Armco Metals (AMCO) 10-Q 15 May 15 2015 Q1 Quarterly report Financial data

Document_And_Entity_Informatio

Document And Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	15-May-15
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	Armco Metals Holdings, Inc.
Document Type	10-Q
Current Fiscal Year End Date	-19
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		6,267,699
Amendment Flag	FALSE
Entity Central Index Key	1410711
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Period End Date	31-Mar-15
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1

Consolidated_Balance_Sheets_Cu

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash	$177,840	$1,884,887
Pledged deposits	10,565	498,615
Marketable securities	27,087	73,943
Accounts receivable, net	32,619,810	43,202,886
Inventories	10,614,121	9,154,463
Advance on purchases	6,718,859	1,093,402
Prepayments and other current assets	973,309	1,164,603
Total Current Assets	51,141,591	57,072,799
Property, plant and equipment, net	32,071,949	32,563,929
Land use rights, net	6,114,352	6,108,283
Deferred tax assets	938,424	279,563
Total Assets	90,266,316	96,024,574
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Loans payable	12,700,108	17,011,843
Banker's acceptance notes payable and letters of credit	1,778,467	1,767,790
Current maturities of capital lease obligation	0	720,819
Accounts payable	6,152,761	5,497,866
Due to related parties	534,940	717,703
Customer deposits	1,478,018	1,467,281
Corporate income tax payable	817,185	815,073
Value added tax and other taxes payable	4,906,614	5,747,470
Deferred tax liabilities	3,529,990	2,965,196
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	2,839,214	3,850,095
Total Current Liabilities	35,713,663	41,438,212
Total Liabilities	35,713,663	41,438,212
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding	0	0
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 5,973,749 and 5,615,088 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively	5,974	5,615
Additional paid-in capital	46,476,490	45,968,908
Retained earnings	3,459,113	4,491,948
Accumulated other comprehensive income	4,611,076	4,119,891
Total Stockholders' Equity	54,552,653	54,586,362
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity	90,266,316	96,024,574
Chairman and CEO [Member]
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Advances received from Chairman and CEO	$976,366	$877,076

Consolidated_Balance_Sheets_Cu1

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) (Parentheticals) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Preferred stock par value (in Dollars per share)	$0.00	$0.00
Preferred stock, shares authorized	1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Common stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$0.00	$0.00
Common stock, shares authorized	200,000,000	200,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	5,973,749	5,615,088
Common stock, shares outstanding	5,973,749	5,615,088

Consolidated_Statements_of_Ope

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
NET REVENUES	$43,070,014	$9,918,651
COST OF GOODS SOLD	46,960,716	11,082,455
GROSS PROFIT	-3,890,702	-1,163,804
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Selling expenses	9,537	100,855
Professional fees	77,204	214,454
General and administrative expenses	888,212	1,438,126
Operating cost of idle manufacturing facility	455,547	534,972
Total operating expenses	1,430,500	2,288,407
LOSS FROM OPERATIONS	-5,321,202	-3,452,211
OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE:
Interest income	-95	-98,268
Interest expense	282,873	672,942
Investment loss	158,999
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities	15,427	-477,909
Loan guarantee expense		13,002
Gain on forgiveness of short-term debt	-4,074,448
Other (income) expense	-561,314	58,303
Total other (income) expense	-4,178,558	168,070
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAX PROVISION	-1,142,644	-3,620,281
INCOME TAX BENEFIT	-109,809
NET LOSS	-1,032,835	-3,620,281
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS):
Change in unrealized income (loss) on marketable securities	148,302	21,938
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)	342,883	-408,558
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS	($541,650)	($4,006,901)
NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE - BASIC AND DILUTED:
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted (in Dollars per share)	($0.18)	($1.20)
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding - basic and diluted (in Shares)	5,753,642	3,005,279

Consolidated_Statements_of_Sto

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity (USD $)	Common Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Accumulated Net Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) [Member]	Accumulated Translation Adjustment [Member]	All Bright [Member]	Total
	All Bright [Member]	All Bright [Member]	Shares Before Split [Member]	Shares After Split [Member]	All Bright [Member]	USD ($)	USD ($)	USD ($)	USD ($)	USD ($)	USD ($)
	Shares Before Split [Member]	Shares After Split [Member]		USD ($)	USD ($)
		USD ($)
Balance, December 31, 2014 at Dec. 31, 2014				$5,615		$45,968,908	$4,491,948	($429,142)	$4,549,033		$54,586,362
Balance, December 31, 2014 (in Shares) at Dec. 31, 2014			5,615,088								5,615,088
Issuance of common shares for employees				179		251,170					251,349
Issuance of common shares for employees (in Shares)			179,215
Issuance of common stock for services		13		24	14,237	27,526				14,250	27,550
Issuance of common stock for services (in Shares)	12,500		24,167
Issuance of common stock in conversion of debt and accrued interest				143		103,924					104,067
Issuance of common stock in conversion of debt and accrued interest (in Shares)			142,779
Reclassification of derivative liabilities due to conversion of convertible notes						110,725					110,725
Net Loss							-1,032,835				-1,032,835
Change in unrealized gain on marketable securities								148,302			148,302
Foreign currency translation gain									342,883		342,883
Balance, March 31, 2015 at Mar. 31, 2015				$5,974		$46,476,490	$3,459,113	($280,840)	$4,891,916		$54,552,653
Balance, March 31, 2015 (in Shares) at Mar. 31, 2015			5,973,749								5,973,749

Consolidated_Statements_of_Cas

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss	($1,032,835)	($3,620,281)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Depreciation expense	684,252	706,766
Amortization expense	17,962	30,782
Deferred income taxes	-109,810
Gain on forgiveness of capital lease obligation	-125,371
Gain on forgiveness of short-term debt	-4,074,448
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities	15,427	-477,909
Loss on sales of marketable securities	158,999
Amortization of debt discount	95,298	494,593
Stock based compensation	251,349	1,017,031
Stock issued for third-party services	41,800
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	10,781,952	8,777,149
Inventories	-1,397,929	3,526,376
Advance on purchases	-5,594,403	269,806
Prepayments and other current assets	220,917	-1,080,644
Banker's acceptance notes payable and letters of credit		-5,326,288
Accounts payable	655,231	-4,898,046
Customer deposits	1,866	501,493
Taxes payable	-894,388	-354,926
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	-1,044,813	152,365
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES	-1,348,944	-281,733
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from release of pledged deposits		5,409,660
Payment made towards pledged deposits		-1,816,273
Cash received from sales of marketable securities	36,159
NET CASH PROVIDED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES	36,159	3,593,387
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from loans payable		6,082,898
Repayment of loans payable	-221,624	-9,135,603
Repayment of capital lease obligation	-107,712
Advances from (repayment to) Chairman and CEO	103,756	77,918
Advances from (repayment to) related parties	-186,284	78
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES	-411,864	-2,974,709
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH	17,602	66,802
NET CHANGE IN CASH	-1,707,047	403,747
Cash at beginning of the year	1,884,887	596,557
Cash at end of the period	177,840	1,000,304
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION:
Interest paid	62,298	175,553
NON CASH FINANCING AND INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Debt discount due to convertible feature	95,298	1,901,282
Change in fair value of marketable security	148,302	21,938
Reclassification of derivative liability to additional paid-in capital		117,267
Reclassification of derivative liability from equity	110,725
Common shares issued for conversion of debt and accrued interest	104,067	384,627
Capital lease obligation settled with pledge deposit	$488,934

