Discontinued Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Discontinued operations in the prior period consisted of activity related to the transactions with Blackjewel and ESM stemming from the sale of assets in the Company’s former PRB operations.

On May 29, 2020, Contura Coal West, LLC and Contura Wyoming Land, LLC merged with certain subsidiaries of ESM and survived as wholly-owned subsidiaries of ESM. Contura Coal West, LLC holds, and will continue to hold, the mining permits for the Western Mines, which have been under the operational control of ESM since October 2019 pursuant to the ESM Transaction. Pursuant to terms of the transaction, the Company received from ESM approximately $625 in consideration for assets owned by Contura Coal West, LLC but not previously conveyed.

There were no discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and as of September 30, 2020. The major components of net loss from discontinued operations in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 are as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Revenues:
Total revenues (1)	$	4	$	152
Costs and expenses:
Depreciation, depletion and amortization (2)	$	—	$	145,913
Accretion on asset retirement obligations (3)	$	4,981	$	4,981
Asset impairment (4)	$	694	$	17,162
Selling, general and administrative expenses	$	4,666	$	4,673
Other expenses	$	1,032	$	3,964
Other non-major expense (income) items, net	$	147	$	432

(1) Total revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 consisted entirely of other revenues.

(2) The depreciation, depletion and amortization is related to an increase in the Company’s estimate of its asset retirement obligations with respect to the Western Mines as a result of the Blackjewel Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on July 1, 2019. The Company remeasured its asset retirement obligations based on the expectation that the mining permits would not transfer to Blackjewel and Blackjewel would be unable to perform its contractual obligation to reclaim the properties. The increase in the asset retirement obligation was recorded to expense as the Company no longer owned the underlying mining assets.

(3) The accretion on asset retirement obligations is related to the asset retirement obligation as a result of the Blackjewel bankruptcy filing.

(4) The asset impairment is primarily related to the write-off of a tax receivable. The Company was considered to be the primary obligor for certain taxes that Blackjewel was contractually obligated to pay. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company recorded an impairment charge for the offsetting receivable from Blackjewel as a result of the Blackjewel bankruptcy filing.

Refer to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for net loss per share information related to discontinued operations. There were no major components of asset and liabilities that are classified as discontinued operations in the

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2019.

The major components of cash flows related to discontinued operations are as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30, 2019		Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Other significant operating non-cash items related to discontinued operations:
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	$	—	$	145,913
Accretion on asset retirement obligations	$	4,981	$	4,981
Asset impairment	$	694	$	17,162