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Unconsolidated Subsidiaries (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Subsidiaries
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
Number of wholly owned subsidiaries 2nacco_NumberofWhollyOwnedSubsidiaries    
Variable interest entity, reporting entity involvement, maximum risk of loss $ 4,000,000us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityEntityMaximumLossExposureAmount $ 4,000,000us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityEntityMaximumLossExposureAmount $ 5,300,000us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityEntityMaximumLossExposureAmount
Accounts receivable from affiliates 2,119,000us-gaap_DueFromAffiliates 57,421,000us-gaap_DueFromAffiliates 32,247,000us-gaap_DueFromAffiliates
Coyote Creek      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
Accounts receivable from affiliates   53,200,000us-gaap_DueFromAffiliates
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nacco_CoyoteCreekMember
29,600,000us-gaap_DueFromAffiliates
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nacco_CoyoteCreekMember
Other noncurrent assets      
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]      
Investment in unconsolidated operations and related tax position $ 31,200,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherNoncurrentAssetsMember
$ 28,200,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherNoncurrentAssetsMember
$ 34,100,000us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestments
/ us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis
= us-gaap_OtherNoncurrentAssetsMember