Note_1_Organization_and_Operat

Note 1 - Organization and Operations	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 1 – Organization and Operations
	Armco Metals Holdings, Inc. (formerly China Armco Metals, Inc. and Cox Distributing, Inc.)
	Armco Metals Holdings, Inc. (“Armco Metals Holdings” or the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada as Cox Distributing, Inc. on April 6, 2007. On June 27, 2008, the Company changed its name to China Armco Metals, Inc. (“Armco Metals”) upon the acquisition of Armco Metals International Limited (formerly “Armco & Metawise (H.K) Limited” or “Armco HK”) and Subsidiaries to better identify the Company with the business conducted, through its wholly owned subsidiaries in China, import, export and distribution of ferrous and nonferrous ores and metals, and processing and distribution of scrap steel. On July 3, 2013, the Company changed its name from “China Armco Metals, Inc.” to “Armco Metals Holdings, Inc.”.
	Armco Metals International Limited (formerly Armco & Metawise (H.K) Limited) and Subsidiaries
	Armco Metals International Limited (formerly Armco & Metawise (H.K) Limited)
	Armco & Metawise (H.K) Limited was incorporated on July 13, 2001 under the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“HK SAR”) of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). Armco HK engages in the import, export and distribution of ferrous and non-ferrous ore and metals.
	On March 22, 2011, Armco & Metawise (H.K) Limited amended its Memorandum and Articles of Association, and changed its name to Armco Metals International Limited (“Armco HK”).
	Formation of Henan Armco and Metawise Trading Co., Ltd.
	Henan Armco and Metawise Trading Co., Ltd. (“Henan”) was incorporated on June 6, 2002 in the City of Zhengzhou, Henan Province, PRC. Henan engages in the import, export and distribution of ferrous and non-ferrous ores and metals.
	Formation of Armco (Lianyungang) Renewable Metals, Inc.
	On January 9, 2007, Armco HK formed Armco (Lianyungang) Renewable Metals, Inc. (“Renewable Metals”), a wholly-owned foreign enterprise (“WOFE”) subsidiary in the City of Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, PRC. Renewable Metals engages in the processing and distribution of scrap metal.
	On December 1, 2008, Armco HK transferred its 100% equity interest in Renewable Metals to Armco Metals.
	Merger of Henan with Renewable Metals, Companies under Common Control
	On December 28, 2007, Armco HK entered into a Share Transfer Agreement with Renewable Metals, whereby Armco HK transferred to Renewable Metals all of its equity interest in Henan, a company under common control of Armco HK.
	The acquisition of Henan has been recorded on the purchase method of accounting at historical amounts as Renewable Metals and Henan were under common control since June 2002. The consolidated financial statements have been presented as if the acquisition of Henan had occurred as of the first date of the first period presented.
	Acquisition of Armco Metal International Limited and Subsidiaries (“Armco HK”) Recognized as a Reverse Acquisition
	On June 27, 2008, the Company entered into and consummated a share purchase agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”) with Armco HK and Feng Gao, who owned 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Armco HK. In connection with the consummation of the Share Purchase Agreement, (i) Stephen Cox surrendered 7,694,000 common shares, representing his controlling interest in the Company for cancellation and resigned as an officer and director; (ii) the Company purchased from the Armco HK Shareholder 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Armco HK’s capital stock for $6,890,000 by delivery of the Company’s purchase money promissory note; (iii) issued to Ms. Gao (a) a stock option entitling Ms. Gao to purchase 5,300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) with an exercise price of $1.30 per share expiring on December 31, 2008 and (b) a stock option entitling Ms. Gao to purchase 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an exercise price of $5.00 per share expiring two (2) years from the date of issuance on June 27, 2010 (the “Gao Options”). On August 12, 2008, Ms. Gao exercised her option to purchase and the Company issued 5,300,000 shares of its common stock in exchange for the $6,890,000 note owed to Ms. Gao. The shares issued represented approximately 69.7% of the issued and outstanding common stock immediately after the consummation of the Share Purchase and exercise of the option to purchase 5,300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at $13.0 per share.
	As a result of the controlling financial interest of the former stockholder of Armco HK, for financial statement reporting purposes, the merger between the Company and Armco HK has been treated as a reverse acquisition with Armco HK deemed the accounting acquirer and the Company deemed the accounting acquiree under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with section 805-10-55 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. The reverse acquisition is deemed a capital transaction and the net assets of Armco HK (the accounting acquirer) are carried forward to the Company (the legal acquirer and the reporting entity) at their carrying value before the acquisition. The acquisition process utilizes the capital structure of the Company and the assets and liabilities of Armco HK which are recorded at their historical cost. The equity of the Company is the historical equity of Armco HK retroactively restated to reflect the number of shares issued by the Company in the transaction.
	Formation of Armco (Lianyungang) Holdings, Inc.
	On June 4, 2009, the Company formed Armco (Lianyungang) Holdings, Inc. (“Lianyungang Armco”), a WOFE subsidiary in the City of Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, PRC. Lianyungang Armco intends to engage in marketing and distribution of the recycled scrap steel.
	Formation of Armco Metals (Shanghai) Holdings, Ltd.
	On July 16, 2010, the Company formed Armco Metals (Shanghai) Holdings. Ltd. (“Armco Shanghai”) as a WOFE subsidiary in Shanghai, China. Armco Shanghai serves as the headquarters for the Company’s China operations and oversees the activities of the Company in financing and international trading.

