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Principles of Consolidation and Nature of Operations (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Subsidiaries
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]  
Number of wholly owned subsidiaries 2nacco_NumberofWhollyOwnedSubsidiaries
Variable interest entity, ownership percentage by parent 100.00%us-gaap_VariableInterestEntityOwnershipPercentage
Coyote Creek  
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]  
Production capacity, mid 2016 2,500,000nacco_ProductionCapacityTwoFiscalYears
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nacco_CoyoteCreekMember
NACoal  
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]  
Provision for doubtful accounts 1.1us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nacco_NacoalMember
Minimum | Camino Real  
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]  
Production capacity in 2015 2,500,000nacco_ProductionCapacityNextFiscalYear
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nacco_CaminoRealMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
Maximum | Camino Real  
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]  
Production capacity in 2015 3,000,000nacco_ProductionCapacityNextFiscalYear
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= nacco_CaminoRealMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember