX-10.1

EXHIBIT 10.1

WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO FINANCING AGREEMENT

This WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO FINANCING AGREEMENT (this "Waiver and Amendment") is dated as of May 15, 2018 and is entered into by and among Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Parent"), Oxford Mining Company, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company ("Oxford Mining"), each subsidiary of the Parent listed as a "Guarantor" on the signature pages hereto (together with the Parent, each an "Existing Guarantor" and collectively, the "Existing Guarantors"), the Lenders referred to below, U.S. Bank National Association, a California corporation ("U.S. Bank"), as collateral agent for the Lenders referred to below (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent"), and U.S. Bank, as administrative agent for the Lenders referred to below (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent," and together with the Collateral Agent, each an "Agent" and collectively, the "Agents").

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Oxford Mining, each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a "Borrower" thereunder (each a "Borrower" and collectively the "Borrowers"), the Existing Guarantors (together with each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a "Guarantor" thereunder or otherwise guarantees all or any part of the Obligations, each a "Guarantor" and collectively, the "Guarantors" and collectively with the Borrowers, the “Loan Parties”), the Agents and the lenders from time to time party thereto (each a "Lender" and collectively, the "Lenders") have entered into that certain Financing Agreement dated as of December 31, 2014, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Financing Agreement dated March 13, 2015, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Financing Agreement dated July 31, 2015 and as amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 to Financing Agreement dated March 1, 2018 ("Amendment No. 3") (as amended and as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Financing Agreement"; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Financing Agreement); and

WHEREAS, the Agents and the Lenders have agreed to waive any actual or potential Default or Event of Default that arose or may have arisen, in each case, solely as a result of or in connection with the Loan Parties’ failure under Section 7.01(a)(iii) of the Financing Agreement to deliver to each Agent and each Lender an unqualified audit opinion in connection with the audited financial statements for the Fiscal Year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries ending December 31, 2017 (the “Subject Defaults”);

WHEREAS, the Borrowers requested, and the Agents and the Required Lenders agreed, to waive the Subject Defaults and amend the Financing Agreement in certain respects as set forth in Amendment No. 3;

WHEREAS, the Borrowers now request that the Agents and the Required Lenders extend the waiver of the Subject Defaults set forth in Amendment No. 3 and further amend the Financing Agreement as set forth below.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in the Financing Agreement and this Waiver and Amendment, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.Amendments to Financing Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3 below, and in reliance on the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 below, the Financing Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a)    Section 1.01 of the Financing Agreement is hereby amended by adding the below definitions in the correct alphanumeric order as set forth below:

"Amendment No. 4 Effective Date" means May 15, 2018.

(b)    Section 7.01 of the Financing Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new clause (x) immediately after clause (w) thereof as set forth below:

"(x)    Marketing Process.

(A)     By no later than May 21, 2018, the Loan Parties, Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC (the "GP") and Westmoreland Coal Company ("WCC") shall authorize Lazard Freres & Co. LLC (“Lazard”) to conduct a sale and marketing process with respect to all or substantially all of the Loan Parties' assets (the "Sale") and Lazard's existing engagement letter shall be amended to reflect the change in the scope of its services thereunder.

(B)     WCC and the Loan Parties will develop, based on good-faith consultations with the Lenders, as promptly as possible, a sale protocol (the “Sale Protocol”) establishing procedures for Lazard's administration of the Sale, and appropriate oversight of the same, which Sale Protocol shall also include, among other things, deadlines for completion of a business plan, completion of a confidential offering memorandum, bid deadlines, populating and maintaining a data room for potentially interested buyers and other related information (the "Sale Information").

(C)     By no later than close of business on May 21, 2018, WCC shall assign a representative from Alvarez & Marsal (acceptable to the conflicts committee of the board of directors of the GP (the “Conflicts Committee”)) to assist Lazard in facilitating the flow of information from WCC and the Loan Parties to enable Lazard to implement the Sale Protocol and compile the Sale Information.

(D)     WCC, the Loan Parties, and their professionals shall reasonably cooperate with the Conflicts Committee and/or its professionals in providing the information and access reasonably necessary to implement the Sale Protocol.

(E)    WCC, the Loan Parties, and their representatives will consult with the Lenders and their representatives regarding the development and implementation of the Sale Protocol and Sale Information.

(F)     The Loan Parties shall implement the Sale Protocol as promptly as possible.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article IX of this Agreement, it will constitute an immediate Event of Default under this Agreement if the conditions in Sections 7.01(x)(A), (x)(C), (x)(E) or (x)(F) are not timely satisfied in accordance with the provisions thereof, and it will constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement if the Loan Parties breach any of the covenants contained in Sections 7.01(x)(B) or (x)(D) and such breach, if capable of being remedied, shall remain unremedied for two (2) Business Days after the earlier of the date an Authorized Officer of any Loan Party becomes aware of such breach

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and the date written notice of such default shall have been given by any Agent or any Lender to such Loan Party."

2.Extension of Waiver.On the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Agents and the Required Lenders hereby extend the waiver set forth in Section 2 of Amendment No. 3 until the earliest of (i) 11:59 pm New York time on June 15, 2018, (ii) the occurrence of any Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults or an Event of Default solely arising from the Subject Defaults) or (iii) the commencement of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding by or against WCC.

3.Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Waiver and Amendment is subject to the concurrent satisfaction of each of the following conditions (the “Amendment No. 4 Effective Date”):

(a)the Agents shall have received a fully executed copy of this Waiver and Amendment executed by each of the Borrowers, each of the Guarantors and the Required Lenders; and

(b)no Default or Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date) shall have occurred and be continuing.

4.Representations and Warranties. To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Waiver and Amendment, each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:

(a)the execution, delivery and performance of this Waiver and Amendment has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as applicable, on the part of such Loan Party and that this Waiver and Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party;

(b)this Waiver and Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally;

(c)the representations and warranties contained in Article VI of the Financing Agreement (other than clauses (i), (z) and (bb) thereof) and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered to any Agent or any Lender pursuant to the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document on or prior to the date hereof are true and correct in all material respects after giving effect hereto (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to "materiality" or "Material Adverse Effect" in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates solely to an earlier date (in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date); and

(d)no Default or Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date) has occurred and is continuing.

5.Release. In consideration of the agreements of the Agents and the Lenders contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Loan Party hereby releases and forever discharges each Agent and the Lenders and their respective

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directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and permitted assigns from any and all liabilities, obligations, actions, contracts, claims, causes of action, damages, demands, costs and expenses whatsoever (collectively "Claims"), of every kind and nature, however evidenced or created, whether known or unknown, arising prior to or on the date of this Waiver and Amendment including, but not limited to, any Claims involving the extension of credit under or administration of this Waiver and Amendment, the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document, as each may be amended, or the Indebtedness incurred by the Borrowers thereunder or any other transactions evidenced by this Waiver and Amendment, the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document.

6.Severability.Any provision of this Waiver and Amendment held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this Waiver and Amendment and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.

7.References. Any reference to the Financing Agreement contained in any document, instrument or Loan Document executed in connection with the Financing Agreement shall be deemed to be a reference to the Financing Agreement as modified by this Waiver and Amendment.

8.Counterparts. This Waiver and Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which taken together shall be one and the same instrument. Receipt by telecopy or electronic mail of any executed signature page to this Waiver and Amendment shall constitute effective delivery of such signature page.

9.Ratification.The terms and provisions set forth in this Waiver and Amendment shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions of the Financing Agreement and shall not be deemed to be a consent to the modification or waiver of any other term or condition of the Financing Agreement. Except as expressly modified and superseded by this Financing Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect.

10.Governing Law. THIS WAIVER AND AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

11.Costs and Expenses.The Borrowers will pay, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of an invoice relating thereto, all reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses of the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Waiver and Amendment or otherwise payable under the Financing Agreement, including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agents and counsel the Lenders.

12.Loan Document.Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Waiver and Amendment constitutes a "Loan Document" under the Financing Agreement. Accordingly, it shall be an Event of Default under the Financing Agreement if (a) any representation or warranty made by a Loan Party under or in connection with this Waiver and Amendment shall have been untrue, false or misleading in any material respect when made or (b) any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in this Waiver and Amendment.

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13.Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WAIVER OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS.

14.Limited Effect of Waiver and Amendment. This Waiver and Amendment shall not be deemed (a) other than as set forth in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, to be a waiver of, or consent to, or a modification or amendment of, any other term or condition of the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document or (b) to prejudice any other right or remedies which the Agents or the Lenders may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Financing Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein , as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

15.    Required Lender Authorization and Direction. By their execution of this Waiver and Amendment, each of the Lenders party hereto: (i) hereby authorizes and directs each Agent to execute this Waiver and Amendment, and (ii) agrees that each Agent shall incur no liability for executing this Waiver and Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver and Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.    

