On January 17, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing that it plans to issue $130 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes that will mature in 2018 and bear interest at 10.75% in a proposed private offering to “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and non-U.S. persons outside the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

This prospectus supplement No. 2 supplements information contained in that certain prospectus dated April 22, 2011 that relates to the resale, from time to time, by selling securityholders of 3,766,715 shares of Westmoreland Coal Company common stock.