Westmoreland Coal Company announced that Mr. Terry Bachynski from Edmonton, Alberta has been appointed to its board of directors. He will serve until the next Annual Meeting, at which time he will stand for election by the shareholders. Mr. Bachynski is President and CEO of JDEL Associates Ltd., which provides regulatory, environmental, stakeholder, aboriginal and government affairs consulting services to industry for the development and operation of major resource development projects, primarily in Western Canada.