Inventories (Table)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory

Inventories are summarized as follows:

	SEPTEMBER 30 2013		DECEMBER 31 2012		SEPTEMBER 30 2012
Coal - NACoal	$	21,048	$	17,311	$	16,429
Mining supplies - NACoal	17,131		13,587		12,783
Total inventories at weighted average cost	38,179		30,898		29,212
Sourced inventories - HBB	112,250		84,814		113,999
Retail inventories - KC	56,920		53,728		62,144
Total inventories at FIFO	169,170		138,542		176,143
	$	207,349	$	169,440	$	205,355