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Derivatives and Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Derivative [Line Items] |
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the changes related to the Company’s Corporate Hedging derivative financial instruments recurring Level 3 financial liabilities:
|  | Year Ended
|  | December 31, 2016
|  | Commodity Contracts |  | Foreign Currency Contracts |  | Total
| (Dollars in millions)
Beginning of period |  | $ | 123.7 |  |  | $ | 200.7 |  |  | $ | 324.4 |
Total net losses realized/unrealized: |  |  |  |  |  |
Included in earnings |  | 15.7 |  |  | (48.0 | ) |  | (32.3 | )
Settlements / terminations |  | (139.4 | ) |  | (152.7 | ) |  | (292.1 | )
End of period |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Non Coal Trading [Member] |
Derivative [Line Items] |
Classification and amounts of pre-tax gains and losses related to the Company's non-trading hedges | The tables below show the classification and amounts of pre-tax gains and losses related to the Company’s Corporate Hedging derivatives during the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
|  |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2016
|  | Income Statement Classification Losses - Realized |  | Total realized loss recognized in income |  | Loss reclassified from other comprehensive income into income (1) |  | (Loss) gain recognized in income on derivatives
Financial Instrument |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | (Dollars in millions)
Commodity swap contracts |  | Operating costs and expenses |  | $ | (98.0 | ) |  | $ | (86.1 | ) |  | $ | (11.9 | )
Commodity swap contracts |  | Reorganization items, net |  | (38.8 | ) |  | — |  |  | (38.8 | )
Foreign currency forward contracts |  | Operating costs and expenses |  | (142.9 | ) |  | (145.6 | ) |  | 2.7 |
Foreign currency forward contracts |  | Reorganization items, net |  | (36.4 | ) |  | — |  |  | (36.4 | )
Total |  |  |  | $ | (316.1 | ) |  | $ | (231.7 | ) |  | $ | (84.4 | )
(1) | Includes the reclassification from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" into earnings of $13.6 million and $9.0 million of previously unrecognized losses on foreign currency and fuel contracts, respectivley, monetized in first quarter of 2016.
|  |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2015
|  | Income Statement Classification Losses - Realized |  | Loss recognized in other comprehensive income on derivative (effective portion) |  | Loss reclassified from other comprehensive income into income (effective portion)(1) |  | Loss reclassified from other comprehensive income into income (ineffective portion)
Financial Instrument |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | (Dollars in millions)
Commodity swap contracts |  | Operating costs and expenses |  | $ | (77.0 | ) |  | $ | (122.0 | ) |  | $ | 1.6 |
Foreign currency forward contracts |  | Operating costs and expenses |  | (122.0 | ) |  | (316.4 | ) |  | — |
Total |  |  |  | $ | (199.0 | ) |  | $ | (438.4 | ) |  | $ | 1.6 |
(1) | Includes the reclassification from "Accumulated other comprehensive loss" into earnings of $14.9 million of previously unrecognized gains on foreign currency cash flow hedge contracts monetized in the fourth quarter of 2012.
|  |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2014
|  | Income Statement Classification Losses - Realized |  | Loss recognized in other comprehensive income on derivative (effective portion) |  | Loss reclassified from other comprehensive income into income (effective portion)(1) |  | Loss reclassified from other comprehensive income into income (ineffective portion)
Financial Instrument |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | (Dollars in millions)
Commodity swap contracts |  | Operating costs and expenses |  | $ | (194.5 | ) |  | $ | (20.6 | ) |  | $ | (1.7 | )
Foreign currency forward contracts |  | Operating costs and expenses |  | (100.9 | ) |  | (27.3 | ) |  | — |
Total |  |  |  | $ | (295.4 | ) |  | $ | (47.9 | ) |  | $ | (1.7 | )
Classification and amount of non-coal trading derivatives, gross and net basis |
| Fair Value of Liabilities Presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2015 (1)
Financial Instrument
| (Dollars in millions)
Current Liabilities: |
Commodity swap contracts | $ | 86.1 |
Foreign currency forward contracts | 145.6 |
Total | $ | 231.7 |
Noncurrent Liabilities: |
Commodity swap contracts | $ | 37.6 |
Foreign currency forward contracts | 55.1 |
Total | $ | 92.7 |
(1) | All commodity swap contracts and foreign currency forward contracts were in a liability position as of December 31, 2015.
Fair value measured on recurring basis of net financial assets and liabilities | Financial Instruments Measured on a Recurring Basis. The following tables set forth the hierarchy of the Company’s net financial (liability) asset positions for which fair value is measured on a recurring basis:
| December 31, 2015
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
|  |  | (Dollars in millions) |  |
Investments in debt and equity securities | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Commodity swap contracts | — |  |  | — |  |  | (123.7 | ) |  | (123.7 | )
Foreign currency forward contracts | — |  |  | — |  |  | (200.7 | ) |  | (200.7 | )
Total net financial liabilities | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (324.4 | ) |  | $ | (324.4 | )
Carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company's debt |
| December 31, 2015
| Carrying Amount |  | Estimated Fair Value
| (Dollars in millions)
Current and Long-term debt | $ | 6,241.2 |  |  | $ | 1,373.7 |

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