Accounts Receivable Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of year	$ 13,505	$ 12,070	$ 6,213
Provisions	6,681	7,752	19,655
Charges	(10,131)	(6,317)	(13,798)
Balance, end of year	$ 10,055	$ 13,505	12,070
Arrium Limited [Member] \| Australian Operations [Member]
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable [Roll Forward]
Charges			(8,100)
ERS Railways [Member] \| U.K./European Operations [Member]
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable [Roll Forward]
Charges			$ (2,600)

A valuation allowance for trade and other receivables due to an Entity within one year (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer) that are expected to be uncollectible.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of direct write-downs of accounts receivable charged against the allowance.

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Amount of expense related to write-down of receivables to the amount expected to be collected. Includes, but is not limited to, accounts receivable and notes receivable.

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