Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
NOTE 14 - DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-08, Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity, which changes the criteria for reporting discontinued operations and requires additional disclosures about discontinued operations. The standard requires that an entity report as a discontinued operation only a disposal that represents a strategic shift in operations that has a major effect on its operations and financial results. ASU 2014-08 is effective prospectively for new disposals that occur within annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014. Early adoption is permitted and we adopted ASU 2014-08 during the three months ended December 31, 2014. Adoption of the standard had a material impact on our Statements of Consolidated Operations.
The Wabush mine was idled by the end of the first quarter of 2014 and we subsequently began to commence permanent closure during the fourth quarter of 2014. As part of these closure activities, we terminated the rail transportation agreement and began implementation of the provincial Rehabilitation and Closure Plan that has been approved by the Canadian Department of Natural Resources. As such, the Wabush mine was deemed abandoned as of December 31, 2014 and meets the disposed by other than sale criteria.
On December 31, 2014, we completed the sale of our CLCC assets in West Virginia to Coronado Coal II, LLC, an affiliate of Coronado Coal LLC, for $174.0 million in cash and the assumption of certain liabilities, of which $155.0 million has been collected as of December 31, 2014. We recorded the results of this sale in our fourth quarter earnings as the transaction closed on December 31, 2014. As such, CLCC as of December 31, 2014, meets the disposed of by sale criteria.
As Wabush and CLCC met criteria for discontinued operations, each disposal had to be further evaluated to determine whether the disposal represents a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on our operations and financial results. Wabush and CLCC meet the criteria for discontinued operations as Wabush's closure plan was implemented and CLCC was sold. According to ASU 2014-08, examples of a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results could include a disposal of a major geographical area, a major line of business, a major equity method investment, or other major parts of an entity. In order to determine if the disposal of CLCC or Wabush had a major effect on our operations and financial results, we used revenues and assets as a key indicator of significance as those are historically key indicators we have used to measure our components against. For both Wabush and CLCC, the associated revenues and assets were determined not to be a significant percentage of our consolidated results as evidenced by the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012. Wabush revenues were less than 8 percent of consolidated revenues and less than 4 percent of total assets for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012. CLCC revenues were less than 5 percent of consolidated revenues and less than 8 percent of total assets for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012.
Other key indicators such as sales margin, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are not relevant for Wabush as Wabush was idled in the first quarter of 2014 and therefore not operational for the majority of 2014. These other key indicators were also not relevant for CLCC as the coal business makes up a small percentage of our overall financial results, approximately 15 percent of consolidated revenues in 2014, as compared to our iron ore business.
After assessing Wabush and CLCC under the ASU 2014-08 guidance as discussed above, it was determined that Wabush and CLCC do not qualify as discontinued operations as of December 31, 2014. Neither Wabush nor CLCC represent a strategic shift that has or will have a major impact on our operations or financial results.
The amendments in this ASU 2014-08 require us to provide the Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes and Equity Income (Loss) from Ventures for each individually significant component of an entity that does not qualify for discontinued operations presentation in the financial statements. The Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes and Equity Income (Loss) from Ventures is to be presented for the component of an entity for the period in which it is disposed of or is classified as held for sale and for all prior periods that are presented in the Statements of Consolidated Operations. As required, the Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes and Equity Income (Loss) from Ventures for Wabush and CLCC are presented below:
 
(In Millions)
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND EQUITY INCOME (LOSS) FROM VENTURES
 
 
 
 
 
Wabush
$
(345.6
)
 
$
(258.6
)
 
$
(131.8
)
CLCC
$
(669.9
)
 
$
(55.0
)
 
$
(41.8
)

The table below sets forth selected financial information related to operating results of our business classified as discontinued operations. While the reclassification of revenues and expenses related to discontinued operations for prior periods has no impact upon previously reported net income, the Statements of Consolidated Operations present the revenues and expenses that were reclassified from the specified line items to discontinued operations. During the fourth quarter of 2012, we sold our 45 percent economic interest in Sonoma. The Sonoma operations previously were included in Other within our reportable segments.
The following table presents detail of our operations related to our Sonoma operations in the Statements of Consolidated Operations:
 
(In Millions)
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
REVENUES FROM PRODUCT SALES AND SERVICES
 
 
 
 
 
Product
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
151.6

 
 
 
 
 
 
GAIN ON SALE FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, net of tax
—

 
—

 
38.0

INCOME (LOSS) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, net of tax
—

 
2.0

 
(2.1
)
INCOME and GAIN ON SALE FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, net of tax
$
—

 
$
2.0

 
$
35.9


Income and Gain on Sale from Discontinued Operations, net of tax during the year ended December 31, 2013 relates to additional income tax benefit resulting from the actual tax gain from the sale of Sonoma as included on the 2012 tax return, which was filed during the year ended December 31, 2013.
We recorded a gain of $38.0 million, net of $8.1 million in tax expense in Income and Gain on Sale from Discontinued Operations, net of tax in the Statements of Consolidated Operations for the year ended December 31, 2012 related to our sale of the Sonoma operations, which was completed as of November 12, 2012. We recorded a loss from discontinued operations in 2012 of $2.1 million, net of $2.4 million in tax expense.