Note_2_Significant_and_Critica

Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]	Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices
	Basis of Presentation - Unaudited Interim Financial Information
	The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information, and with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements.  The unaudited interim financial statements furnished reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to a fair statement of the results for the interim period presented.  Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year.  These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2014 and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2015.
	Principles of Consolidation
	The Company applies the guidance of Topic 810 “Consolidation” of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification to determine whether and how to consolidate another entity. Pursuant to ASC Paragraph 810-10-15-10 all majority-owned subsidiaries—all entities in which a parent has a controlling financial interest—shall be consolidated except (1) when control does not rest with the parent, the majority owner; (2) if the parent is a broker-dealer within the scope of Topic 940 and control is likely to be temporary; (3) consolidation by an investment company within the scope of Topic 946 of a non-investment-company investee. Pursuant to ASC Paragraph 810-10-15-8 the usual condition for a controlling financial interest is ownership of a majority voting interest, and, therefore, as a general rule ownership by one reporting entity, directly or indirectly, of more than 50 percent of the outstanding voting shares of another entity is a condition pointing toward consolidation. The power to control may also exist with a lesser percentage of ownership, for example, by contract, lease, agreement with other stockholders, or by court decree. The Company consolidates all less-than-majority-owned subsidiaries, if any, in which the parent’s power to control exists.
	The Company's consolidated subsidiaries and/or entities as of March 31, 2015 are as follows:
	Name of consolidated subsidiary or entity	State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization	Date of incorporation or formation	Attributable interest
			(date of acquisition, if applicable)
	Armco Metal International Limited (“Armco HK”)	Hong Kong SAR	13-Jul-01	100%
	Henan Armco and Metawise Trading Co., Ltd. (“Henan Armco”)	PRC	6-Jun-02	100%
	Armco (Lianyungang) Renewable Metals, Inc. (“Renewable Metals”)	PRC	9-Jan-07	100%
	Armco (Lianyungang) Holdings, Inc. (“Lianyungang Armco”)	PRC	4-Jun-09	100%
	Armco Metals (Shanghai) Holdings. Ltd. (“Armco Shanghai”)	PRC	16-Jul-10	100%
	The consolidated financial statements include all accounts of the Company and the consolidated subsidiaries and/or entities as of reporting period ending dates(s) and for the reporting period(s) then ended.
	All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated.
	Use of Estimates and Assumptions and Critical Accounting Estimates and Assumptions
	The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management makes its best estimate of the outcome for these items based on historical trends and other information available when the financial statements are prepared. Changes in estimates are recognized in accordance with the accounting rules for the estimate, which is typically in the period when new information becomes available to management. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
	Fair Value of Financial Instruments
	The Company follows paragraph 825-10-50-10 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for disclosures about fair value of its financial instruments and has adopted paragraph 820-10-35-37 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“Paragraph 820-10-35-37”) to measure the fair value of its financial instruments. Paragraph 820-10-35-37 establishes a framework for measuring fair value in U.S. GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. To increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements and related disclosures, Paragraph 820-10-35-37 establishes a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three (3) broad levels. The three (3) levels of fair value hierarchy defined by Paragraph 820-10-35-37 are described below:
	Level 1		Quoted market prices available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date.
	Level 2		Pricing inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date.
	Level 3		Pricing inputs that are generally observable inputs and not corroborated by market data.
	Financial assets are considered Level 3 when their fair values are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies or similar techniques and at least one significant model assumption or input is unobservable.
	The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. If the inputs used to measure the financial assets and liabilities fall within more than one level described above, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument.
	The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, such as cash, pledged deposits, accounts receivable, advance on purchases, prepayments and other current assets, accounts payable, customer deposits, corporate income/VAT tax payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments.
	The Company’s loans payable, banker’s acceptance notes payable, and capital lease obligation approximate the fair value of such instruments based upon management’s best estimate of interest rates that would be available to the Company for similar financial arrangements at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
	The Company’s Level 3 financial liabilities consist of convertible notes with embedded conversion feature issued in September 2013, November 2013, and January through March 2014, for which there are no current market for these securities such that the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation.  The Company valued the automatic conditional conversion, re-pricing/down-round, change of control; default and follow-on offering provisions using a lattice model, with the assistance of a valuation specialist, for which management understands the methodologies. These models incorporate transaction details such as Company stock price, contractual terms, maturity, risk free rates, as well as assumptions about future financings, volatility, and holder behavior as of the date of issuance and each balance sheet date.
	Transactions involving related parties cannot be presumed to be carried out on an arm's-length basis, as the requisite conditions of competitive, free-market dealings may not exist. Representations about transactions with related parties, if made, shall not imply that the related party transactions were consummated on terms equivalent to those that prevail in arm's-length transactions unless such representations can be substantiated.
	It is not, however, practical to determine the fair value of advances from significant stockholder and lease arrangement with the significant stockholder, if any, due to their related party nature.
	Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis
	Level 1 Financial Assets – Marketable Securities
	The Company uses Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy to measure the fair value of the marketable securities and marks the available for sale marketable securities at fair value in the statement of financial position at each balance sheet date and reports the unrealized holding gains and losses for available-for-sale securities in other comprehensive income (loss) until realized provided the unrealized holding gains and losses is temporary. If the fair value of an investment is less than its cost basis at the balance sheet date of the reporting period for which impairment is assessed, and it is determined that the impairment is other than temporary, then an impairment loss is recognized in earnings equal to the entire difference between the investment’s cost and its fair value at the balance sheet date of the reporting period.
	Level 3 Financial Liabilities – Derivative Liabilities
	The Company uses Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy to measure the fair value of the derivative liabilities and revalues its derivative liabilities at every reporting period and recognizes gains or losses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) that are attributable to the change in the fair value of the derivative liabilities.
	The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy the Company's financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value as of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014:
	Recurring Fair Value Measures		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	31-Mar-15
	Derivative liability			-		-	$	-	$	-
	Available-for-sale securities		$	27,087		-		-	$	27,087
	31-Dec-14
	Derivative liability			-		-	$	-	$	-
	Available-for-sale securities		$	73,943		-		-	$	73,943
	Fair Value of Non-Financial Assets or Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis
	The Company’s non-financial assets include inventories. The Company identifies potentially excess and slow-moving inventories by evaluating turn rates, inventory levels and other factors. Excess quantities are identified through evaluation of inventory aging, review of inventory turns and historical sales experiences. The Company provides lower of cost or market reserves for such identified excess and slow-moving inventories. The Company establishes a reserve for inventory shrinkage, if any, based on the historical results of physical inventory cycle counts.
	Foreign Currency Translation
	The financial records of the Company's Chinese operating subsidiaries are maintained in their local currency, the Renminbi (“RMB”), which is the functional currency. Assets and liabilities are translated from the local currency into the reporting currency, U.S. dollars, at the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at weighted average exchange rates for the period to approximate translation at the exchange rates prevailing at the dates those elements are recognized in the consolidated financial statements. Foreign currency translation gain (loss) resulting from the process of translating the local currency financial statements into U.S. dollars are included in determining accumulated other comprehensive income in the consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity.
	RMB is not a fully convertible currency. All foreign exchange transactions involving RMB must take place either through the People’s Bank of China (the “PBOC”) or other institutions authorized to buy and sell foreign exchange. The exchange rate adopted for the foreign exchange transactions are the rates of exchange quoted by the PBOC. Commencing July 21, 2005, China adopted a managed floating exchange rate regime based on market demand and supply with reference to a basket of currencies. The exchange rate of the US dollar against the RMB was adjusted from approximately RMB 8.28 per U.S. dollar to approximately RMB 8.11 per U.S. dollar on July 21, 2005. Since then, the PBOC administers and regulates the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar against the RMB taking into account demand and supply of RMB, as well as domestic and foreign economic and financial conditions.
	Unless otherwise noted, the rate presented below per U.S. $1.00 was the bid of the interbank rate as quoted by OANDA Corporation (www.oanda.com) contained in its consolidated financial statements. Management believes that the difference between RMB vs. U.S. dollar exchange rate quoted by the PBOC and RMB vs. U.S. dollar exchange rate reported by OANDA Corporation were immaterial. Translations do not imply that the RMB amounts actually represent, or have been or could be converted into, equivalent amounts in U.S. dollars. Translation of amounts from RMB into U.S. dollars has been made at the following exchange rates for the respective periods:
			31-Mar-15		31-Dec-14		31-Mar-14
	Balance sheets			6.1091		6.146		6.1632
	Statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss)			6.1358		6.1457		6.1178
	Net Income (Loss) per Common Share
	Net income (loss) per common share is computed pursuant to section 260-10-45 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potentially outstanding shares of common stock during the period to reflect the potential dilution that could occur from common shares issuable through contingent share arrangements, stock options, warrants and non-vested shares.
	For the periods presented, the computation of diluted loss per share equaled basic loss per share as the inclusion of any dilutive instruments would have had an antidilutive effect on the earnings per share calculation in the periods presented.
	Reclassification
	Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. The reclassification had no impact on net earnings and financial position