BORROWER:

OXFORD MINING COMPANY, LLC 
By:/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen
Name: Samuel N. Hagreen
Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

GUARANTORS:

WESTMORELAND RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP 
By Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC, its general partner

 
By:/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen

Name: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

OXFORD MINING COMPANY-KENTUCKY, LLC 
By:/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen

Name: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

DARON COAL COMPANY, LLC 
By:/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen
Name: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

OXFORD CONESVILLE, LLC 
By:/s/ Samuel N. HagreenName: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

HARRISON RESOURCES, LLC 
By:/s/ Samuel N. HagreenName: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

WESTMORELAND KEMMERER FEE COAL HOLDINGS, LLCBy:/s/ Samuel N. HagreenName: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

WESTMORELAND KEMMERER, LLC 
By:/s/ Samuel N. HagreenName: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and General Counsel

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

COLLATERAL AGENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

 
By:/s/ Lisa Dowd
Name: Lisa Dowd
Title: Vice President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

LENDERS:

TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS V, LP

TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND VI, LLC, each as Lenders

By: Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, its Investment Manager

 
By:/s/ Howard Levkowitz 
Name: Howard Levkowitz
Title: Managing Partner

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

LENDERS:

BF OXFORD SPE LLC

 
By:/s/ Adam L. Gubner

Name: Adam L. Gubner

Title: Authorized Person

GCF OXFORD SPE LLC

 
By:/s/ Adam L. Gubner

Name: Adam L. Gubner

Title: Authorized Person

TOF OXFORD SPE LLC

 
By:/s/ Adam L. Gubner

Name: Adam L. Gubner

Title: Authorized Person

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

LENDER:

MEDLEY CAPITAL CORPORATION

By: MCC Advisors LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

its investment manager

By: /s/ Richard T. Allorto, Jr.  
Name: Richard T. Allorto, Jr.
Title: Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

LENDER:

SIERRA INCOME CORPORATION

By: SIC Advisors LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

its investment manager

By: /s/ Christopher M. Mathieu 
Name: Christopher M. Mathieu
Title: Treasurer

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

LENDER:

BLACKROCK CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION

 
By: /s/ Marshall Merriman
Name: Marshall Merriman
Title: Managing Director

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED (INCLUDING FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 7.01(X) OF THE FINANCING AGREEMENT):

WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY

 
By: /s/ Michael G. Hutchinson
Name: Michael G. Hutchinson
Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer

Signature Page to Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement

EX-10.2

EXHIBIT 10.2

WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO FINANCING AGREEMENT

This WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO FINANCING AGREEMENT (this "Waiver and Amendment" and "Amendment No. 5") is dated as of June 15, 2018 and is entered into by and among Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Parent"), Oxford Mining Company, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company ("Oxford Mining"), each subsidiary of the Parent listed as a "Guarantor" on the signature pages hereto (together with the Parent, each an "Existing Guarantor" and collectively, the "Existing Guarantors"), the Lenders referred to below, U.S. Bank National Association, a California corporation ("U.S. Bank"), as collateral agent for the Lenders referred to below (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent"), and U.S. Bank, as administrative agent for the Lenders referred to below (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent," and together with the Collateral Agent, each an "Agent" and collectively, the "Agents").

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Oxford Mining, each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a "Borrower" thereunder (each a "Borrower" and collectively the "Borrowers"), the Existing Guarantors (together with each other Person that executes a joinder agreement and becomes a "Guarantor" thereunder or otherwise guarantees all or any part of the Obligations, each a "Guarantor" and collectively, the "Guarantors" and collectively with the Borrowers, the “Loan Parties”), the Agents and the lenders from time to time party thereto (each a "Lender" and collectively, the "Lenders") have entered into that certain Financing Agreement dated as of December 31, 2014, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Financing Agreement dated March 13, 2015, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 2 to Financing Agreement dated July 31, 2015, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 to Financing Agreement dated March 1, 2018 ("Amendment No. 3") and as amended by that certain Amendment No. 4 to Financing Agreement dated May 15, 2018 ("Amendment No. 4") (as amended and as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Financing Agreement"; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Financing Agreement); and

WHEREAS, the Agents and the Lenders have agreed to waive any actual or potential Default or Event of Default that arose or may have arisen, in each case, solely as a result of or in connection with the Loan Parties’ failure under Section 7.01(a)(iii) of the Financing Agreement to deliver to each Agent and each Lender an unqualified audit opinion in connection with the audited financial statements for the Fiscal Year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries ending December 31, 2017 (the “Subject Defaults”);

WHEREAS, the Borrowers requested, and the Agents and the Required Lenders agreed, to waive the Subject Defaults and amend the Financing Agreement in certain respects as set forth in Amendment No. 4;

WHEREAS, the Borrowers now request that the Agents and the Required Lenders extend the waiver of the Subject Defaults set forth in Amendment No. 4 and further amend the Financing Agreement as set forth below.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in the Financing Agreement and this Waiver and Amendment, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.Amendments to Financing Agreement. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3 below, and in reliance on the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 below, the Financing Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a)    Section 1.01 of the Financing Agreement is hereby amended by adding the below definitions in the correct alphanumeric order as set forth below:

"Amendment No. 5 Effective Date" means June 15, 2018.

(b)    Section 7.01 of the Financing Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new clause (y) immediately after clause (x) thereof as set forth below:

"(y)    Sale Protocol. The Loan Parties and WCC shall implement the Sale Protocol in accordance with the covenants and deadlines set forth in Exhibit A attached to Amendment No. 5.Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Article IX of this Agreement, it will constitute an immediate Event of Default under this Agreement if the covenants in this Section 7.01(y) are not timely complied with in accordance with the provisions thereof."

2.Extension of Waiver.On the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date, the Agents and the Required Lenders hereby extend the waiver set forth in Section 2 of Amendment No. 3 until the earliest of (i) 11:59 pm New York time on July 31, 2018, (ii) the occurrence of any Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults or an Event of Default solely arising from the Subject Defaults) or (iii) the commencement of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding by or against WCC.

3.Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Waiver and Amendment is subject to the concurrent satisfaction of each of the following conditions (the “Amendment No. 5 Effective Date”):

(a)the Agents shall have received a fully executed copy of this Waiver and Amendment executed by each of the Borrowers, each of the Guarantors and the Required Lenders; and

(b)no Default or Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults prior to the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date) shall have occurred and be continuing.

4.Representations and Warranties. To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Waiver and Amendment, each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:

(a)the execution, delivery and performance of this Waiver and Amendment has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as applicable, on the part of such Loan Party and that this Waiver and Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party;

(b)this Waiver and Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be

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limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally;

(c)the representations and warranties contained in Article VI of the Financing Agreement (other than clauses (i), (z) and (bb) thereof) and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered to any Agent or any Lender pursuant to the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document on or prior to the date hereof are true and correct in all material respects after giving effect hereto (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to "materiality" or "Material Adverse Effect" in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates solely to an earlier date (in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date); and

(d)no Default or Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults prior to the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date) has occurred and is continuing.

5.Release. In consideration of the agreements of the Agents and the Lenders contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Loan Party hereby releases and forever discharges each Agent and the Lenders and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and permitted assigns from any and all liabilities, obligations, actions, contracts, claims, causes of action, damages, demands, costs and expenses whatsoever (collectively "Claims"), of every kind and nature, however evidenced or created, whether known or unknown, arising prior to or on the date of this Waiver and Amendment including, but not limited to, any Claims involving the extension of credit under or administration of this Waiver and Amendment, the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document, as each may be amended, or the Indebtedness incurred by the Borrowers thereunder or any other transactions evidenced by this Waiver and Amendment, the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document.

6.Severability.Any provision of this Waiver and Amendment held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this Waiver and Amendment and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.

7.References. Any reference to the Financing Agreement contained in any document, instrument or Loan Document executed in connection with the Financing Agreement shall be deemed to be a reference to the Financing Agreement as modified by this Waiver and Amendment.

8.Counterparts. This Waiver and Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which taken together shall be one and the same instrument. Receipt by telecopy or electronic mail of any executed signature page to this Waiver and Amendment shall constitute effective delivery of such signature page.

9.Ratification.The terms and provisions set forth in this Waiver and Amendment shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions of the Financing Agreement and shall not be deemed to be a consent to the modification or waiver of any other term or condition of the Financing Agreement. Except as expressly modified and superseded by this Financing Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect.

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10.Governing Law. THIS WAIVER AND AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

11.Costs and Expenses.The Borrowers will pay, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of an invoice relating thereto, all reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses of the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Waiver and Amendment or otherwise payable under the Financing Agreement, including, without limitation, reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agents and counsel the Lenders.

12.Loan Document.Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Waiver and Amendment constitutes a "Loan Document" under the Financing Agreement. Accordingly, it shall be an Event of Default under the Financing Agreement if (a) any representation or warranty made by a Loan Party under or in connection with this Waiver and Amendment shall have been untrue, false or misleading in any material respect when made or (b) any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in this Waiver and Amendment.

13.Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WAIVER OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS.

14.Limited Effect of Waiver and Amendment. This Waiver and Amendment shall not be deemed (a) other than as set forth in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, to be a waiver of, or consent to, or a modification or amendment of, any other term or condition of the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document or (b) to prejudice any other right or remedies which the Agents or the Lenders may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Financing Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein , as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

15.    Required Lender Authorization and Direction. By their execution of this Waiver and Amendment, each of the Lenders party hereto: (i) hereby authorizes and directs each Agent to execute this Waiver and Amendment, and (ii) agrees that each Agent shall incur no liability for executing this Waiver and Amendment.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver and Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.    

BORROWER:

OXFORD MINING COMPANY, LLC 
By:/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen
Name: Samuel N. Hagreen
Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

GUARANTORS:

WESTMORELAND RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP

By Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC, its general partner

 

By:/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen

Name: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

OXFORD MINING COMPANY-KENTUCKY, LLC


By:/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen

Name: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

DARON COAL COMPANY, LLC


By:/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen

Name: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

OXFORD CONESVILLE, LLC


By:/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen

Name: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

HARRISON RESOURCES, LLC


By:/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen

Name: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

DOC ID - 28287574.4

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

WESTMORELAND KEMMERER FEE COAL HOLDINGS, LLC


By:/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen

Name: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and Associate General Counsel

WESTMORELAND KEMMERER, LLC


By:/s/ Samuel N. Hagreen

Name: Samuel N. Hagreen

Title: Secretary and General Counsel

DOC ID - 28287574.4

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

COLLATERAL AGENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

By:/s/ Lisa Dowd
Name: Lisa Dowd
Title: Vice President

DOC ID - 28287574.4

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

LENDERS:

TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES PARTNERS V, LP

TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND VI, LLC, each as Lenders

By: Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, its Investment Manager

By:/s/ Howard Levkowitz 
Name: Howard Levkowitz
Title: Managing Partner

DOC ID - 28287574.4

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

LENDERS:

BF OXFORD SPE LLC

 
By:/s/ Adam L. Gubner

Name: Adam L. Gubner

Title: Authorized Person

GCF OXFORD SPE LLC

 
By:/s/ Adam L. Gubner

Name: Adam L. Gubner

Title: Authorized Person

TOF OXFORD SPE LLC

 
By:/s/ Adam L. Gubner

Name: Adam L. Gubner

Title: Authorized Person

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

LENDER:

MEDLEY CAPITAL CORPORATION

By: MCC Advisors LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

its investment manager

By: /s/ Richard T. Allorto, Jr.  
Name: Richard T. Allorto, Jr.
Title: Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

LENDER:

SIERRA INCOME CORPORATION

By: SIC Advisors LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

its investment manager

By: /s/ Christopher M. Mathieu 
Name: Christopher M. Mathieu
Title: Treasurer

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

LENDER:

BLACKROCK CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION

 
By: /s/ Marshall Merriman
Name: Marshall Merriman
Title: Managing Director

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED (INCLUDING FOR PURPOSES OF THE SALE PROTOCOL:

WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY

 
By: /s/ Michael G. Hutchinson
Name: Michael G. Hutchinson
Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to Financing Agreement

EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

Certification

I, Michael G. Hutchinson, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	August 3, 2018	/s/ Michael G. Hutchinson
		Name:	Michael G. Hutchinson
		Title:	Interim Chief Executive Officer
			(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

Certification

I, Scott A. Henry, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	August 3, 2018	/s/ Scott A. Henry
		Name:	Scott A. Henry
		Title:	Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
			(Principal Financial Officer and A Duly Authorized Officer)

EX-32

Exhibit 32

Statement Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, each of the undersigned certifies that this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2018, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in this report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP.

