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$ in Billions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Feb. 10, 2026
Jun. 30, 2025
Document Information [Line Items]      
Document Type 10-K    
Document Annual Report true    
Document Period End Date Dec. 31, 2025    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31    
Document Transition Report false    
Entity File Number 001-38061    
Entity Registrant Name Warrior Met Coal, Inc.    
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code DE    
Entity Tax Identification Number 81-0706839    
Entity Address, Address Line One 16243 Highway 216    
Entity Address, City or Town Brookwood    
Entity Address, State or Province AL    
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 35444    
City Area Code 205    
Local Phone Number 554-6150    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Yes    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
Entity Interactive Data Current Yes    
Entity Filer Category Large Accelerated Filer    
Entity Small Business false    
Entity Emerging Growth Company false    
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag true    
Document Financial Statement Error Correction [Flag] false    
Entity Shell Company false    
Entity Public Float     $ 2.5
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)   52,570,156  
Documents Incorporated by Reference

Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of December 31, 2025, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this report for the year ended December 31, 2025.

   
Auditor Opinion [Text Block]

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Warrior Met Coal, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2025, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our report dated February 12, 2026 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

   
Auditor Name Ernst & Young LLP    
Auditor Location Birmingham, Alabama    
Auditor Firm ID 42    
Entity Central Index key 0001691303    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2025    
Amendment Flag false    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Common Stock      
Document Information [Line Items]      
Title of 12(b) Security Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share    
Trading Symbol HCC    
Security Exchange Name NYSE    
Preferred Stock      
Document Information [Line Items]      
Title of 12(b) Security Rights to Purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share    
Security Exchange Name NYSE    
No Trading Symbol Flag true