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Contingencies (Details) |  |  | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 17, 2015 Plaintiff Entity Insurance_company People | Apr. 17, 2013 People | Sep. 30, 2016 mine processingFacility
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Loss contingency, number of processing facilities | processingFacility |  |  | 3
Pending Litigation |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of people killed |  | 15 |
Number of people injured |  | 200 |
Number of plaintiffs | Plaintiff | 400 |  |
Number of entities that filed claims | Entity | 9 |  |
Number of people that filed claims | 325 |  |
Number of insurance companies that filed claims | Insurance_company | 80 |  |
IDAHO |  |  |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |  |  |
Loss contingency, number of mines | mine |  |  | 18

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