Date:	August 3, 2018	/s/ Michael G. Hutchinson
		Name:	Michael G. Hutchinson
		Title:	Interim Chief Executive Officer
			(Principal Executive Officer)
Date:	August 3, 2018	/s/ Scott A. Henry
		Name:	Scott A. Henry
		Title:	Controller and Principal Accounting Officer
			(Principal Financial Officer and A Duly Authorized Officer)

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP and will be retained by Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

EX-95.1

EXHIBIT 95.1

Mine Safety Disclosure

The following disclosures are provided pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations, which require certain disclosures by companies required to file periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that operate coal mines regulated under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the Mine Act). 

Mine Safety Information.  Whenever the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) believes that a violation of the Mine Act, any health or safety standard, or any regulation has occurred, it may issue a violation which describes the associated condition or practice and designates a timeframe within which the operator must abate the violation. In some situations, such as when MSHA believes that conditions pose a hazard to miners, MSHA may issue an order removing miners from the area of the mine affected by the condition until hazards are corrected. Whenever MSHA issues a citation or order, it generally proposes a civil penalty, or fine, as a result of the violation that the operator is ordered to pay. Citations and orders can be contested and appealed and, as part of that process, are often reduced in severity and amount, and are sometimes vacated. The number of citations, orders and proposed assessments vary depending on the size and type (underground or surface) of the company and mine.

The table that follows reflects citations and orders issued to us by MSHA during the quarter ended June 30, 2018. The table includes only those mines that were issued orders or citations during the period presented and, commensurate with SEC regulations, does not reflect orders or citations issued to independent contractors working at our mines. Due to timing and other factors, our data may not agree with the mine data retrieval system maintained by MSHA. The proposed assessments for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 were taken from the MSHA system as of July 26, 2018.

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Westmoreland Resources Partners, LP

10-Q Safety Statistics

Quarter Ended June 30, 2018

Received

Received

Total

Notice of

Notice of

Legal

Section

Total Dollar

Number

Pattern of

Potential

Actions

Legal

Legal

Mine or

104(d)

Value of

of

Violations

to Have

Pending

Actions

Actions

Operating

Section

Section

Citations

Section

Section

MSHA

Mining

Under

Pattern

as of

Initiated

Resolved

Name/MSHA

104 S&S

104(b)

and

110(b)(2)

107(a)

Assessments

Related

Section

Under

Last Day

During

During

Identification

Citations

Orders

Orders

Violations

Orders

Proposed

Fatalities

(yes/no)

(yes/no)

of Period

Period

Period

Number

(#)(1)

(#)(2)

(#)(3)

(#)(4)

(#)(5)

($)(6)

(#)(7)

(8)

(8)

(#)(9)

(#)(9)

(#)(9)

Kemmerer Mine

48-00086

2

—

—

—

—

$

1,526

—

No

No

1

—

—

Oxford Mine

33-03907

2

—

—

—

—

$

3,615

—

No

No

2

—

—

(1) Mine Act Section 104(a) citations are for alleged violations of mandatory health or safety standards that could significantly and substantially contribute to the cause and effect of a coal mine safety or health hazard.

(2) Mine Act Section 104(b) orders are for alleged failures to totally abate a citation within the period of time specified in the citation.

(3) Mine Act Section 104(d) citations and orders are for an alleged unwarrantable failure to comply with mandatory health or safety standards.

(4) Total number of flagrant violations issued under Section 110(b)(2) of the Mine Act.

(5) Mine Act Section 107(a) orders are for alleged conditions or practices that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm before such condition or practice can be abated and result in orders of immediate withdrawal from the area of the mine affected by the condition.

(6) Total dollar value of MSHA assessments proposed during the quarter ended June 30, 2018.

(7) Total number of mining-related fatalities during the quarter ended June 30, 2018.

(8) Mine Act Section 104(e) written notices are for an alleged pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards that are of such nature as could have significantly and substantially contributed to the cause and effect of a coal mine health or safety hazard, or the potential to have such a pattern.

(9) Any pending legal action before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (the “Commission”) involving a coal mine owned and operated by us.  The number of legal actions pending as of June 30, 2018 that fall into each of the following categories is as follows:

(a)  Contests of citations and orders:  0

(b)  Contests of proposed penalties:  0

(c)  Complaints for compensation: 0

(d)  Complaints of discharge, discrimination or interference: 0

(e)  Applications for temporary relief: 0

(f)  Appeals of judges' decisions or orders to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission: 0

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Document And Entity Information - shares	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jul. 31, 2018
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP
Entity Central Index Key	0001412347
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2018
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2018
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		1,284,840

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 28,233	$ 36,739
Receivables	21,020	27,409
Inventories	13,676	14,927
Other current assets	7,099	1,891
Total current assets	70,028	80,966
Property, plant and equipment:
Land, mineral rights, property, plant and equipment	208,385	358,375
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization	(82,348)	(164,711)
Net property, plant and equipment	126,037	193,664
Advanced coal royalties	3,990	10,143
Restricted investments	35,811	37,239
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $6.2 million at December 31, 2017	0	24,800
Deposits and other assets	904	592
Total Assets	236,770	347,404
Current liabilities:
Current installments of long-term debt	318,950	314,228
Accounts payable and accrued expenses:
Trade	15,326	15,565
Deferred revenue	2,037	3,141
Production taxes	15,535	16,670
Asset retirement obligations	11,124	15,187
Other current liabilities	2,317	2,091
Total current liabilities	365,289	366,882
Long-term debt, less current installments	7,345	9,605
Asset retirement obligations, less current portion	30,808	30,609
Other liabilities	1,711	1,942
Total liabilities	405,153	409,038
Partners' capital (deficit):
Limited partners	20,024	25,959
General partner units (35,291 units outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017)	31,529	31,687
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(84)	80
Total Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP capital	(168,383)	(61,634)
Total Liabilities and Partners’ Deficit	236,770	347,404
Series A Convertible Units [Member]
Partners' capital (deficit):
Limited partners	(149,068)	(69,605)
Series B Convertible Units [Member]
Partners' capital (deficit):
Limited partners	(70,784)	(49,755)
Liquidation Units [Member]
Partners' capital (deficit):
General partner units (35,291 units outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017)	$ 0	$ 0

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Accumulated amortization		$ 6,200,000.0
Limited partner capital account, units outstanding	1,284,840	1,284,840
General partner capital account, units outstanding	35,291	35,291
Series A Convertible Units [Member]
Limited partner capital account, units outstanding	17,050,680	17,050,680
Series B Convertible Units [Member]
Limited partner capital account, units outstanding	4,512,500	4,512,500
Liquidation Units [Member]
General partner capital account, units outstanding	856,698	856,698

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Revenues	$ 64,295	$ 81,051	$ 132,102	$ 155,856
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation, depletion and amortization, shown separately)	54,065	59,812	109,691	119,228
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	9,189	10,110	17,354	20,461
Selling and administrative	7,008	3,714	12,919	7,611
Loss (gain) on sales of assets	(1,169)	(220)	(1,068)	(362)
Loss on impairment	77,675	0	77,675	0
Total cost and expenses	146,768	73,416	216,571	146,938
Operating (loss) income	(82,473)	7,635	(84,469)	8,918
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense	(11,609)	(10,653)	(22,959)	(21,132)
Interest income	239	233	498	439
Other income	84	433	293	608
Total other expenses	(11,286)	(9,987)	(22,168)	(20,085)
Net loss	(93,759)	(2,352)	(106,637)	(11,167)
Less net loss allocated to general partner	(140)	(4)	(158)	(17)
Net loss allocated to limited partners	(93,619)	(2,348)	(106,479)	(11,150)
Unrealized and realized (loss) gain on available-for-sale debt securities	(97)	105	(164)	251
Comprehensive loss attributable to the Partnership	$ (93,856)	$ (2,247)	$ (106,801)	$ (10,916)
Weighted average number of limited partner common units outstanding, basic and diluted:
Distribution per general partner unit (dollars per unit)	$ 0	$ 0.1333	$ 0	$ 0.2666
Common units [Member]
Net loss per limited partner common unit, basic and diluted:
Basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (4.10)	$ (0.08)	$ (4.66)	$ (0.45)
Weighted average number of limited partner common units outstanding, basic and diluted:
Basic and diluted (in units)	1,285	1,285	1,285	1,264
Distribution per limited partner unit (dollars per unit)	$ 0	$ 0.1333	$ 0	$ 0.2666

