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Number of Customers With Idle Facilities

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Quantity of coke sold to primary customer.

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For an unclassified balance sheet, the amount due from customers or clients for goods or services that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to their estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Amount of paid and unpaid preferred stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in cash, stock and payment-in-kind (PIK).

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Customer Concentrations (Details Textual) T in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Customer T	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Customer Concentrations (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of customers with idle facilities \| Customer	2
Revenues	$ 1,362.7	$ 1,503.8	$ 1,647.7
Coal Logistics \| The Cline Group \| Affiliated Entity
Customer Concentrations (Textual) [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 22.0
Coal Logistics \| The Cline Group \| Affiliated Entity \| Sales Revenue, Segment
Customer Concentrations (Textual) [Abstract]
Sales to customers (as a percent)	27.10%
Coal Logistics \| The Cline Group \| Affiliated Entity \| Sales Revenue, Net
Customer Concentrations (Textual) [Abstract]
Sales to customers (as a percent)	1.60%
Customer Concentration Risk
Customer Concentrations (Textual) [Abstract]
Quantity of coke sold to three primary customers (in tons) \| T	4.1
Number of primary customers in U.S \| Customer	3
Customer Concentration Risk \| Accounts Receivable
Customer Concentrations (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of primary customers in U.S \| Customer	3
Customer Concentration Risk \| ArcelorMittal \| Accounts Receivable
Customer Concentrations (Textual) [Abstract]
Accounts receivable due	$ 25.5
Customer Concentration Risk \| AK Steel \| Accounts Receivable
Customer Concentrations (Textual) [Abstract]
Accounts receivable due	14.8
Customer Concentration Risk \| U.S Steel \| Accounts Receivable
Customer Concentrations (Textual) [Abstract]
Accounts receivable due	5.9
Customer Concentration Risk \| ArcelorMittal Brazil \| Accounts Receivable
Customer Concentrations (Textual) [Abstract]
Preferred dividend	$ 9.5	$ 9.5	$ 9.5