Westmoreland Coal Company (AMEX:WLB) - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

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Westmoreland Coal is ready to take its lumps -- of coal, that is. Through its subsidiaries, Westmoreland Coal produces about 30 million tons of coal annually from mines in Montana, North Dakota, and Texas. It controls about 485 million tons of proved and probable coal reserves. Nearly all of the company’s coal is sold to power producers (including Xcel Energy and NRG Energy); the rest is sold to industrial companies and institutions. Some of Westmoreland Coal’s customers maintain power generation facilities adjacent to the company’s mines. In addition to its coal operations, Westmoreland Coal owns stakes in power plants in Colorado and North Carolina.

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Westmoreland Coal Company is the oldest independent coal company in the United States and ranked as the eighth largest U.S. coal producer in 2005. Westmoreland’s coal operations include Powder River Basin coal mining in Montana and lignite mining operations in Montana, Texas and North Dakota. The Company also owns 100% of the 230 MW ROVA coal-fired power project and an interest in a 290 MW natural gas-fired power project. Westmoreland is implementing a growth strategy dedicated to meeting America’s dual goals of low-cost power and a clean environment through the acquisition and development of complementary, niche opportunities in coal, power and other segments of the energy sector . For more information about Westmoreland visit www.westmoreland.com .

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Coal
Symbol Company / Sector Change P/E Pivot High Low Close R1 R2 S1 S2 52wk% 52H 52L
NRP Natural resource par... 0.28% 14.76 53.63 54.00 53.27 53.61 53.99 54.36 53.26 52.90 -22.25% 68.95 49.47
CNX Consol energy inc -4.99% 11.20 38.53 40.12 37.57 37.91 39.49 41.08 36.94 35.98 -22.77% 49.09 26.80
PVR Penn virginia resour... -1.22% 16.07 24.22 24.87 23.77 24.02 24.67 25.32 23.57 23.12 -26% 32.46 22.90
YZC Yanzhou coal mining ... -1.80% 9.11 34.60 34.99 34.36 34.44 34.84 35.23 34.21 33.97 -29.43% 48.80 29.31
FCL Foundation coal hold... -3.24% 17.66 39.01 40.33 38.20 38.51 39.82 41.14 37.69 36.88 -32.86% 57.36 27.55
WLB Westmoreland coal co... -3.16% 22.30 22.29 22.80 22.00 22.08 22.58 23.09 21.78 21.49 -34.19% 33.55 20.48
BTU Peabody energy corpo... -6.47% 21.49 45.80 48.27 44.44 44.70 47.16 49.63 43.33 41.97 -41.41% 76.29 30.50
FDG Fording inc -3.42% 4.47 25.92 26.60 25.47 25.69 26.37 27.05 25.24 24.79 -41.83% 44.16 25.69
ACI Arch coal inc -6.50% 56.48 33.11 35.25 32.00 32.07 34.22 36.36 30.97 29.86 -43.19% 56.45 27.28
USEG U.s. energy corp -5.09% 0.00 4.16 4.36 4.01 4.10 4.31 4.51 3.96 3.81 -44.29% 7.36 3.30
NCOC National coal corpor... -3.73% 0.00 6.59 7.13 6.20 6.45 6.98 7.52 6.05 5.66 -47.04% 12.18 5.71
MEE Massey energy compan... -4.70% 0.00 29.46 30.60 28.78 29.01 30.14 31.28 28.32 27.64 -49.11% 57.00 29.01
ANR Alpha natural resour... -3.21% 10.38 15.80 16.22 15.49 15.68 16.11 16.53 15.38 15.07 -52.09% 32.73 15.68
HW Headwaters incorpora... -1.43% 6.45 20.74 21.05 20.55 20.62 20.93 21.24 20.43 20.24 -54.93% 45.75 20.54
JRCC James river coal com... 0.05% 0.00 21.44 21.58 21.19 21.56 21.69 21.83 21.30 21.05 -58.98% 52.56 21.49

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Last Sale $22.45
(08/18/06)
Net Change 0.04
% Change 0.18
Previous Close $22.41
Today’s Open $22.53
Today’s High $22.66
Today’s Low $22.06
Volume 15,700
52 Week High $33.55
52 Week Low $20.48

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COAL OVERVIEW WESTMORELAND MINING
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COAL OVERVIEW

The Company's mining operations include Westmoreland Mining LLC, which through its subsidiaries, operates four mining complexes, and Westmoreland Resources, Inc. (80%-owned) which operates the Absaloka Mine. The mining operations are described below.