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Partners' Capital - 6 months ended Jun. 30, 2018 - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Limited Partner [Member]	Limited Partner [Member] Common Units [Member]	Limited Partner [Member] Liquidation [Member]	General Partner [Member]	Series A Convertible Units [Member] Limited Partner [Member]	Series B Convertible Units [Member] Limited Partner [Member]
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2017	$ (61,634)	$ 80	$ (93,401)	$ 25,959	$ 0	$ 31,687	$ (69,605)	$ (49,755)
Beginning balance (in units) at Dec. 31, 2017			23,704,718	1,284,840	856,698	35,291	17,050,680	4,512,500
Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward]
Net loss	(106,637)		$ (106,479)	$ (5,987)		$ (158)	$ (79,463)	$ (21,029)
Equity-based compensation	52		52	52
Other comprehensive income	(164)	(164)
Ending balance at Jun. 30, 2018	$ (168,383)	$ (84)	$ (199,828)	$ 20,024	$ 0	$ 31,529	$ (149,068)	$ (70,784)
Ending balance (in units) at Jun. 30, 2018			23,704,718	1,284,840	856,698	35,291	17,050,680	4,512,500

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$ (106,637)	$ (11,167)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	17,354	20,461
Accretion of asset retirement obligations	3,551	2,672
Equity-based compensation	52	81
Loss on impairment	77,675	0
Non-cash interest expense	4,782	4,639
Amortization of deferred financing costs	1,362	1,421
Other	(1,068)	(1,263)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivables, net	6,389	3,202
Inventories	1,251	867
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	1,374	2,679
Interest payable	226	21
Deferred revenue	(1,104)	(1,375)
Other assets and liabilities	(3,221)	2,721
Asset retirement obligations	(5,260)	(5,219)
Net cash provided by operating activities	(3,274)	19,740
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
Additions to property, plant, equipment and other	(3,151)	(7,054)
Advance royalties payments	(98)	(318)
Proceeds from sales of restricted investments	5,939	6,981
Purchases of restricted investments	(4,395)	(8,854)
Net proceeds from sales of assets	600	608
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(1,105)	(8,637)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of long-term debt	(3,845)	(2,620)
Cash distributions to unitholders	0	(388)
Acquisition under common control of Johnson Run	0	(1,526)
Net cash used in financing activities	(3,845)	(4,534)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash	(8,224)	6,569
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, beginning of period	44,493	23,675
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, end of period	36,269	30,244
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	16,495	15,174
Non-cash transactions:
Accrued purchases of property and equipment	738	332
Economic value of Series A convertible unit distributions	0	2,124
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, end of period
Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, end of period	$ 44,493	$ 23,675

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Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying consolidated financial statements (unaudited) include the accounts and operations of Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP (the “Partnership”) and its consolidated subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and require the use of management’s estimates. All intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation. The financial information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Quarterly Report”) is unaudited, but reflects all adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial information for the periods shown. Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Certain prior-period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the financial statement line items used by Westmoreland Coal Company (“WCC”), the parent of our general partner Westmoreland Resources GP, LLC (the “GP”). The results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2018.

These unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements included in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (“2017 Form 10-K”). There were no changes to our significant accounting policies from those disclosed in the audited consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial statements thereto contained in our 2017 Form 10-K, except as described below in the section titled "Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements."

Going Concern, Liquidity and Management’s Plan

Our Term Loan (as defined in Note 6. Debt And Lines Of Credit) matures on December 31, 2018, and accordingly the principal balance of $315.9 million is classified as a current liability on our Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2018. The Partnership does not currently have liquidity or access to additional capital sufficient to pay off this debt by its maturity date. This condition gives rise to substantial doubt as to the Partnership’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these financial statements were issued.

Certain affirmative covenants in our 2014 Financing Agreement (as defined in Note 6. Debt And Lines Of Credit) provide that an audit opinion on our consolidated financial statements that includes an explanatory paragraph referencing our conclusion that substantial doubt exists as to the Partnership's ability to continue as a going concern constitutes an event of default. The audit report included in our 2017 Form 10-K contained such an explanatory paragraph. On March 1, 2018, we entered into a waiver and amendment number three to the 2014 Financing Agreement that waived any such event of default arising from the inclusion of a going concern explanatory paragraph in the audit report included in our 2017 Form 10-K. Prior to the expiration of the aforementioned waiver on May 15, 2018, we entered into a series of amendments that ultimately continued to waive any such event of default through September 8, 2018 (“Waiver”) or the occurrence of any other event of default that has not been waived as part of the Waiver. Accordingly, on expiration of the Waiver, the lenders could accelerate the maturity date of the Term Loan, making it immediately due and payable.

If our lenders accelerate the maturity date of the Term Loan, we do not currently have sufficient liquidity to repay such indebtedness and would need additional sources of capital to do so. We have engaged financial advisors to assess our capital structure. Management and our Board, with the assistance of our advisors, are evaluating options to address the Term Loan maturity date, which may include seeking an amendment, restructuring of our existing debt or sales of underlying assets. We cannot provide any assurances that we will be successful addressing the maturity date, and if we fail to do so, it may be necessary for us to seek a private restructuring or protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements (unaudited) are prepared on a going concern basis and do not include any adjustments that might result from uncertainty about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“new revenue standard”), which supersedes all previously existing revenue recognition guidance. Under this guidance, an entity should recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The standard allows for initial application to be performed retrospectively to each period presented or as a cumulative effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. During 2016, the FASB clarified the implementation guidance on principal versus agent, identifying performance obligations and licensing, practical expedients, and made technical corrections on various topics.

The Partnership adopted the new revenue standard effective January 1, 2018 using the full retrospective method. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact to the Partnership's consolidated financial statements.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash (“new cash flows standard”), which requires all entities that have restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents to explain the changes during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. As a result, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents that are included in other financial statement captions of the Consolidated Balance Sheets should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning of period and end of period total amounts shown on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The ASU should be adopted using a retrospective transition method to each period presented. The Partnership adopted the new cash flows standard effective January 1, 2018 and applied the ASU retrospectively to the periods presented in the Partnership’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited). As a result, net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was adjusted to exclude the change in restricted cash as follows:

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cash used in investing activities, as previously reported	$	(7,204	)
Less: Purchases of restricted investments	(1,433		)
Cash used in investing activities, as adjusted	$	(8,637	)

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires companies leasing assets to recognize on their balance sheet a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term on contracts longer than one year. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, using a modified retrospective approach, with early adoption permitted.

In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842):Targeted Improvements, which includes two main provisions. The first is an additional optional transition method to adopt the new leasing standard at the adoption date through recognition of a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retaining earnings in the period of adoption. The second provides lessors with a practical expedient, by class of underlying asset, to not separate non-lease components from the associated lease component and, instead, to account for those components as a single component, if certain criteria are met.

The Partnership has established an implementation team to execute a multi-phase plan to adopt the requirements of the new standard. The team is in the process of finalizing its conclusions on how the guidance will be applied to all identified leases. The team is also evaluating the expanded disclosures required by the new standard and reviewing our system capabilities, processes and internal controls over financial reporting to ensure the appropriate information will be available for these disclosures. We will adopt the new guidance in the first quarter of 2019.

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Revenue

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue

2. REVENUE

We produce and sell thermal coal primarily to large electric utility customers with coal-fired power plants, typically under long-term contracts. Our customers are generally in close proximity through mine-mouth power plants and strategically located rail and barge transportation. Lesser amounts of revenue are generated from royalties from oil and gas leases and sales of various mining byproducts.

Under ASC 606, revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to receive in exchange for those goods or services. We measure revenue based on the consideration specified in the contract, and revenue is recognized when the performance obligations in the contract are satisfied. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct service to the customer. The transaction price of a contract is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when or as the customer receives the benefit of the performance obligation.

For all of our coal sales contracts, performance obligations consist of the delivery of each ton of coal to the customer as our promise is to sell multiple distinct units of a commodity at a point in time. The transaction price principally consists of fixed consideration in the form of a base price per ton of coal with additional variable consideration comprised of adjustments to the base price based on quality measurements. Certain long-term contracts contain additional variable consideration comprised of various index-based adjustments, adjustments based on changes in underlying production costs and reimbursements of various costs such as royalties and taxes.

Disaggregated Revenues

The following table presents our revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 disaggregated by type of revenue (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
Type of Revenue	2018		2017		2018		2017
Coal sales	$	60,032	$	79,817	$	126,741	$	152,924
Other revenues	4,263		1,234		5,361		2,932
Total	$	64,295	$	81,051	$	132,102	$	155,856

Contract Balances

Contract assets and contract liabilities are the result of timing differences between revenue recognition, billings and cash collections. We recognize contract assets in those instances where billing occurs subsequent to revenue recognition and our right to invoice the customer is conditioned on something other than the passage of time. There were no contract assets included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. We recognize contract liabilities in those instances where billing occurs prior to revenue recognition, which occurs for certain contracts with tiered pricing in which the per ton contract price has exceeded per ton revenue to date, or when we have received consideration prior to satisfaction of performance obligations.

The following table presents the activity in our contract liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2018 (in thousands):

Contract Liabilities(1):
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$	3,141
Additions	1,441
Transfers to Revenues	(2,545		)
Balance as of June 30, 2018	$	2,037

_________________________

(1) Comprised entirely of current balances of $2.0 million and $3.1 million reported within Deferred revenue in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

Remaining Performance Obligations

The following table presents our estimated revenues allocated to remaining performance obligations for contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, representing our “contractually committed” revenues as of June 30, 2018 that we will invoice or transfer from contract liabilities and be recognized in future periods (in thousands):

	Estimated Revenues
Six months ended December 31, 2018	$	83,853
2019	73,340
2020	69,680
2021	51,727
2022	—
Thereafter	—
Total	$	278,600

Our contractually committed revenue, for purposes of the table above, is limited to the transaction price for long-term coal sales contracts which have minimum tonnage commitments. Our contractually committed revenue amounts generally exclude, based on the following practical expedients that we elected to apply, (i) variable consideration within contracts in which such variable consideration is allocated entirely to wholly unsatisfied performance obligations; and (ii) remaining performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less. Additional revenues are expected to be recognized based on our short-term coal sales contracts, long-term coal sales contracts with no minimum tonnage commitments and long-term coal sales contracts with customer options in addition to minimum tonnage commitments.

