INVESTMENT IN AL MASANE AL KOBRA MINING COMPANY ("AMAK") (Details)
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Sep. 30, 2013
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Sep. 30, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Sep. 30, 2013
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Sep. 30, 2013
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Investment in Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Company Amak [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Investment in AMAK | $ 53,400,000 | $ 54,100,000 | |||||||||||
Exchange rate | 3.75 | ||||||||||||
Outstanding advance to AMAK | 0 | 0 | 536,000 | 536,000 | |||||||||
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items] | |||||||||||||
Percentage investment in AMAK (in hundredths) | 35.00% | 35.00% | |||||||||||
Company's share of income (loss) reported by AMAK | (680,000) | 965,000 | (1,698,000) | 3,991,000 | |||||||||
Amortization of difference between Company's investment in AMAK and Company's share of net assets of AMAK | 337,000 | 337,000 | 1,011,000 | 1,010,000 | |||||||||
Gain from additional equity issued by AMAK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,997,000 | |||||||||
Equity in income (loss) of AMAK | (343,000) | 1,302,000 | (687,000) | 8,998,000 | |||||||||
Results of Operations [Abstract] | |||||||||||||
Sales | 16,957,000 | 17,815,000 | 47,655,000 | 64,310,000 | |||||||||
Gross Profit | 1,785,000 | 6,994,000 | 6,469,000 | 25,028,000 | |||||||||
General, administrative and other expenses | 3,714,000 | 4,256,000 | 11,285,000 | 14,071,000 | |||||||||
Net Income (loss) | (1,929,000) | 2,738,000 | (4,816,000) | 10,957,000 | |||||||||
Financial Position [Abstract] | |||||||||||||
Current assets | 23,839,000 | 23,839,000 | 32,923,000 | ||||||||||
Noncurrent assets | 264,318,000 | 264,318,000 | 264,997,000 | ||||||||||
Total assets | 288,157,000 | 288,157,000 | 297,920,000 | ||||||||||
Current liabilities | 18,353,000 | 18,353,000 | 22,497,000 | ||||||||||
Long term liabilities | 75,023,000 | 75,023,000 | 75,826,000 | ||||||||||
Shareholders' equity | 194,781,000 | 194,781,000 | 199,597,000 | ||||||||||
Total liabilities and Shareholders' equity | $ 288,157,000 | $ 288,157,000 | $ 297,920,000 |