Note_3_Pledged_Deposits

Note 3 - Pledged Deposits	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets [Text Block]	Note 3 – Pledged Deposits
	Pledged deposits consist of cash held in financial institutions for (a) outstanding letters of credit and (b) capital lease obligation.
	Pledged deposits consisted of the following:
		March 31,		December 31,
		2015		2014
	Deposit for letters of credit	$	10,565	$	10,492
	Deposit for capital lease obligation		-		488,123
		$	10,565	$	498,615

Note_4_Marketable_Equity_Secur

Note 4 - Marketable Equity Securities, Available for Sale	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Investments in Debt and Marketable Equity Securities (and Certain Trading Assets) Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 4 – Marketable Equity Securities, Available for Sale
	As of March 31, 2015, the Company’s available for sale marketable securities were marked to market to its fair value of $27,087 and reported a $148,302 change in unrealized gain on marketable securities for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as other comprehensive income (loss) in its Stockholders’ Equity.
	The Company sold 5,543,614 shares during the three months ended March 31, 2015 for $36,159, with a realized loss on sales of $158,999.
	The table below provides a summary of the changes in the fair value of marketable securities, available for sale measured at fair value on a recurring basis using Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy to measure the fair value.
	Fair Value Measurement Using Level 1 Inputs
		Original			Impairment-			Accumulated		Other			Fair Value
		cost			other than			Foreign Currency		Comprehensive
					Temporary			Transaction-		Income (loss)-
								Gain		Change in
										Unrealized gain (loss)
	Balance as of December 31, 2014	$	2,686,102		$	(2,366,941	)	$	183,924	$	(429,142	)	$	73,943
	Sales of the securities		(195,158	)										(195,158	)
	Total gain (realized/unrealized) included in:
	Other comprehensive income: Changes in unrealized gain										148,302			148,302
	Balance as of March 31, 2015	$	2,490,944		$	(2,366,941	)	$	183,924	$	(280,840	)	$	27,087

Note_5_Accounts_Receivable

Note 5 - Accounts Receivable	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Receivables [Abstract]
Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 5 – Accounts Receivable
	Accounts receivable consisted of the following:
		March 31,			December 31,
		2015			2014
	Accounts receivable	$	32,626,141		$	43,257,621
	Allowance for doubtful accounts		(6,331	)		(54,735	)
		$	32,619,810		$	43,202,886

Note_6_Inventories

Note 6 - Inventories	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 6 – Inventories
	Inventories consisted of the following:
		March 31,			December 31,
		2015			2014
	Raw materials - Scrap metal	$	5,665,819		$	2,602,983
	Finished goods - processed scrap metal		7,534,384			7,684,154
	Purchased merchandise for resale		661,261			697,217
	Write-down of inventories		(3,247,343	)		(1,829,891	)
		$	10,614,121		$	9,154,463
	Renewable Metals raw materials and finished goods are collateralized for loans from the Bank of Communications Limited Lianyungang Branch. Raw materials consisted of scrap metals to be processed and finished goods were comprised of all of the processed scrap metal at Renewable Metals. Due to the short duration time for the processing of its scrap metal, there was no material work-in-process inventory at March 31, 2015 or December 31, 2014.
	Slow-Moving or Obsolescence Markdowns
	The Company recorded no inventory obsolescence adjustments for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.
	Lower of Cost or Market Adjustments
	There were $1,400,279 and $390,173 of lower of cost or market adjustments for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Note_7_Loans_and_Convertible_N

Note 7 - Loans and Convertible Notes Payable	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Loans Payable [Abstract]
Loans Payable [Text Block]	Note 7 – Loans and Convertible Notes Payable
	Loans payable consisted of the following:
		March 31,		December 31,
		2015		2014
	Bank loans – secured (i)	$	2,500,663	$	2,485,649
	Third party loans (ii)		10,120,945		14,347,694
	Convertible notes payable (iii)		78,500		178,500
		$	12,700,108	$	17,011,843
	(i) Bank loans
	The Company obtained those short term loans from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and Guanhutun Credit Union, respectively. Interest rates for the loans ranged from 2.47% to 11.59% per annum. The maturity dates of the loans ranged from March 16, 2016 to April 6, 2016.
	Corporate or personal guarantees were provided for the bank loans as follows:
	$163,690 loans from Guanhutun Credit Union, collateralized by Henan Armco’s building and leasehold improvement
	$2,336,973 loans from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, collateralized by Renewable Metals inventories and guaranteed by the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
	(ii) Third party loans
	Among third party loans, $518,669 bears no interest and $9,602,276 bears interest rates ranging from 6.0% to 8.0% per annum. The maturity dates of the loans ranged from July 20, 2015 to December 31, 2015.
	Collateralization of Property, Plant and Equipmentand Land Use Rights
	Both Renewable Metals and Lianyungang Armco’s property, plant and equipment and land use rights representing all of the Company’s land use rights were collateralized for bank loans of RMB 50,000,000 (approximately $8,135,373) with the Bank of China Lianyungang Branch. On December 25, 2014, China Orient Asset Management Corporation, an organization authorized by the People’s Bank of China to dispose of bad assets from banks, mainly from Bank of China, transferred the loan to Lianyungang Chaoyang Investment Construction Development Co., Ltd, and the related collateral was released as of December 31, 2014.
	On March 6, 2015, Chaoyang Investing & Construction Company agreed to waive 50% of the loan (RMB 25,000,000, approximately $4,060,617) for the Company in order to attract future investment from the Company. The interest (RMB 3,141,048, approximately $511,097) of the loan for the year ended December 31, 2014 was not waived but won’t bear any further interest. The interest rate of the rest loan (RMB 25,000,000, approximately $4,092,256) is 6.42%,Till April 2015, Armco should make repayment no less than RMB 5,000,000 (approximately $818,451) and from May 2015, the Company should make monthly repayment no less than RMB 2,500,000 (approximately $409,226). All the loan and interest should be paid off by December 31, 2015.
	(iii) Convertible notes payable
	On March 3, 2015, Magna Equities II LLC converted its outstanding balance of $100,000 principal of the convertible note and its accrued interest of $4,067 into 142,779 shares with the conversation rate of $0.72887/share. See Note 11 for derivative analysis on the convertible note.
	As of March 31, 2015, the convertible note principal balance was $78,500, with the interest rate of 8% per annum. The maturity date is July 31, 2015. The convertible note is convertible after 180 days from the issuance date at the option of the holder into shares of the Company’s common stock, at 63% of the average of the lowest three trading prices for the common stock during the ten trading day period prior to conversion. As of March 31, 2015, the $87,500 note is not convertible yet.