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Inventories

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

3. INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following:

	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Coal stockpiles	$	3,539		$	4,642
Materials and supplies	10,420			10,569
Reserve for obsolete inventory	(283		)	(284		)
Total	$	13,676		$	14,927

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Restricted Investments

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Restricted Investments

4. RESTRICTED INVESTMENTS

For all of its restricted investments accounts, the Partnership can select from limited fixed-income investment options for the funds and receive the investment returns on these investments. Funds in the restricted investments accounts are not available to meet the Partnership’s general cash needs. These investments include available-for-sale debt securities, which are reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses excluded from earnings and reported in Accumulated other comprehensive income in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The carrying value and estimated fair value of restricted investments were as follows:

	June 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	8,036	$	7,754
Available-for-sale debt securities	27,775		29,485
	$	35,811	$	37,239

Available-for-Sale Debt Securities

The cost basis, gross unrealized holding gains and losses and fair value of available-for-sale debt securities were as follows:

	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cost basis	$	27,859		$	29,405
Gross unrealized holding gains	330			409
Gross unrealized holding losses	(414		)	(329		)
Fair value	$	27,775		$	29,485

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Impairment Charges

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Impairment Charges

5. LOSS ON IMPAIRMENT

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Partnership recorded an asset impairment charge to various assets in the amounts of $77.7 million in Loss on impairment in the Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited). The Partnership determined that indicators of impairment existed with respect to the following:

• AEP Generation Resources Inc. (“AEP”) declined the Partnership’s bid to supply coal to AEP’s Conesville Power Plant Units 5 and 6 for periods subsequent to the expiration of the parties' current contract which expires on December 31, 2018. Coal sales under Oxford’s current coal supply contract to AEP’s Conesville Power Plant Units 5 and 6 represented a substantial portion of the Partnership's revenues generated from the Ohio mines for the year ended December 31, 2017.

The Partnership performed a recoverability analysis as of June 30, 2018 and determined that the net undiscounted cash flows were less than the carrying values for the Ohio mines' long-lived assets groups. As a result, the Partnership estimated the fair value of the long-lived asset groups using a discounted cash flow analysis using marketplace participant assumptions which constituted Level 3 fair value inputs. The discounted cash flow analysis is dependent on a number of significant management estimates about future performance including sales volumes and prices, which are based on projected revenues based on expected economic conditions, costs to produce, capital spending, working capital changes and the weighted average cost of capital. The estimates of costs to produce include labor, fuel, explosives, supplies and other major components of mining. The Partnership estimated the fair value of certain property, plant and equipment and intangible assets using the market approach. To the extent that the carrying values of the long-lived asset groups exceeded the respective fair values, the Partnership recorded an asset impairment charge, as can be seen by asset type in the table below for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.

	Asset Impairment Charges
	(In thousands)
Land, mineral rights, property, plant and equipment, net	$	50,717
Advanced coal royalties	3,145
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $7.2 million at June 30, 2018	23,767
Other assets	46
	$	77,675

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(1) Consists of the current portion of Advanced coal royalties.

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Debt and Lines of Credit

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Debt and Lines of Credit

6. DEBT AND LINES OF CREDIT

Debt consisted of the following:

	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Term Loan	$	315,945		$	312,734
Capital lease obligations	11,477			13,478
Other	265			375
Total debt outstanding	327,687			326,587
Less debt issuance costs	(1,392		)	(2,754		)
Less current installments, net of debt issuance costs	(318,950		)	(314,228		)
Total debt outstanding, less current installments	$	7,345		$	9,605

The following table presents remaining aggregate contractual debt maturities of all long-term debt:

	June 30, 2018
	(In thousands)
2018	$	318,084
2019	4,174
2020	1,766
2021	1,664
2022	1,999
Thereafter	—
Total debt	$	327,687

Term Loan

Pursuant to the financing agreement (as amended, the “2014 Financing Agreement”), dated as of December 31, 2014, by and among Oxford Mining Company, LLC, the Partnership and each of its subsidiaries, lenders from time to time party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as administrative agent, we entered into a term loan (“Term Loan”) which matures on December 31, 2018 and pays interest on a quarterly basis at a variable rate equal to the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) at each period end (2.33% as of June 30, 2018), subject to a floor of 0.75%, plus 8.50% or the reference rate, as defined in the 2014 Financing Agreement. As of June 30, 2018, the Term Loan had a cash interest rate of 10.83%. The Term Loan is a primary obligation of Oxford Mining Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership, is guaranteed by the Partnership and its subsidiaries, and is secured by substantially all of the Partnership’s and its subsidiaries’ assets.

The 2014 Financing Agreement also provides for Paid-In-Kind Interest (“PIK Interest”) at a variable rate between 1.00% and 3.00% based on our consolidated total net leverage ratio, as defined in the 2014 Financing Agreement. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Term Loan had a PIK Interest rate of 3.00%. The rate of PIK Interest is recalculated on a quarterly basis with the PIK Interest added quarterly to the then-outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan. PIK Interest under the 2014 Financing Agreement was $2.4 million and $4.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, and $2.3 million and $4.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. The outstanding Term Loan amount as of June 30, 2018 represents the principal balance of $285.8 million, plus PIK Interest of $30.2 million.

The 2014 Financing Agreement requires mandatory prepayment of principal with proceeds from the receipt of oil and gas royalties and asset sales. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, we paid down $0.3 million and $0.8 million of the Term Loan with such proceeds.

The 2014 Financing Agreement limits cumulative cash distributions to an aggregate amount not to exceed $15.0 million (“Restricted Distributions”), if we have: (i) a consolidated total net leverage ratio of greater than 3.75, or a fixed charge coverage ratio of less than 1.00 (as such ratios are defined in the 2014 Financing Agreement), or (ii) liquidity of less than $7.5 million, after giving effect to such cash distribution and applying our availability under the Revolver. As of June 30, 2018, our consolidated total net leverage ratio is in excess of 3.75, our fixed charge coverage ratio is less than 1.00 and we have utilized the full $15.0 million limit on Restricted Distributions.

Covenant Compliance

The Partnership does not currently have liquidity or access to additional capital sufficient to pay off the Term Loan by its December 31, 2018 maturity date. This condition gives rise to substantial doubt as to the Partnership’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these financial statements were issued. Certain affirmative covenants in our 2014 Financing Agreement provide that an audit opinion on our consolidated financial statements that includes an explanatory paragraph referencing our conclusion that substantial doubt exists as to the Partnership's ability to continue as a going concern constitutes an event of default. The audit report included in our 2017 Form 10-K contained such an explanatory paragraph. On March 1, 2018, we entered into a waiver and amendment number three to the 2014 Financing Agreement that waived any such event of default arising from the inclusion of a going concern explanatory paragraph in the audit report included in our 2017 Form 10-K. Prior to the expiration of the aforementioned waiver on May 15, 2018, we entered into a series of amendments that ultimately continued to waive any such event of default through September 8, 2018 (“Waiver”) or the occurrence of any other event of default that has not been waived as part of the Waiver. Accordingly, on expiration of the Waiver, the lenders could accelerate the maturity date of the Term Loan, making it immediately due and payable.

For more detail please refer to Note 1. Basis Of Presentation "Going Concern, Liquidity and Management’s Plan."

Revolver

On October 23, 2015, the Partnership and its subsidiaries entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Revolver”) with the lenders party thereto and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (formerly known as The PrivateBank and Trust Company). The Revolver expired on its December 31, 2017 maturity date and management elected not to replace or extend it.

Capital Lease Obligations

The Partnership engages in leasing transactions for office equipment and equipment utilized in its mining operations. The Partnership did not enter into any new capital leases during the six months ended June 30, 2018.

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Distribution of Available Cash

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Equity [Abstract]

Distribution of Available Cash

7. DISTRIBUTIONS OF AVAILABLE CASH

Our 2014 Financing Agreement restricts us from making cash distributions in excess of $15.0 million in the aggregate when certain ratios and liquidity requirements are not met. As of June 30, 2018, both of these ratios were not met, and we do not foresee them being met in the near future. As of June 30, 2018, we have made $15.0 million in Restricted Distributions and, accordingly, cannot make further distributions unless we either refinance or modify our Term Loan or meet the required ratios noted in Note 6. Debt And Lines Of Credit.

Pursuant to the Partnership’s Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as amended (the “Partnership Agreement”), we distribute 100% of our available cash within 45 days after the end of each quarter to unitholders of record and to our GP, subject to the conditions and limitations within the 2014 Financing Agreement. Available cash is determined at the end of each quarter and is generally defined in the Partnership Agreement, as all cash and cash equivalents on hand at the end of each quarter less reserves established by our GP in its reasonable discretion for future cash requirements. These reserves are retained to provide for the conduct of our business, the payment of debt principal and interest, to provide funds for future distributions for any one or more of the next four quarters, and to comply with applicable law or any loan agreement to which the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries are a party. Our available cash may also include, if our GP so determines, all or any portion of the cash on hand on the date of determination of available cash for the quarter resulting from working capital borrowings made subsequent to the end of such quarter.

We made cash distributions as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Limited partner common units	$	—	$	171	$	—	$	334
General partner units	—		5		—		10
Warrants	—		22		—		44

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Fair Value Measurements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Valuation techniques used must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy, as defined below, gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs.

• Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. Level 1 assets include available-for-sale debt securities generally valued based on independent third-party market prices.

• Level 2, defined as observable inputs other than Level 1 prices. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in an active market, quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

• Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions.

The book values of cash and cash equivalents, receivables and accounts payable reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) approximate the fair value of these instruments due to the short duration to their maturities.

See Note 4. Restricted Investments for further disclosures related to the Partnership's fair value estimates.

