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Note 5 - Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 7,411 |  |  | $ | 3,823 |  |  | $ | 10,063 |
State |  |  | (325 | ) |  |  | 752 |  |  |  | 6,694 |
Foreign |  |  | 459 |  |  |  | 459 |  |  |  | 459 |
Total current income tax provision |  |  | 7,545 |  |  |  | 5,034 |  |  |  | 17,216 |
Federal and state deferred income tax (benefit) provision |  |  | 1,334 |  |  |  | 76,944 |  |  |  | (140,748 | )
Total income tax (benefit) provision |  | $ | 8,879 |  |  | $ | 81,978 |  |  | $ | (123,532 | )
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Domestic |  | $ | 37,025 |  |  | $ | 244,833 |  |  | $ | (66,348 | )
Foreign |  |  | (13,192 | ) |  |  | (11,691 | ) |  |  | (8,201 | )
Total |  | $ | 23,833 |  |  | $ | 233,142 |  |  | $ | (74,549 | )
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Computed “statutory” (benefit) provision |  | $ | 8,342 |  |  |  | 35 | % |  | $ | 81,600 |  |  |  | 35 | % |  | $ | (26,092 | ) |  |  | (35 | )%
Percentage depletion |  |  | (5,575 | ) |  |  | (24 | ) |  |  | (13,751 | ) |  |  | (6 | ) |  |  | (8,858 | ) |  |  | (12 | )
Net increase (utilization) of U.S. and foreign tax loss carryforwards |  |  | 3,837 |  |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 3,822 |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 2,713 |  |  |  | 3 |
Change in valuation allowance other than utilization |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (88,069 | ) |  |  | (118 | )
State taxes, net of federal taxes |  |  | 1,110 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 10,890 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | (4,717 | ) |  |  | (6 | )
Effect of U.S. AMT, foreign taxes other |  |  | 1,165 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | (583 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | 1,491 |  |  |  | 2 |
|  | $ | 8,879 |  |  |  | 37 | % |  | $ | 81,978 |  |  |  | 35 |  |  | $ | (123,532 | ) |  |  | (13 | )%
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued reclamation costs |  | $ | 45,653 |  |  | $ | 62,225 |
Deferred exploration |  |  | 32,396 |  |  |  | 18,585 |
Foreign net operating losses |  |  | 20,247 |  |  |  | 20,234 |
Federal net operating losses |  |  | 44,146 |  |  |  | 47,875 |
State net operating losses |  |  | 668 |  |  |  | 2,445 |
AMT credit carryforwards |  |  | 24,603 |  |  |  | 15,210 |
Pension and benefit obligation |  |  | 12,488 |  |  |  | 9,940 |
Miscellaneous |  |  | 17,437 |  |  |  | 16,002 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 197,638 |  |  |  | 192,516 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (23,030 | ) |  |  | (22,895 | )
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 174,608 |  |  |  | 169,621 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized gain on derivatives contracts |  |  | (1,262 | ) |  |  | (13,293 | )
Properties, plants and equipment |  |  | (57,583 | ) |  |  | (40,490 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (58,845 | ) |  |  | (53,783 | )
Net deferred tax asset |  | $ | 115,763 |  |  | $ | 115,838 |
Summary of Positions for which Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible [Table Text Block] |
|  |  | 2012 |  |  |  | 2011 |  |  |  | 2010 |
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | (22,895 | ) |  | $ | (19,073 | ) |  | $ | (104,429 | )
Increase related to non-utilization of net operating loss carryforwards and non-recognition of deferred tax assets due to uncertainty of recovery |  |  | (3,837 | ) |  |  | (3,822 | ) |  |  | (2,713 | )
Decrease related to net recognition of deferred tax assets |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 88,069 |
Decrease related to utilization and expiration of deferred tax assets, other |  |  | 3,702 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance at end of year |  | $ | (23,030 | ) |  | $ | (22,895 | ) |  | $ | (19,073 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32639-109319 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of unrecognized tax benefits for which a material change is reasonably possible in the next twelve months, typically including the nature of the uncertainty, the event(s) that could cause a material change, and an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made. An unrecognized tax benefit is the difference between a tax position taken in a tax return and the amounts recognized in the financial statements for which it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits of the position, that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 15 -Subparagraph (d) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32718-109319 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name FASB Interpretation (FIN) -Number 48 -Paragraph 21 -Subparagraph d -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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