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Equity method investments number of shares owned.

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Equity method investments shares owned.

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Mining exploratory service revenue.

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Shares received from unconsolidated entities.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Total investments in (A) an entity in which the entity has significant influence, but does not have control, (B) subsidiaries that are not required to be consolidated and are accounted for using the equity and or cost method, and (C) an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group. Includes long-term advances receivable from a party that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company after 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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Investments in Unconsolidated Entities - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2012
Chatham Rock Phosphate, Ltd. [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investment carrying value	$ 0		$ 0
Deep sea mining exploratory services			$ 1,680,000
Shares received from CRP			9,320,348
Equity stake in CRP	3.00%
Neptune Minerals, Inc. [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage		14.00%
Investment carrying value		$ 0
Neptune Minerals, Inc. [Member] \| Common Class A [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Shares owned		0
Neptune Minerals, Inc. [Member] \| Common Class B Non Voting Shares [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Current investment position in NMI		3,092,488
Number of shares converted		261,200
Neptune Minerals, Inc. [Member] \| Series A Preferred Non Voting Shares [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Current investment position in NMI		2,612
Dorado Ocean Resources, Ltd. [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Loss from unconsolidated entity		$ 20,700,000