In connection with our refinancing in June 2013, certain of the second lien lenders and lender affiliates received warrants entitling them to purchase common units. Prior to the expiration of all outstanding warrants in June 2018, the warrants had been measured at fair value at each balance sheet date.

Long-term debt fair value estimates are based on observed prices for securities with an active trading market when available (Level 2) and otherwise using discount rate estimates based on interest rates (Level 3). As of June 30, 2018, the Partnership valued the Term Loan with Level 3 fair values. The estimated fair values of the Partnership’s debt with fixed and variable interest rates are as follows:

	Fixed Interest Rate				Variable Interest Rate
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
June 30, 2018	$	11,741	$	11,741	$	314,554	$	70,862
December 31, 2017	13,853		13,853		309,980		144,536

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Unit-based Compensation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Unit-based Compensation

9. UNIT-BASED COMPENSATION

Historically, we have granted employees and non-employee directors restricted common units under our Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”). However, we do not anticipate granting any units during the year ended December 31, 2018. We recognized compensation expense from unit-based arrangements as shown in the following table:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
	(In thousands)
Recognition of fair value of restricted common units over the vesting period	$	—	$	39	$	52	$	81

The unvested restricted common unit awards had an initial vesting date of March 2, 2018. However, on March 1, 2018 the grant was modified and the vesting date for all awards was extended to December 15, 2018. As all related compensation expense was recognized as of the modification date and the modification did not result in an increase in fair value of the awards, no additional expense was recognized. A summary of restricted common unit award activity for the six months ended June 30, 2018 is as follows:

	Units	Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value		Unamortized Compensation Expense (In thousands)
Unvested balance at December 31, 2017	82,240	$	3.04
Granted	—	—
Vested and issued	—	—
Unvested balance at June 30, 2018	82,240	$	3.04	$	—

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Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Coal Sales Contracts

We are committed under long-term contracts to sell coal that meets certain quality requirements at specified prices. Many of these prices are subject to cost pass-through or cost adjustment provisions that mitigate some risk from rising costs. Quantities sold under some of these contracts may vary from year to year within certain limits at the option of the customer or us. As of June 30, 2018, the remaining terms of our long-term contracts range from one to eight years.

Litigation

There have been no material changes in our litigation since December 31, 2017. For additional information, refer to Note18. Commitments and Contingencies to the consolidated financial statements of our 2017 Form 10-K.

Guarantees

Our GP and the Partnership guarantee certain obligations of our subsidiaries. We believe that these guarantees may result in a material liability to the guarantors, and, consequentially, have a material adverse effect on our financial position, liquidity or operations.

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Partners' Capital and Convertible Units

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Partners' Capital and Convertible Units

11. PARTNERS' CAPITAL AND CONVERTIBLE UNITS

Our capital accounts are comprised of approximately 0.15% beneficial general partner interests and 99.85% limited partner interests as of June 30, 2018. Our limited partners have limited rights of ownership as provided for under our Partnership Agreement and the right to participate in our distributions. Our GP manages our operations and participates in our distributions, including certain incentive distributions pursuant to the incentive distribution rights, which are nonvoting limited partner interests held by our GP. Pursuant to our Partnership Agreement, our GP participates in losses and distributions based on its interest. The GP’s participation in the allocation of losses and distributions is not limited and therefore, such participation can result in a deficit to its capital account. Allocation of losses and distributions, including distributions for previous transactions between entities under common control, has resulted in a deficit to certain limited partners’ capital accounts included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited).

Series A Convertible Units

In connection with the Kemmerer Drop (as defined and described in Note 2. Acquisitions to the consolidated financial statements for our 2017 Form 10-K) and the issuance of the Series A Convertible Units (the "Series A Units"), the Partnership entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to our Partnership Agreement. The Amendment established the terms of the Series A Units and any additional Series A Units that may be issued in kind as a distribution (the “Series A PIK Units”), and provided that each Series A Unit will have the right to share in distributions from us on a pro-rata basis with the common units. All or any portion of each distribution payable in respect of the Series A Units (the “Series A Convertible Unit Distribution”) may, at our election, be paid in Series A PIK Units. To the extent any portion of the Series A Convertible Unit Distribution is paid in Series A PIK Units for any quarter, the distribution to the holders of incentive distribution rights shall be reduced by that portion of the distribution that is attributable to the payment of those Series A PIK Units, as further described in the Amendment. The Series A Units and the Series A PIK Units will convert on a one-for-one basis, at the earlier of the date on which we first make a regular quarterly cash distribution with respect to any quarter to holders of common units in an amount at least equal to $0.22 per common unit or upon a change of control. The Series A Units have the same voting rights as if they were outstanding common units and will vote together with the common units as a single class. In addition, the Series A Units are entitled to vote as a separate class on any matters that materially adversely affect the rights or preferences of the Series A Units in relation to other classes of partnership interests or as required by law.

Series B Convertible Units

On October 28, 2016, we issued 4,512,500 Series B Convertible Units (the “Series B Units”) to WCC in exchange for WCC’s 4,512,500 common units (the "Exchange"). Upon issuance of the Series B Units in the Exchange, WCC’s common units were canceled. The Series B Units do not share in distributions with the common units and are convertible at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis into common units on the day after the record date for a cash distribution on the common units in which the Partnership is unable to make such a distribution without exceeding its restricted payment basket under the 2014 Financing Agreement (as defined in Note 6. Debt And Lines Of Credit). This date occurred on November 15, 2017 and the holder of the Series B Units has not yet converted these Series B Units into common units. The Series B Units will convert automatically upon a change of control or a dissolution or liquidation of the Partnership. The Series B Units have the same voting rights as if they were outstanding common units and will vote together with the common units as a single class. In addition, the Series B Units are entitled to vote as a separate class on any matters that materially adversely affect the rights or preferences of the Series B Units in relation to other classes of partnership interests or as required by law. Concurrently with the Exchange, we entered into a second amendment to the Partnership Agreement, which established the terms of the Series B Units.

Liquidation Units

The liquidation units have no distribution or voting rights, other than in connection with liquidation. For tax purposes, liquidation units are allocated additional taxable income but no additional taxable loss compared to other unit classes.

Warrants

In June 2013, in connection with a prior credit facility, certain lenders and lender affiliates received warrants entitling them to purchase 166,557 common units at $0.12 per unit. The warrants participated in distributions whether or not exercised. All outstanding warrants expired in June 2018.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Limited Partner Common Units

Net income (loss) is allocated to the limited partner units, Series A Units, Series B Units and general partner units in accordance with their respective ownership percentages, after giving effect to distributions and declared distributions on Series A Units, warrants and general partner units, including incentive distribution rights. Basic and diluted limited partners’ net income (loss) per limited partner common unit is calculated by dividing limited partners’ interest in net income (loss) by the weighted average number of limited partner common units outstanding during the period. We determined basic and diluted limited partners’ net loss per limited partner common unit as follows (in thousands, except per unit amounts):

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Net loss attributable to the Partnership	$	(93,759	)	$	(2,352	)	$	(106,637	)	$	(11,167	)
Less:
Paid and declared distributions on Series A convertible units	—			2,200			—			4,362
Series A convertible units share of undistributed loss	(69,864		)	(3,504		)	(79,463		)	(11,726		)
Series B convertible units share of undistributed loss	(18,490		)	(964		)	(21,029		)	(3,265		)
Paid and declared distributions on general partner units	—			5			—			10
General partner units share of undistributed loss	(140		)	(8		)	(158		)	(26		)
Paid and declared distributions on warrants	—			22			—			44
Undistributed net loss attributable to limited partners	$	(5,265	)	$	(103	)	$	(5,987	)	$	(566	)
Weighted average number of limited partner common units outstanding used in computation of limited partners' net loss per common unit (basic and diluted)	1,285			1,285			1,285			1,264
Net loss per limited partner common unit, basic and diluted	$	(4.10	)	$	(0.08	)	$	(4.66	)	$	(0.45	)

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Equity [Abstract]

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

12. ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

The following table reflects the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income by component:

	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	80
Other comprehensive loss before reclassification	(271		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	107
Balance at June 30, 2018	$	(84	)

The following table reflects the reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018:

	Amount Reclassified From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Details About Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components	Three Months Ended June 30, 2018		Six Months Ended June 30, 2018		Affected Line Item in the Statement Where Net Loss is Presented
	(In thousands)
Realized gains on available-for-sale debt securities	$	16	$	107	Other income

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Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Board of the GP and its Conflicts Committee review our related party transactions that involve a potential conflict of interest between a general partner and WMLP or its subsidiaries or another partner to determine that such transactions reflect market-clearing terms and conditions customary in the coal industry. As a result of these reviews, the Board and the Conflicts Committee approved each of the transactions described below that had such potential conflict of interest as fair and reasonable to us and our limited partners.

Effective January 1, 2015, the Partnership and the GP, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of WCC, entered into an administrative and operational services agreement (the “Services Agreement”). The Services Agreement is terminable by either party upon 120 days’ written notice. The current term of the Services Agreement expires on June 1, 2018, and automatically renews for successive one-year periods unless terminated earlier upon 120-days’ written notice. On January 31, 2018, we received a letter from WCC providing 120 days’ written notice that it was reserving its rights with respect to its continued provision of services to the GP under the Services Agreement, noting that WCC would “continue to pursue value-maximizing transactions for all relevant stakeholders” and noting that WCC would be willing to continue to provide services to the GP and us under certain circumstances. On February 22, 2018, we responded to that letter questioning whether a valid notice of termination of the Services Agreement was provided, addressing the continued deployment of the mine-related employees, noting our intention to seek alternative service providers and preserving our options with respect to the ongoing negotiations over WCC’s provisions of services to the GP and us under the Services Agreement. As previously disclosed in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2018, if an agreement with respect to the continued provision of such services had not been reached with WCC by June 1, 2018, we could have initiated a legal dispute with WCC regarding whether the January 31, 2018 reservation of rights letter constituted a valid termination notice under the Services Agreement. As of the date of this filing, no legal dispute has arisen and the parties remain in constructive discussions with respect to WCC’s continued provision of administrative and operational services to us.