Note_8_Bankers_Acceptance_Note

Note 8 - Banker's Acceptance Notes Payable and Letters of Credit	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]
Short-term Debt [Text Block]
	Note 8 – Banker’s Acceptance Notes Payable and Letters of Credit
	Banker’s acceptance notes payable consisted of the following:
		March 31,		December 31,
		2015		2014
	Renewable Metals
	Letters of credit maturing on August 2, 2015	$	1,778,467	$	1,767,790
		$	1,778,467	$	1,767,790

Note_9_Related_Party_Transacti

Note 9 - Related Party Transactions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 9 – Related Party Transactions
	The related parties consist of the following:
	Kexuan Yao (“Mr. Yao”)	The Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and principal stockholder
	Keli Yao	Kexuan Yao’s brother
	Yi Chu	Kexuan Yao’s wife
	Advances from Chairman and CEO
	From time to time, the Mr. Yao advances funds to the Company for working capital purpose. Those advances are unsecured, non-interest bearing and due on demand. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the advance balance was $976,366 and $877,076, respectively.
	Operating Lease from Chairman and CEO
	On January 1, 2006, Henan entered into a non-cancellable operating lease for its 176.37 square meters commercial office space in the City of Zhengzhou, Henan Province, PRC from Mr. Yao for RMB 10,000 per month. The lease expired on December 31, 2008 and has been extended through December 31, 2015. Rental expense incurred for three months ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014 were RMB 30,000(approximately $4,889) and RMB 30,000 (approximately $4,868), respectively.
	Due to Other Related Parties
	Due to other related parties consists of the following:
			March 31,		December 31,
			2015		2014
	Keli Yao		$	-	$	-
	Yi Chu			534,940		717,703
	Total		$	534,940	$	717,703
	The balance of $534,940 due to related parties represents the loan owed to the related parties, which is interest free, unsecured and repayable on demand.

Note_10_Capital_Lease_Obligati

Note 10 - Capital Lease Obligation	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Leases, Capital [Abstract]
Capital Leases in Financial Statements of Lessee Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 10 – Capital Lease Obligation
	Capital lease obligation consisted of the following:
		March 31,		December 31,
		2015		2014
	Total capital lease obligation	$	-	$	720,819
	Less current maturities		-		(720,819	)
	Total Capital lease obligation, net of current maturities	$	-	$	-
	On December 12, 2011, the Company entered into a leasing agreement with China Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. for a term of three years and an interest rate of 11.0% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears. The lease agreement is collateralized by certain of Renewable Metals' machinery and equipment. The leasing agreement was amended on September 15, 2012 to change the interest rate to 10.17% per annum. The capital lease obligation obtained by the Company is RMB 37,500,000 (approximately $5,935,517) and the Company is required to maintain a security deposit of RMB 3,000,000 (approximately $488,122). The leasing agreement expired on December 15, 2014. There was no extra interest charged on the overdue capital lease obligation of $560,988. On March 31, 2015, China Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. agreed to use the deposit of RMB 3,000,000 to settle the overdue capital lease obligation. As a result, a gain of $89,397 was recognized as other income by the Company.
	On November 18, 2010, the Company entered into a leasing agreement with Jiangsu Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. for a term of three years and an interest rate of 11.8% per annum, payable monthly in arrears. The lease agreement is collateralized by certain of Renewable Metals' machinery and equipment. The leasing agreement was amended on September 17, 2013 to change the lease term to 46 months and the monthly payment was adjusted. The capital lease obligation obtained by the Company is RMB 15,000,000 (approximately $2,261,284). The leasing agreement expired on September 23, 2014. There was no extra interest charged on the overdue capital lease obligation of $159,831. On March 23, 2015, the Company paid an additional RMB 800,000 (approximately $130,826). On March 29, 2015, Jiangsu Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. agreed to waive the remaining overdue capital lease obligation of $35,974, which was recognized as other income by the Company.

Note_11_Derivative_Instruments

Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]
Derivatives and Fair Value [Text Block]	Note 11 – Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments
		(i)	Warrants Issued in April 2010 (“2010 Warrants)
	As of March 31, 2015, 2010 warrants to purchase 161,539 shares of the Company’s common stock remain outstanding. Since the Magna note bears derivative feature, as discussed below, the warrants were tainted under ASC 815-15 “Derivatives and Hedging”. The tainting terminated upon full conversion of the Magna note. As of March 31, 2015, there was no derivative liability associated with the warrants.
	The table below summarizes the Company’s 2010 warrant activities through March 31, 2015:
			Number of Warrant Shares				Exercise Price Range Per Share			Weighted Average Exercise Price			Fair Value at Date of Issuance			Aggregate Intrinsic Value
	Balance, December 31, 2014			161,539			$	75		$	75		$	-		$	-
	Granted			-				-			-			-			-
	Canceled for cashless exercise			(-	)			-			-			-			-
	Exercised (Cashless)			(-	)			-			-			-			-
	Exercised			(-	)			-			-			-			-
	Expired			(-	)			-			-			-			-
	Balance, March 31, 2015			161,539			$	75		$	75		$	-		$	-
	Earned and exercisable, March 31, 2015			161,539			$	75		$	75		$	-		$	-
	Unvested, March 31, 2015			-			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
	The following table summarizes information concerning outstanding and exercisable 2010 warrants as of March 31, 2015:
						Warrants Outstanding									Warrants Exercisable
		Range of Exercise Prices				Number Outstanding			Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)			Weighted Average Exercise Price			Number Exercisable			Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price
		$	75				161,539			0.06		$	75			161,539			0.06	$	75
		$	75				161,539			0.06		$	75			151,539			0.06	$	75
		(ii)	Convertible Note
	On August 27, 2014, the Company issued a convertible note which is convertible after 180 days from the issuance date at 58% of the average of the three lowest daily trading price of the Company’s common stock of any of the ten consecutive trading days and including the trading day immediately preceding conversion, in the amount of $100,000. On February 23, 2015, the note became convertible. On March 3, 2015, the Company received a conversation notice from its convertible notes holder, Magna Equities II LLC, to convert $100,000 plus interest of $4,067 of the note into 142,779 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a conversation price of $0.72887/share.
	The Company analyzed the conversion option of the convertible debt. The Company considered derivative accounting under ASC 815-15 “Derivatives and Hedging” and determined that the embedded conversion feature should be classified as a liability due to there being no explicit limit to the number of shares to be delivered upon settlement of the above conversion option. The embedded conversion feature was measured at fair value at the date of inception and at the end of each reporting period or termination of the instrument with the change in fair value recorded to earnings.
	The fair value of the instruments was determined by using Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the following assumptions: dividend yield of 0%, volatility of 135% - 138%, risk free rate of 0.08%, and an expected term of 0.49 - 0.51 year.
	The following table summarizes the change of fair value of the derivative debt liabilities.
	Balance at December 31, 2014		$	-
	To record derivative liabilities as debt discount			95,298
	Change in fair value of derivative liabilities			15,427
	Settlement of derivative liability due to conversion of related notes			(110,725	)
	Balance at March 31, 2015		$	-
	On March 3, 2015, the debt discount of $95,298 was fully amortized as the note was converted to equity.

