Limited Liability Company (LLC) or Limited Partnership (LP), Ownership Interest, Public

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Sale Of Stock, Accrued Transaction Costs, Current

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Sale Of Stock, Legal And Consulting Costs

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Sale Of Stock, Number Of Shares Issued In Transaction, Quarterly Distribution

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Sale Of Stock, Transaction Costs

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
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The profit or loss on sales of previously unissued stock by subsidiaries or equity investees made to investors outside the consolidated group that is not reported as operating income. Represents the difference in the parent company's carrying amount of the equity interest in the subsidiary or equity investee immediately before and after the transaction.

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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Percentage investment held by members or limited partners of limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Simplification Transaction Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 28, 2019	Jun. 27, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Simplification Transaction
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Outstanding Partnership public units (in shares)	17,727,249
Units purchased (in shares)	24,818,149
Quarterly distribution of newly issued shares (in shares)	635,502
Gain (loss) from transaction				$ 0
Transaction costs			$ 11,000,000.0		$ 4,900,000	$ 400,000
Legal and consulting costs					300,000
Simplification Transaction \| Additional Paid-In Capital
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Accrued Simplification Transaction costs			$ 5,400,000		$ 5,400,000
Suncoke Inc
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership interest of general partnership		60.40%
Interest in partnership		2.00%
Public Unitholders
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Ownership interest, public		37.60%