Note 5 - Segment Information - Information By Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
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Mar. 31, 2026 |
Mar. 31, 2025 |
Dec. 31, 2025 |
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| Revenues | $ 47,182 | $ 55,681 | |||||||||||
| Equity in earnings of Sisecam Wyoming | (7,828) | 4,610 | |||||||||||
| Gain on asset sales and disposals | (1) | 247 | |||||||||||
| Total revenues and other income | 39,353 | 60,538 | |||||||||||
| Compensation (salaries, benefits and bonus) | 3,861 | 4,047 | |||||||||||
| Long-term incentive compensation (1) | 1,169 | [1] | 2,725 | [2] | |||||||||
| Property taxes | 1,879 | 1,792 | |||||||||||
| Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization | 7,614 | 3,989 | |||||||||||
| Asset impairments | 0 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense, net (2) | [3] | 973 | 2,668 | ||||||||||
| Other segment items (3) | [4] | 4,238 | 5,044 | ||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | 19,619 | 40,253 | |||||||||||
| Total assets | 771,657 | 748,365 | $ 748,365 | ||||||||||
| Operating Segments [Member] | |||||||||||||
| Revenues | 47,182 | 55,681 | |||||||||||
| Equity in earnings of Sisecam Wyoming | (7,828) | 4,610 | |||||||||||
| Gain on asset sales and disposals | (1) | 247 | |||||||||||
| Total revenues and other income | 39,353 | 60,538 | |||||||||||
| Compensation (salaries, benefits and bonus) | 1,797 | 1,938 | |||||||||||
| Long-term incentive compensation (1) | 262 | [1] | 464 | [2] | |||||||||
| Property taxes | 1,879 | 1,792 | |||||||||||
| Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization | 7,610 | 3,985 | |||||||||||
| Asset impairments | 0 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense, net (2) | [3] | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Other segment items (3) | [4] | 2,175 | 2,581 | ||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | 25,630 | 49,758 | |||||||||||
| Total assets | 766,466 | 742,916 | |||||||||||
| Segment Reporting, Reconciling Item, Corporate Nonsegment [Member] | |||||||||||||
| Revenues | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Equity in earnings of Sisecam Wyoming | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gain on asset sales and disposals | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total revenues and other income | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Compensation (salaries, benefits and bonus) | 2,064 | 2,109 | |||||||||||
| Long-term incentive compensation (1) | 907 | [1] | 2,261 | [2] | |||||||||
| Property taxes | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Asset impairments | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense, net (2) | [3] | 973 | 2,668 | ||||||||||
| Other segment items (3) | [4] | 2,063 | 2,463 | ||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | (6,011) | (9,505) | |||||||||||
| Total assets | 5,191 | 5,449 | |||||||||||
| Mineral Rights Segment [Member] | |||||||||||||
| Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization | 6,100 | 3,700 | |||||||||||
| Mineral Rights Segment [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | |||||||||||||
| Revenues | 47,182 | 55,681 | |||||||||||
| Equity in earnings of Sisecam Wyoming | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gain on asset sales and disposals | (1) | 247 | |||||||||||
| Total revenues and other income | 47,181 | 55,928 | |||||||||||
| Compensation (salaries, benefits and bonus) | 1,797 | 1,938 | |||||||||||
| Long-term incentive compensation (1) | 262 | [1] | 464 | [2] | |||||||||
| Property taxes | 1,879 | 1,792 | |||||||||||
| Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization | 7,610 | 3,985 | |||||||||||
| Asset impairments | 0 | 20 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense, net (2) | [3] | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Other segment items (3) | [4] | 2,103 | 2,521 | ||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | 33,530 | 45,208 | |||||||||||
| Total assets | 484,989 | 492,672 | |||||||||||
| Soda Ash Segment [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | |||||||||||||
| Revenues | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Equity in earnings of Sisecam Wyoming | (7,828) | 4,610 | |||||||||||
| Gain on asset sales and disposals | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total revenues and other income | (7,828) | 4,610 | |||||||||||
| Compensation (salaries, benefits and bonus) | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Long-term incentive compensation (1) | 0 | [1] | 0 | [2] | |||||||||
| Property taxes | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Asset impairments | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Interest expense, net (2) | [3] | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Other segment items (3) | [4] | 72 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | (7,900) | 4,550 | |||||||||||
| Total assets | $ 281,477 | $ 250,244 | |||||||||||
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- Definition Revenue, Net, Including Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Assets No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of revenues excluding the gain on sale of asset. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of impairment loss for asset. Includes, but is not limited to, tangible and intangible assets and goodwill. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of asset recognized for present right to economic benefit. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition The aggregate expense recognized in the current period that allocates the cost of tangible assets, intangible assets, or depleting assets to periods that benefit from use of the assets. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of expense for employee benefit and equity-based compensation. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount of expense for salary and wage arising from service rendered by nonofficer and officer employees. Excludes allocated cost, labor-related nonsalary expense, and direct and overhead labor cost included in cost of good and service sold. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of other expense (income) and loss (gain) calculated as difference between segment revenue and separately disclosed expense category to arrive at segment profit (loss). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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