DEBT AND CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt and Capital Lease Obligations

Debt and capital lease obligations consists of the following:

	December 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Short term debt:
CoSine - Foreign	$	527	$	—
HNH - Foreign	742		602
Total short-term debt	1,269		602
Long-term debt:
Steel Excel Term Loan (a)	42,666		78,653
CoSine Term Loans	2,664		—
HNH Revolving Facilities	90,613		193,375
SPLP Revolving Facility	75,140		33,788
CoSine Revolving Facilities	18,793		—
Other debt - domestic	6,936		8,014
Foreign loan facilities	1,277		1,412
Subtotal	238,089		315,242
Less portion due within one year (b)	2,176		19,535
Long-term debt	235,913		295,707
Total debt	$	239,358	$	315,844
Capital lease facility
Current portion of capital lease	$	1,028	$	486
Long-term portion of capital lease	1,899		288
	$	2,927	$	774

(a) Net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $280 and $632 at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

(b) Net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $57 at 2014, respectively.

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt

Long-term debt obligations as of December 31, 2015 matures in each of the next five years as follows:

	Total		Less: Unamortized debt issuance costs			2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		Thereafter
Long-term debt	$	238,089	$	(280	)	$	2,176	$	97,099	$	42,991	$	91,339	$	3,997	$	767