Income Taxes (Details Textuals)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2011
Income Taxes (Textuals)
Applicable statutory composite enacted tax rate	34.00%
Income tax holiday number of years	5 years
Income tax holiday in percentage	50.00%
Restriction on loss carryforwards	30% of annual taxable income
Brazil [Member]
Income Taxes (Textuals)
Subjected to examination by tax authorities regarding operations	upto 5 years
Canada [Member]
Income Taxes (Textuals)
Subjected to examination by tax authorities regarding operations	upto 7 years
Indonesia [Member]
Income Taxes (Textuals)
Subjected to examination by tax authorities regarding operations	upto 10 years
Railroad and Iron Ore Operation [Member]
Income Taxes (Textuals)
Income tax incentives number of years	10 years
Goro Project [Member]
Income Taxes (Textuals)
Income tax incentives number of years	15 years

The domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable under enacted tax laws to the Company's pretax income from continuing operations for the period. The "statutory" tax rate shall be the regular tax rate if there are alternative tax systems.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 109
-Paragraph 47

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The portion of the difference between the effective income tax rate and domestic federal statutory income tax rate attributable to income that is exempt from income tax because of tax holidays an entity has received. A tax "holiday" refers to the tax benefit derived from a jurisdiction that provides an exemption from income taxes for some defined period of time as an incentive to attract business.

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The tax year(s) being audited in connection with the income tax examination.

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A description of the limitations on the use of all operating loss carryforwards available to reduce future taxable income.

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Income taxes.

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Income tax holiday for number of years.

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Income tax incentives for number of years.

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