Note_12_Commitments_and_Contin

Note 12 - Commitments and Contingencies	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 12 – Commitments and Contingencies
	Litigation
	The Company and its directors are a party to a lawsuit filed on March 29, 2013 by Albert Perron, derivatively on behalf of the Company, in the District Court for Clark County, Nevada (Case No. A-13-679151-C), which seeks a declaratory judgment, rescission, unspecified damages, equitable and injunctive relief, and attorney's fees. The Plaintiff's complaint alleges that the directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company by exceeding their authority under the Company's Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), as further amended, by issuing shares to Mr. Kexuan Yao (“Mr. Yao”) under the February 2012 employment agreement (“Employment Agreement”) that exceeded the amount allowed under the Plan. William Thomson (“Mr. Thomson”), Mr. Yao, Jimping (K.P.) Chan (“Mr. Chan”), Tao Pang (“Mr. Pang”) and Weiping Shen (“Mr. Shen”) (The “Director Defendants”) have filed an answer to this lawsuit in which they have denied the claims being made. The Company and Director Defendants' position is that the shares at issue in this matter were granted to Mr. Yao in accordance with the Plan. Mr. Thomson and Mr. Yao moved for summary judgment (“Defendants' MSJ”) on the Plaintiff's meritless claims on July 18, 2014. Mr. Chan, Mr. Pang, and Mr. Shen joined Defendant' MSJ on August 20, 2014.Plaintiff filed his own Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plaintiff's MSJ) on August 18, 2014, and his response in opposition to Defendants' MSJ on August 22, 2014. A hearing on Defendants' MSJ and Plaintiff's MSJ was held on September 18 2014, wherein the Court denied Plaintiff's MSJ and granted Defendant's MSJ in part holding that the Employment Agreement with Mr. Yao did not violate the terms of the Plan. However, in denying Defendants' MSJ in part, the Court, Sua sponte, found that an issue of material fact remained as to whether the Company's board approved each issuance subsequent to 2012 in accordance with the vesting dates contained the Employment Agreement to ensure that Mr. Yao did not receive an excess of shares in any one (1) year period in violation of the Plan. On October 29, 2014, the Director Defendants filed a Motion for Reconsideration of Partial Denial of Motion for Summary Judgment. The Company joined the Motion for Reconsideration of Partial Denial of Motion for Summary Judgment on October 30, 2014. On or about November 5, 2014, Plaintiff filed Plaintiff's Motion for Reconsideration, essentially rearguing Plaintiff's MSJ. The Court held a hearing on both motions for reconsideration on December 19, 2014, and denies both motions. The Directors Defendants plan to conduct one more deposition, aimed at addressing the Court's remaining concerns, and then move for summary judgment again after that deposition. The Company and Director Defendants continue to believe that Plaintiff's claims have no merit and will continue to defend this case vigorously.
	Uncommitted Trade Credit Facilities
	The Company entered into uncommitted trade credit facilities with certain financial institutions. Substantially all of the uncommitted trade credit facilities were guaranteed by Mr. Yao.
	The uncommitted trade credit facilities at March 31, 2015 were as follows
		Date of Expiration		Total Facilities		Facilities Used		Facilities Available
	Armco HK
	RZB Bank (i)	31-Jul-15		$	7,000,000	$	-	$	7,000,000
	DBS (Hong Kong) Limited (ii)	9-Oct-15			20,000,000		-		20,000,000
	Sub-total - Armco HK				27,000,000		-		27,000,000
	Henan Armco
	Bank of China (iii)	23-May-14			4,910,947		4,910,947		-
	China CITIC Bank (iv)	19-Jun-15			6,547,609		-		6,547,609
	ICBC (v)	29-Aug-15			3,273,805		-		3,273,805
	Guangdong Development Bank Zhengzhou Branch (vi)	15-May-15			15,714,262		-		15,714,262
	Sub-total – Henan Armco				30,446,623		4,910,947		25,535,676
	Renewable Metals
	Bank of China Lianyungang Branch (vii)	27-Dec-15			8,184,512		-		8,184,512
	Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (viii)	9-Apr-15			2,455,353		2,336,973		118,380
	Bank of Communications Lianyungang Branch (x)	2-Aug-15			11,785,697		1,778,467		10,007,230
	Sub-total – Renewable Metals				22,425,562		4,115,440		18,310,122
				$	79,872,185	$	9,026,387	$	70,845,798
		(i)	On October 10, 2014, Armco HK extended the Banking Facilities Agreement with DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (originally entered on December 21,2011) of $20,000,000 for issuance of commercial letters of credit in connection with the Company’s purchase of metal ore. The Company pays interest at LIBOR or DBS Bank’s cost of funds plus 2.50% per annum on issued letters of credit in addition to an export bill collection commission equal to 12.5% of the first $50,000 and 6.25% of the balance and an opening commission of 25% on the first $50,000 and 6.25% of the balance for each issuance.  Amounts advanced under this facility are repaid from the proceeds of the sale of metal ore.  The lender may terminate the facility at anytime at its sole discretion. The facility is secured by the charge on cash deposit of the borrower, the borrower’s restricted pledged deposit in the minimum amount of 3% of the letter of credit amount, the Company’s letter of comfort and the guarantee of Mr. Yao. On March 12, 2014, Amrco HK entered into a Banking Facilities Agreement with RZB bank of $7, 000, 000 for issuance of commercial letters of credit in connection with the Company’s purchase of metal ore, expiring July 31, 2015. The Company pays interest Bank's Cost of Funds plus 200 base point (2%) per annum.
		(ii)	On March 12, 2014, Armco HK entered into Amendment No. 5 to the March 25, 2009 uncommitted Trade Finance Facility with RZB Austria Finance (Hong Kong) Limited. The amendment indicates that the total facilities amount shall be decreased from $15,000,000 to $7,000,000. The Company pays interest at 200 basis points per annum plus the lender’s cost of funds per annum on issued letters of credit in addition to fees upon issuance of the letter of credit of 6.25% for issuance commissions, negotiation commissions, commission-in-lieu and collection commissions. Amounts advanced under this facility are repaid from the proceeds of the sale of metal ore. The lender may, however, terminate the facility at any time or at its sole discretion upon the occurrence of any event which causes a material market disruption in respect of unusual movement in the level of funding costs to the lender or the unusual loss of liquidity in the funding market. The lender has sole discretion to decide wheher or not such event has occured. The facility is secured by restricted cash deposits held by the lender, the personal guarantee of Mr. Yao, the Company's guarantee, and a security interest in the contract for the purchase of the ore for which the letter of credit has been issued and the contract for sale of the ore.