The Company's five surface mine complexes enjoy significant transportation and logistical advantages to their principal customers, which reduce exposure to competition, and long-term coal sales contracts promote stable long-term earnings and cash flows. All but one of Westmoreland's mines are located adjacent to, or only a short conveyor, truck or rail haul from, their primary customers. In 2006, the Company's three largest sales contracts accounted for 63% of total tons sold, and contracts with two of those customers extend to 2015 and 2019. 99% of the Company's 2005 production was sold under long-term contracts of one year or greater which, as they expire, are anticipated to be followed by extensions, new contracts or spot sales at prices reflecting then current market conditions. Pricing can also change periodically under existing contracts as a result of adjustment provisions for cost and market variances.

Safety
Safety is Westmoreland's number one priority. The Company maintains active safety programs at all of its mines that focus on 100% compliance utilizing safe practices, safety rules and regulations.

Westmoreland achieved record safety performance in 2005. Company-operated mines completed the year without a single lost-time accident, while at the same time setting a new coal production and sales record of 30 million tons. Including the Absaloka Mine, where our contract miner incurred one lost-time accident in 2005, the Company recorded a lost-time incident rate of 0.10 in 2005 compared to the national average of 1.61 for surface mines.

Through enhanced training and safety procedures, and increasing awareness of the importance of safety, Westmoreland is promoting continued improvement in this area.

Protection of the Environment
Westmoreland is committed to operating in a manner which is both lawful and designed to protect the environment. This involves the proper planning, permitting and monitoring of mining activities to assure compliance with applicable standards. The reclamation of mined lands is also an important objective of each mining complex.

Reclamation activities consist of filling the voids created during coal removal, replacing sub-soils and top-soils and then re-establishing the vegetative cover. At the conclusion of reclamation activities, the area disturbed by mining will look similar to what it did before mining begun.

The Company also addresses the impacts the mining operations have on wildlife habitat and on sites with cultural significance. At the Jewett Mine, the mining plan preserves the nesting area on the Interior Least Tern, a bird threatened in the region. The Rosebud Mine has altered its mining plan to preserve Native American petroglyphs on rock formations. Similar culturally significant sites have been excavated by trained archeologists. Historic buildings on mine property have been moved to preserve them.

Westmoreland endeavors to operate as good environmental stewards, citizens, and neighbors.

In 2005, our Rosebud Mine received the National Award for Excellence in Surface Mining from the Office of Surface Mining and Enforcement ("OSM") of the U.S. Department of the Interior ("DOI") for its innovative final pit reclamation engineering design. The design preserved and blended native topographic features that include several steep slopes, sandstone cliffs and rock outcrops. The reclamation design also minimized disturbance, approximated the original landscape, and reduced impact to fish, wildlife, vegetation and other environmental assets. Pursuant to this innovative design, approximately 5,000 mature ponderosa pine trees and associated plant and animal species were left undisturbed.

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Key financials for Westmoreland Coal Company (AMEX: WLB)
Company Type Public (AMEX: WLB)
Fiscal Year-End December
2005 Sales (mil.) $374.7
1-Year Sales Growth 12.5%
2005 Net Income (mil.) $12.1
1-Year Net Income Growth 171.5%
2005 Employees 1,052
1-Year Employee Growth 11.6%

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Through Westmoreland Energy LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Westmoreland Coal Company owns interests in three power-generating plants: a 50% interest in the Roanoke Valley I Project, a 180-megawatt, coal-fired plant located in Weldon, North Carolina; a 50% interest in the Roanoke Valley II Project, a 50-megawatt, coal-fired plant also located in Weldon, North Carolina, and a 4.49% interest in the Fort Lupton Project, a 290-megawatt, natural gas-fired plant located in Fort Lupton, Colorado.

The Company calls the Roanoke Valley units ROVA I and ROVA II, and the Company refers to both units together as the ROVA Project. The Company has agreed to purchase the 50% interest in the ROVA Project that it does not own. The ROVA Project and the Fort Lupton Project are each independent power projects.

Revenues --(thousands) 2006 $ 186,252
(Six Months Ended June 30)

Volumes (millions of equivalent coal tons Volumes 2006) - 13.967
(Six Months Endes June 30)

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