Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consisted of the following:



	December 31,
	2016		2015
	(Dollars in millions)
Trade accounts payable	$	288.6	$	333.3
Accrued payroll and related benefits	201.2		191.9
Other accrued expenses	190.1		225.8
Accrued taxes other than income	119.6		135.9
Accrued royalties	62.8		41.0
Asset retirement obligations	41.0		25.5
Accrued health care insurance	16.0		15.8
Workers’ compensation obligations	7.8		8.6
Income taxes payable	6.2		6.8
Accrued interest	1.2		68.8
Accrued environmental cleanup-related costs	—		23.9
Other	—		2.3
Payable to voluntary employee beneficiary associated for certain Patriot retirees⁽¹⁾	—		75.0
Commodity and foreign currency hedge contracts	—		231.7
Liabilities associated with discontinued operations	55.9		60.0
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	990.4	$	1,446.3


⁽¹⁾	Refer to Note 27. "Matters Related to the Bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corporation" herein for additional details related to this transaction.