		(iii)	On June 8, 2013, Henan Armco obtained a RMB 30,000,000 (approximately $4.8 million) line of credit from Bank of China for issuance of letters of credit to finance the purchase of metal ore and scrap metal expiring May 23, 2014. The facility is secured by the guarantee provided by Renewable Metals and the pledge of movable assets provided by the borrower. Amounts advanced under this line of credit are repaid from the proceeds of the sale of metal ore. Since the accounts of Bank of China were closed on November 23, 2014, the line of credit from this bank was terminated.
		(iv)	On June 19, 2013, Henan Armco obtained a RMB 40,000,000 (approximately $6.5 million) line of credit from China Citic Bank, Zhengzhou Branch, for issuance of letters of credit to finance the purchase of metal ore and scrap metal expiring two (2) years from the date of issuance. The facility is guaranteed by Renewable Metals and Mr. Yao, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
		(v)	On September 10, 2013, Henan Armco obtained a RMB 20,000,000 (approximately $3.2 million) line of credit from ICBC, for issuance of letters of credit to finance the purchase of metal ore and scrap metal expiring one (1) year from the date of issuance. The facility is guaranteed by Renewable Metals and Mr. Yao.
		(vi)	On May 16, 2014, Henan Armco obtained a RMB 96,000,000 (approximately $15.7 million) line of credit from Guangdong Development Bank Zhengzhou Branch for issuance of letters of credit to finance the purchase of metal ore.  The Company pays interest at 120% of the applicable base rate for lending published by the People’s Bank of China (“PBC”) at the time the loan is made on issued letters of credit.  The facility is secured by the guarantee provided by Mr. Yao and Renewable Metals jointly and the pledge of movable assets provided by the borrower. Amounts advanced under this line of credit are repaid from the proceeds of the sale of metal ore.
		(vii)	On March 15, 2013, Renewable Metals entered into a line of credit facility in the amount of RMB50,000,000 (approximately $8.2 million) from Bank of China, Lianyungang Branch for the purchase of raw materials. The facility is expiring December 27, 2015 with interest at 7.872% per annum. The facility is secured by Renewable metals properties, machinery and equipment and land use rights, and guaranteed by Mr. Yao, Ms. Yi Chu, and Henan Armco, respectively.
		(viii)	On September 10, 2013, Renewable Metals entered into a line of credit facility in the amount of RMB 15,000,000 (approximately $2.4 million) from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank for the purchase of raw materials. The term of the facility is 12 months with interest at 120% of the applicable base rate for lending published by the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) at the time the loan is drawn down per annum. The facility is secured by Armco machinery’s land use right and guarantees provided by Mr. Yao and Ms. Yi Chu.
		(ix)	On July 5, 2011, Renewable Metals obtained a RMB 72,000,000 (approximately $11.7 million) line of credit from Bank of Communications, Lianyungang Branch expiring expiring August 2, 2015. The letters of credit require Renewable Metals to pledge cash deposit equal to 20% of the letter of credit for letters of credit at sight, or 30% for other domestic letters of credit and for extended domestic letters of credit, the collateral of inventory equal to 166% of the letter of credit. The facility is secured by Renewable Metals inventories and guarantee provided by Mr. Yao.
	Employment with the Chairman and CEO
	On March 19, 2015, the Company entered into a new employment agreement (the "Employment Agreement") with Mr. Yao for the period of January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015. Pursuant to the Employment Agreement, Mr. Yao is entitled to, among other, the following compensation and benefits:
		a.	Base Salary. The Company shall pay the Executive a salary of $250,000 per annum.
		b.	Bonus. The Executive shall be entitled to an annual cash bonus in an amount equal to 50% of the Executive’s Base Salary for such year. Any such bonus shall be payable no later 2.5 months following the year with respect to which the Base Salary is payable. During the employment term, the Compensation Committee has the discretion to grant the Executive additional bonus at its sole discretion.
		c.	Restricted Shares: The Executive received a restricted stock grant of 60,000 shares of common stocks under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, as Amended, vesting in four equal quarterly installment beginning on April 1, 2015.
		d.	Eligibility to participate in the Company’s benefits plans that are generally provided for executive employees.
		e.	Paid Vacation: The Executive will have paid vacation of at least less than 25 business days per year, to be accredited accordance with the ordinary policies.
		f.	Expenses Reimbursement: The Company agreed to pay or reimburse the Executive for any expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, actually incurred (and, in the case of reimbursement, paid) by him, up to a maximum of $10,000, in connection with : (i) obtaining the proper work permits and/or visa and/or United States Permanent Resident Card necessary for the Executive to provide services in the United States, and (ii) the preparation of his spouse’s (if applicable) United States income tax returns as required by law; and
		g.	Life Insurance Benefit Premium payment: The Company agrees to reimburse the Executive the amount of the premium paid by him on a term life policy for benefit of his and his designated beneficiaries with a death benefit of $2 million.
	Operating Leases
		(i)	Operating Lease - Office Space
	On July 1, 2014, Armco Shanghai entered into a non-cancelable operating lease for office space that expires on July 31,      2016. The annual lease payment is RMB 674,933 (approximately $109,822).
	On April 13, 2015, Armco Metals Holding entered into a lease agreement for the lease of its principal executive offices that expires in April 2018. The base monthly rental of $1,629.85 for the first year will increase 4% each year. The company is also responsible for its proportionate share of the building's monthly operating expenses which are presently estimated at $660.75 per month.

