Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligation

A reconciliation of the Company's beginning and ending aggregate carrying amount of the asset retirement obligations are as follows:

	NACCO Consolidated
Balance at January 1, 2014	$	32,415
Liabilities acquired during the period	7,297
Liabilities settled during the period	(1,509		)
Accretion expense	1,562
Revision of estimated cash flows	2,054
Balance at December 31, 2014	$	41,819
Liabilities settled during the period	(7,835		)
Accretion expense	2,361
Revision of estimated cash flows	7,247
Balance at December 31, 2015	$	43,592