Organization	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Organization
Organization	NOTE 1—Organization Walter Energy, Inc. ("Walter"), together with its consolidated subsidiaries ("the Company"), is a leading producer and exporter of metallurgical coal for the global steel industry from underground and surface mines with mineral reserves located in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The Company also extracts, processes, markets and/or possesses mineral reserves for thermal coal and anthracite coal, as well as produces metallurgical coke and coal bed methane gas. As described in Note 3, on April 1, 2011, the Company completed the acquisition of all the outstanding common shares of Western Coal Corp. ("Western Coal"). The accompanying financial statements include the results of operations of Western Coal since April 1, 2011. The Company reports all of its operations located in the U.S. in the U.S. Operations segment. The Company reports its mining operations located in Northeast British Columbia (Canada) and South Wales (United Kingdom) in the Canadian and U.K. Operations segment. The Other segment primarily consists of unallocated Corporate activities and expenditures. See Note 22 for segment information. During the quarter ended June 30, 2012, the Company sold the Kodiak assets and liabilities for $9.5 million, which resulted in an after-tax gain of $5.2 million. As a result of the sale, Kodiak is presented as discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Kodiak operations did not have a significant impact on either the Company's revenues or operating income for the year ended December 31, 2011 and was not reported as discontinued operations. See Note 6 for discontinued operations information.

Organization

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

NOTE 1—Organization

Walter Energy, Inc. ("Walter"), together with its consolidated subsidiaries ("the Company"), is a leading producer and exporter of metallurgical coal for the global steel industry from underground and surface mines with mineral reserves located in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The Company also extracts, processes, markets and/or possesses mineral reserves for thermal coal and anthracite coal, as well as produces metallurgical coke and coal bed methane gas.

As described in Note 3, on April 1, 2011, the Company completed the acquisition of all the outstanding common shares of Western Coal Corp. ("Western Coal"). The accompanying financial statements include the results of operations of Western Coal since April 1, 2011. The Company reports all of its operations located in the U.S. in the U.S. Operations segment. The Company reports its mining operations located in Northeast British Columbia (Canada) and South Wales (United Kingdom) in the Canadian and U.K. Operations segment. The Other segment primarily consists of unallocated Corporate activities and expenditures. See Note 22 for segment information.

During the quarter ended June 30, 2012, the Company sold the Kodiak assets and liabilities for $9.5 million, which resulted in an after-tax gain of $5.2 million. As a result of the sale, Kodiak is presented as discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Kodiak operations did not have a significant impact on either the Company's revenues or operating income for the year ended December 31, 2011 and was not reported as discontinued operations. See Note 6 for discontinued operations information.