Under the terms of the Services Agreement, the GP provides services through its, or an affiliate's, employees and is reimbursed for all related costs incurred on our behalf. Pursuant to the Services Agreement, the Partnership engaged the GP to continue providing services such as general administrative and management, engineering, operations (including mining operations), geological, corporate development, real property, marketing, and other services to the Partnership. Administrative services include without limitation legal, finance and accounting, treasury, insurance administration and claims processing, risk management, health, safety and environmental, information technology, human resources, credit, payroll, internal audit and tax. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, we paid the GP approximately $16.2 million and $34.7 million, respectively, for these services performed under the Services Agreement primarily related to employee costs. Further, under the Services Agreement, the Partnership pays the GP a fixed annual management fee of $2.2 million for certain executive and administrative services, and reimburses the GP at cost for other expenses and expenditures. This fixed annual management fee has not been prepaid and is currently being expensed as incurred. Expense related to this annual management fee, included in Selling and administrative in the Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited), was $0.5 million and $1.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Pursuant to the Services Agreement, the primary reimbursements to our GP were for costs related to payroll. Reimbursable costs under the Services Agreement totaling $2.1 million and $1.3 million were included in accounts payable as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

On January 9, 2017, the Partnership acquired surface coal reserves (“Johnson Run”) through conveyance of leases and recoupable advance royalty payments from Buckingham Coal Company, LLC, ("BCC") a wholly owned subsidiary of WCC, for $1.7 million, of which $1.5 million was deemed a distribution as the transaction was between entities under common control.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively, we sold coal to a subsidiary of WCC, which generated $8.3 million and $12.1 million in revenues. No such coal sales occurred during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2018. Further, as of December 31, 2017, accounts receivable related to the coal sales to the subsidiary of WCC totaled $3.8 million and were included in Receivables in the Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited) for that period. No accounts receivable related to these revenues was outstanding as of June 30, 2018.

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Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

14. SEGMENT INFORMATION

We operate in one business segment. We operate surface coal mines in Ohio and Wyoming, selling thermal coal to utilities, industrial customers, municipalities and other coal-related entities primarily in the Midwest and Wyoming. All of our operations have similar economic characteristics including but not limited to coal quality, geology, coal marketing opportunities, mining and transportation methods and regulatory issues. Our operating and executive management makes its decisions based on consolidated reports. Our Ohio operating subsidiaries share customers and a particular customer may receive coal from any one of such Ohio operating subsidiaries. We also lease or sublease coal reserves to others through our Ohio Operations in exchange for a per ton royalty rate.

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Subsequent Events

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

15. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Partnership has evaluated subsequent events in accordance with ASC 855, Subsequent Events, through the filing date of this Quarterly Report, and determined that no events have occurred that have not been disclosed elsewhere in the notes to the consolidated financial statements (unaudited) that would require adjustments to disclosures in the consolidated financial statements (unaudited).

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Basis of Presentation (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“new revenue standard”), which supersedes all previously existing revenue recognition guidance. Under this guidance, an entity should recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The standard allows for initial application to be performed retrospectively to each period presented or as a cumulative effect adjustment as of the date of adoption. During 2016, the FASB clarified the implementation guidance on principal versus agent, identifying performance obligations and licensing, practical expedients, and made technical corrections on various topics.

The Partnership adopted the new revenue standard effective January 1, 2018 using the full retrospective method. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact to the Partnership's consolidated financial statements.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash (“new cash flows standard”), which requires all entities that have restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents to explain the changes during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. As a result, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents that are included in other financial statement captions of the Consolidated Balance Sheets should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning of period and end of period total amounts shown on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The ASU should be adopted using a retrospective transition method to each period presented. The Partnership adopted the new cash flows standard effective January 1, 2018 and applied the ASU retrospectively to the periods presented in the Partnership’s Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited). As a result, net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was adjusted to exclude the change in restricted cash as follows:

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cash used in investing activities, as previously reported	$	(7,204	)
Less: Purchases of restricted investments	(1,433		)
Cash used in investing activities, as adjusted	$	(8,637	)

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires companies leasing assets to recognize on their balance sheet a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term on contracts longer than one year. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, using a modified retrospective approach, with early adoption permitted.

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Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements

As a result, net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was adjusted to exclude the change in restricted cash as follows:

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cash used in investing activities, as previously reported	$	(7,204	)
Less: Purchases of restricted investments	(1,433		)
Cash used in investing activities, as adjusted	$	(8,637	)

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Revenue (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents our revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 disaggregated by type of revenue (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
Type of Revenue	2018		2017		2018		2017
Coal sales	$	60,032	$	79,817	$	126,741	$	152,924
Other revenues	4,263		1,234		5,361		2,932
Total	$	64,295	$	81,051	$	132,102	$	155,856

Activity in Contract Liabilities

The following table presents the activity in our contract liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2018 (in thousands):

Contract Liabilities(1):
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$	3,141
Additions	1,441
Transfers to Revenues	(2,545		)
Balance as of June 30, 2018	$	2,037

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(1) Comprised entirely of current balances of $2.0 million and $3.1 million reported within Deferred revenue in the Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.

Remaining Performance Obligations

The following table presents our estimated revenues allocated to remaining performance obligations for contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, representing our “contractually committed” revenues as of June 30, 2018 that we will invoice or transfer from contract liabilities and be recognized in future periods (in thousands):

	Estimated Revenues
Six months ended December 31, 2018	$	83,853
2019	73,340
2020	69,680
2021	51,727
2022	—
Thereafter	—
Total	$	278,600

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Inventories (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following:

	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Coal stockpiles	$	3,539		$	4,642
Materials and supplies	10,420			10,569
Reserve for obsolete inventory	(283		)	(284		)
Total	$	13,676		$	14,927

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Restricted Investments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Schedule of Carrying Value and Fair Value of Restricted Investments

The carrying value and estimated fair value of restricted investments were as follows:

	June 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	8,036	$	7,754
Available-for-sale debt securities	27,775		29,485
	$	35,811	$	37,239

Summary of Cost, Unrealized Gains and Losses, and Fair Value

The cost basis, gross unrealized holding gains and losses and fair value of available-for-sale debt securities were as follows:

	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Cost basis	$	27,859		$	29,405
Gross unrealized holding gains	330			409
Gross unrealized holding losses	(414		)	(329		)
Fair value	$	27,775		$	29,485

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Impairment Charges (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Asset Impairment Charges

To the extent that the carrying values of the long-lived asset groups exceeded the respective fair values, the Partnership recorded an asset impairment charge, as can be seen by asset type in the table below for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.

	Asset Impairment Charges
	(In thousands)
Land, mineral rights, property, plant and equipment, net	$	50,717
Advanced coal royalties	3,145
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $7.2 million at June 30, 2018	23,767
Other assets	46
	$	77,675

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(1) Consists of the current portion of Advanced coal royalties.

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Debt and Lines of Credit (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-Term Debt

Debt consisted of the following:

	June 30, 2018			December 31, 2017
	(In thousands)
Term Loan	$	315,945		$	312,734
Capital lease obligations	11,477			13,478
Other	265			375
Total debt outstanding	327,687			326,587
Less debt issuance costs	(1,392		)	(2,754		)
Less current installments, net of debt issuance costs	(318,950		)	(314,228		)
Total debt outstanding, less current installments	$	7,345		$	9,605

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt

The following table presents remaining aggregate contractual debt maturities of all long-term debt:

	June 30, 2018
	(In thousands)
2018	$	318,084
2019	4,174
2020	1,766
2021	1,664
2022	1,999
Thereafter	—
Total debt	$	327,687

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Distribution of Available Cash Distribution of Available Cash (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Distribution of Available Cash

We made cash distributions as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Limited partner common units	$	—	$	171	$	—	$	334
General partner units	—		5		—		10
Warrants	—		22		—		44

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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Carrying Values and Estimated Fair Values of Debt Instruments

The estimated fair values of the Partnership’s debt with fixed and variable interest rates are as follows:

	Fixed Interest Rate				Variable Interest Rate
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
June 30, 2018	$	11,741	$	11,741	$	314,554	$	70,862
December 31, 2017	13,853		13,853		309,980		144,536

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Unit-based Compensation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Recognized Compensation Expense

We recognized compensation expense from unit-based arrangements as shown in the following table:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
	(In thousands)
Recognition of fair value of restricted common units over the vesting period	$	—	$	39	$	52	$	81

Summary of Restricted Common Unit Award Activity

A summary of restricted common unit award activity for the six months ended June 30, 2018 is as follows:

	Units	Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value		Unamortized Compensation Expense (In thousands)
Unvested balance at December 31, 2017	82,240	$	3.04
Granted	—	—
Vested and issued	—	—
Unvested balance at June 30, 2018	82,240	$	3.04	$	—

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Partners' Capital and Convertible Units (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings (Losses) per Unit

We determined basic and diluted limited partners’ net loss per limited partner common unit as follows (in thousands, except per unit amounts):

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Net loss attributable to the Partnership	$	(93,759	)	$	(2,352	)	$	(106,637	)	$	(11,167	)
Less:
Paid and declared distributions on Series A convertible units	—			2,200			—			4,362
Series A convertible units share of undistributed loss	(69,864		)	(3,504		)	(79,463		)	(11,726		)
Series B convertible units share of undistributed loss	(18,490		)	(964		)	(21,029		)	(3,265		)
Paid and declared distributions on general partner units	—			5			—			10
General partner units share of undistributed loss	(140		)	(8		)	(158		)	(26		)
Paid and declared distributions on warrants	—			22			—			44
Undistributed net loss attributable to limited partners	$	(5,265	)	$	(103	)	$	(5,987	)	$	(566	)
Weighted average number of limited partner common units outstanding used in computation of limited partners' net loss per common unit (basic and diluted)	1,285			1,285			1,285			1,264
Net loss per limited partner common unit, basic and diluted	$	(4.10	)	$	(0.08	)	$	(4.66	)	$	(0.45	)

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table reflects the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income by component:

