Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligation

A reconciliation of the Company's beginning and ending aggregate carrying amount of the asset retirement obligations are as follows:

	NACCO Consolidated
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	41,819
Liabilities settled during the period	(7,835		)
Accretion expense	2,361
Revision of estimated cash flows	7,247
Balance at December 31, 2015	$	43,592
Liabilities settled during the period	(2,321		)
Accretion expense	2,659
Revision of estimated cash flows	(1,825		)
Balance at December 31, 2016	$	42,105