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Divestitures
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Divestitures  
Divestitures

4. Divestitures

In December 2020, the Company sold its Viper mine in the Illinois basin to Knight Hawk Holdings, LLC in exchange for an additional 1.5% ownership interest in Knight Hawk. The sale resulted in an increase in the Company’s ownership to 49.5% and a gain of $0.1 million was recorded which is reflected within the line item, “(Gain) loss on divestitures,” on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, “Equity Method Investments and Membership Interests in Joint Venture” for further disclosures about the divestiture.

During the second quarter of 2020, various Dal-Tex and Briar Branch properties in West Virginia were sold to Condor Holdings, LLC. No consideration was received for the sale and a gain of $1.4 million was recorded representing the net liabilities sold, and is reflected within the line item, “(Gain) loss on divestitures,” on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

On December 13, 2019, the Company sold Coal-Mac LLC, an operating mine complex within the Company’s Other Thermal segment to Condor Holdings, LLC. The Company received $2.3 million of proceeds offset by $0.2 million in closing fees; and recorded a loss of $9.0 million which is reflected within the line, “(Gain) loss on divestitures,” on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

On September 14, 2017, the Company sold Lone Mountain Processing, LLC and two idled mining companies, Cumberland River Coal LLC and Powell Mountain Energy LLC to Revelation Energy LLC, and recorded a gain on the transaction in that year of $21.3 million. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, Revelation assumed certain traumatic workers compensation claims and pneumoconiosis (occupational disease) benefits. On July 1, 2019, Blackjewel LLC and four affiliates, including Revelation Energy LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As a result of the bankruptcy, the Company recorded a $4.3 million charge for these claims as of September 30, 2019, which is reflected within the line, “(Gain) loss on divestitures,” on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.