	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	80
Other comprehensive loss before reclassification	(271		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	107
Balance at June 30, 2018	$	(84	)

Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following table reflects the reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018:

	Amount Reclassified From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Details About Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components	Three Months Ended June 30, 2018		Six Months Ended June 30, 2018		Affected Line Item in the Statement Where Net Loss is Presented
	(In thousands)
Realized gains on available-for-sale debt securities	$	16	$	107	Other income

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Basis o Presentation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current installments of long-term debt	$ 318,950		$ 314,228
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities	(1,105)	$ (8,637)
Purchases of restricted investments	(4,395)	(8,854)
Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Current installments of long-term debt	$ 315,945
As Previously Reported [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities		(7,204)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-18 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Purchases of restricted investments		$ (1,433)

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Revenue - Disaggregated Revenues (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total	$ 64,295	$ 81,051	$ 132,102	$ 155,856
Coal sales [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue, Coal Services	60,032	79,817	126,741	152,924
Other revenues [Member]
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Sales Revenue, Services, Other	$ 4,263	$ 1,234	$ 5,361	$ 2,932

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Revenue - Activity in Contract Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Movement in Deferred Revenue [Roll Forward]
Balance as of December 31, 2017	$ 3,141
Additions	1,441
Transfers to Revenues	(2,545)
June 30, 2018	2,037
Deferred revenue	$ 2,037	$ 3,141

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Revenue - Remaining Performance Obligations (Details) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2018-07-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation	$ 83,853
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2019-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation	73,340
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2020-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation	69,680
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2021-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation	51,727
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2022-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation	0
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: 2023-01-01
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation	0
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction, Start Date [Axis]: (nil)
Revenue, Remaining Performance Obligation, Expected Timing of Satisfaction [Line Items]
Revenue, remaining performance obligation	$ 278,600

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Inventories (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Coal stockpiles	$ 3,539	$ 4,642
Materials and supplies	10,420	10,569
Reserve for obsolete inventory	(283)	(284)
Total	$ 13,676	$ 14,927

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Restricted Investments - Carrying Value and Fair Value (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 8,036		$ 7,148
Available-for-sale debt securities	27,775	$ 29,485
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	8,036	7,754
Available-for-sale debt securities	27,775	29,485
Restricted Cash and Investments	$ 35,811	$ 37,239

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Restricted Investments - Value of Available for Sale Securities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Cost basis	$ 27,859	$ 29,405
Gross unrealized holding gains	330	409
Gross unrealized holding losses	(414)	(329)
Available-for-sale debt securities	$ 27,775	$ 29,485

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Impairment Charges (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Loss on impairment	$ 77,675,000	$ 0	$ 77,675,000	$ 0
Accumulated amortization					$ 6,200,000.0
Land, Mineral Rights, Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Loss on impairment			50,717,000
Advanced Coal Royalties [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Loss on impairment			3,145,000
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $7.2 million at June 30, 2018 [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Loss on impairment			23,767,000
Other Assets [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Loss on impairment			$ 46,000

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Debt and Lines of Credit - Schedule (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 327,687	$ 326,587
Less debt issuance costs	(1,392)	(2,754)
Less current installments, net of debt issuance costs	(318,950)	(314,228)
Total debt outstanding, less current installments	7,345	9,605
Capital lease obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	11,477	13,478
Other [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	265	375
Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt		$ 312,734
Less current installments, net of debt issuance costs	$ (315,945)

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Debt and Lines of Credit - Debt Maturities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Maturities of Long-term Debt [Abstract]
2018	$ 318,084
2019	4,174
2020	1,766
2021	1,664
2022	1,999
Thereafter	0
Long-term Debt	$ 327,687	$ 326,587

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Debt and Lines of Credit - Credit Facilities (Details)		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Principal balance		$ 327,687,000		$ 327,687,000		$ 326,587,000
Repayments of debt				$ 3,845,000	$ 2,620,000
Term Loan [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Principal balance						$ 312,734,000
Financing Agreement 2014 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum capacity to make distributions							$ 15,000,000.0
Consolidated Total Net Leverage ratio (more than)		3.75		3.75			3.75
Fixed Charge Coverage ratio (less than)		1.00		1.00			1.00
Minimum liquidity requirement							$ 7,500,000.0
Financing Agreement 2014 [Member] | Secured Debt [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate, effective percentage		10.83%		10.83%
Fixed portion of the effective rate				8.50%
PIK interest rate		3.00%		3.00%		3.00%
Paid-in-kind interest		$ 2,400,000	$ 2,300,000	$ 4,800,000	4,600,000
Principal balance		285,800,000		285,800,000
PIK interest payable		$ 30,200,000		$ 30,200,000
Financing Agreement 2014 [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate, paid-in-kind	1.00%
Financing Agreement 2014 [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate, paid-in-kind	3.00%
Financing Agreement 2014 [Member] | Secured Debt [Member] | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate, effective percentage		2.33%		2.33%
Basis spread on variable rate				0.75%
First Lien Financing Agreement [Member] | Term Loan [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Repayments of debt		$ 300,000			$ 800,000
2014 Financing Agreement and Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Payments of capital distribution				$ 15,000,000

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Distribution of Available Cash (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Distribution of available cash (percent)			100.00%
Post-quarter period for distribution of available cash			45 days
Warrant [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Quarterly distribution to unit holders	$ 0	$ 22	$ 0	$ 44
Limited Partner [Member] | Common units [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Quarterly distribution to unit holders	0	171	0	334
General Partner [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Quarterly distribution to unit holders	0	$ 5	0	$ 10
2014 Financing Agreement and Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Debt covenant, cash distribution limit when certain ratios and liquidity requirements are not met	$ 15,000
Payments of capital distribution			$ 15,000

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Fair Value Measurements - Carrying Value and Fair Value of Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Fixed-rate debt, carrying value	$ 11,741	$ 13,853
Fixed-rate debt, fair value	11,741	13,853
Variable-rate debt, carrying value	314,554	309,980
Variable-rate debt, fair value	$ 70,862	$ 144,536

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Unit-based Compensation - Schedule of Compensation Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Recognition of fair value of restricted common units over the vesting period	$ 0	$ 39	$ 52	$ 81

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Unit-based Compensation - Summary of Restricted Common Units (Details) - Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]
Non-vested at the beginning of the period (in units) | shares	82,240
Granted (in units) | shares	0
Vested (in units) | shares	0
Non-vested at the end of the period (in units) | shares	82,240
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Abstract]
Non-vested at the beginning of the period (in dollars per unit) | $ / shares	$ 3.04
Granted (in dollars per unit) | $ / shares	0.00
Vested (in dollars per unit) | $ / shares	0.00
Non-vested at the end of the period (in dollars per unit) | $ / shares	$ 3.04
Unamortized Compensation Expense (In thousands) | $	$ 0

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018
Minimum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Remaining terms of long-term contract	1 year
Maximum [Member]
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Remaining terms of long-term contract	8 years

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Partners' Capital and Convertible Units - Additional Information (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 $ / shares shares	Oct. 28, 2016 shares
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
General partner interest (percent)	0.15%
Limited partner interest (percent)	99.85%
Liquidation units	166,557
Series A Convertible Units [Member]
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Partnership unit, conversion ratio into common units	1
Minimum quarterly distribution, amount per common unit (in USD per unit) | $ / shares	$ 0.22
Series B Convertible Units [Member]
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Partnership unit, conversion ratio into common units	1
Partnership units issued to WCC (in units)		4,512,500
Common units [Member]
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Limited partnership units converted (in units)		4,512,500
Warrant [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Earnings Per Share, Basic, by Common Class, Including Two Class Method [Line Items]
Fair value assumption, exercise price per unit | $ / shares	$ 0.12

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Partners' Capital and Convertible Units - Computation (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Net loss attributable to the Partnership	$ (93,759)	$ (2,352)	$ (106,637)	$ (11,167)
Paid and declared distributions on Series A convertible units	0	2,200	0	4,362
Series A convertible units share of undistributed loss	69,864	3,504	79,463	11,726
Series B convertible units share of undistributed loss	(18,490)	(964)	(21,029)	(3,265)
Paid and declared distributions on general partner units	0	5	0	10
General partner units share of undistributed loss	(140)	(8)	(158)	(26)
Paid and declared distributions on Series B convertible units	0	22	0	44
Undistributed net loss attributable to limited partners	$ (5,265)	$ (103)	$ (5,987)	$ (566)
Common units [Member]
Preferred Units [Line Items]
Weighted average units outstanding basic and diluted (in units)	1,285	1,285	1,285	1,264
Limited Partners' net loss per common unit (basic and diluted) (in dollars per share)	$ (4.10)	$ (0.08)	$ (4.66)	$ (0.45)

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) - Changes by Components (Details) - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member] $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
AOCI Attributable to Parent, Net of Tax [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 80
Other comprehensive loss before reclassification	(271)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	107
Ending balance	$ (84)

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (loss) - Reclassifications (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Other income	$ (11,286)	$ (9,987)	$ (22,168)	$ (20,085)
Accumulated Net Investment Gain (Loss) Attributable to Parent [Member] | Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]
Reclassification Adjustment out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Other income	$ 16		$ 107

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Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jan. 09, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Notice period for terminating service agreement				120 days
Automatic renewal of service agreement, renewal term				1 year
Administrative fees		$ 16,200		$ 34,700
Annual management fee expense		2,200
Management fee expense		500	$ 500	1,100	$ 1,100
Accounts payable, related parties, current		2,100		2,100		$ 1,300
Acquisition of coal reserves				0	1,526
Payments of distribution to entity under common control				0	388
Buckingham Coal Company, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Acquisition of coal reserves	$ 1,700
Payments of distribution to entity under common control	$ 1,500
Subsidiary of Common Parent [Member] | Coal Revenue [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Revenue from related parties		0	$ 8,300	0	$ 12,100
Receivables - Trade [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Accounts receivable, related parties		$ 0		$ 0		$ 3,800

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Segment Information (Details)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 segment
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of operating segments	1