Note_13_Stockholders_Equity

Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 13 – Stockholders’ Equity
	Issuance of Common Stock to Parties Other Than Employees for Acquiring Goods or Services
	Legal Services Agreement – All Bright Law Offices
	On April 7, 2014, the Company entered into a Legal Services Agreement (“Legal Agreement”) with All Bright Law Office. Pursuant to the Legal Agreement, All Bright agreed to provide Chinese-law related legal counsel services from April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2015 in exchange for 50,000 shares of common stock of the Company. These shares are earned ratably over the term of the agreement and the unearned shares are forfeitable in the event of nonperformance by the All Bright.
	Shares Earned during the three months ending March 31, 2015
	12,500 common shares earned for the quarter ended March 31, 2105 were valued at $1.14 per share, which was the market price on quarter end date, or $14,250, which was recorded as legal expenses.
	Consulting Services Agreement – Shanghai Heqi Investment Center
	On January 13, 2015, the Company entered into a Consulting Services Agreement (“Consulting Agreement”) with Shanghai Heqi Investment Center (Limited Partner) ("Heqi"), a China based company. Pursuant to the Consulting Agreement, Heqi agreed to provide consulting services from February 1, 2015 to January 31, 2016 in exchange for 150,000 shares of common stock of the Company. These shares are earned ratably over the term of the agreement and the unearned shares are forfeitable in the event of nonperformance by Heqi.
	Shares Earned during the three months ending March 31, 2015
	24,167 common shares earned for the quarter ended March 31, 2105 were valued at $1.14 per share, which was the market price on quarter end date, or $27,550, which was recorded as consulting expenses.
	2009 Stock Incentive Plan as Amended
	2014 Amendment to the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan
	At the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2014 Annual Meeting”) of the Company held on November 17, 2014, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2009 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance hereunder by 300,000 shares to 1,120,000 shares of the Company’s common stock.
	Shares Awarded during 2015
	During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company granted 164,215 shares of its common stock to its employees and directors for the first quarter of their 2015 service of approximately $232,599, in lieu of cash, which were recorded as compensation expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.
	On March 19, 2015, the Company granted 60,000 shares of its common stock to its Chairman and CEO Kexuan Yao for part of his compensation for the period of January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015, vesting in four equal quarterly installment beginning on April 1, 2015, which 15,000 shares is vested and record as compensation expense at amount of $18,750 for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.
	Summary of the Company’s Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan Activities
	The table below summarizes the Company’s Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan activities:
		Number of			Fair Value at
		Shares or Options			Date of Grant
	Balance, December 31, 2013		561,841		$	3,277,207
	Options – granted		-			-
	Options – canceled		-			-
	Shares – granted		233,621			840,805
	Shares – canceled		(-	)		(-	)
	Balance, December 31, 2014		795,462		$	4,118,012
	Vested, December 31, 2014		795,462			4,118,012
	Unvested, December 31, 2014		-		$	-
	Options – granted		-			-
	Options – canceled		-			-
	Shares – granted		224,215			307,599
	Shares – canceled		(-	)		(-	)
	Balance, March 31, 2015		1,019,677		$	4,425,611
	Vested, March 31, 2015		974,677			4,369,361
	Unvested, March 31, 2015		45,000		$	56,250
	As of March 31, 2015, there were 100,323 shares of common stock remaining available for issuance under the Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan.

Note_14_Income_Taxes

Note 14 - Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 14 – Income Taxes
	Armco Metals Holdings is a non-operating holding company. Armco HK, the Company’s Hong Kong Subsidiary is subject to Hong Kong SAR income taxes. Henan Armco, Renewable Metals, Lianyungang Armco and Armco Shanghai, the Company’s PRC subsidiaries are subject to PRC income taxes, file income tax returns under the Income Tax Law of the People’s Republic of China concerning Foreign Investment Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises and local income tax laws (the “PRC Income Tax Law”) accordingly. Henan Armco, Renewable Metals, Lianyungang Armco and Armco Shanghai derive substantially all of their income (loss) before income taxed and related tax expenses from PRC sources.
	United States Income Tax
	Armco Metals Holdings is incorporated in the State of Nevada and is subjected to United Sates of America tax law.
	No provision for U.S. federal and state incomes taxes has been made in our consolidated financial statements for those non-U.S. subsidiaries whose earnings are considered to be reinvested. A distribution of these non-U.S. earnings in the form of dividends, or otherwise, would subject the Company to both U.S. federal and state income taxes, as adjusted for non-U.S. tax credits, and withholding taxes payable to the various non-U.S. countries. Determination of the amount of any unrecognized deferred income tax liability on these undistributed earnings is not practicable.
	Hong Kong SAR Income Tax
	Armco HK is registered and operates in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“HK SAR”) of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) and is subject to HK SAR tax law. Armco HK’s statutory income tax rate is 16.5%.
	PRC Income Tax
	Henan Armco, Renewable Metals, Lianyungang Armco and Armco Shanghai are governed by and file separate income tax returns under the PRC Income Tax Law, which, until January 2008, generally subject to tax at a statutory rate of 33% (30% state income tax plus 3% local income tax) on income reported in the statutory financial statements after appropriate tax adjustments. On March 16, 2007, the National People’s Congress of China approved the Corporate Income Tax Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “New CIT Law”), effective January 1, 2008. Under the New CIT Law, the corporate income tax rate applicable to all Companies, including both domestic and foreign-invested companies, will be 25%. However, tax concession granted to eligible companies prior to March 16, 2007 will be grand fathered in.
	The effective rate is 9.61% and 0% for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014, respectively.

Note_15_Concentrations_and_Cre

Note 15 - Concentrations and Credit Risk	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]
Concentration Risk Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 15 – Concentrations and Credit Risk
	Credit Risk Arising from Financial Instruments
	Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents.
	As of March 31, 2015, substantially all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents were held by major financial Institutions located in the PRC, none of which are insured. However, the Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes that the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.
	Customers and Credit Concentrations
	Customer concentrations and credit concentrations are as follows:
		Net sales
		For the Three Months Ended
		March 31,			March 31,
		2015			2014
	Cusomter A		57.23	%		22.6	%
	Cusomter B		19.1	%		37.2	%
	Cusomter C		15.59	%		12.3	%
	Cusomter D		-	%		11.8	%
			91.92	%		83.9	%
		Net Accounts Receivable at
		March 31,			December 31,
		2015			2014
	Cusomter A		46.88	%		30.4	%
	Cusomter B		25.23	%		24.1	%
	Cusomter C		-	%		19.8	%
			72.11	%		74.3	%
	A reduction in sales from or loss of such customers would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.
	Vendor Concentrations
	Vendor purchase concentrations and accounts payable concentration as follows:
		Net Purchase
		For the Three Months Ended
		March 31,			March 31,
		2015			2014
	Vendor A		51.2	%		38.4	%
	Vendor B		41.88	%		37	%
			93.07	%		75.4	%
		Accounts Payable at
		March 31,			December 31,
		2015			2014
	Vendor A		53.67	%		49.2	%
	Vendor B		26.35	%		29.6	%
			80.02	%		78.8	%

Note_16_Foreign_Operations

Note 16 - Foreign Operations	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Foreign Operations [Abstract]
Foreign Operations [Text Block]	Note 16- Foreign Operations
	Operations
	Substantially all of the Company’s operations are carried out and all of its assets are located in the PRC, which may be adversely affected by significant political, economic and social uncertainties in the PRC. Although the PRC government has been pursuing economic reform policies since 1980, no assurance can be given that the PRC Government will continue to pursue such policies or that such policies may not be significantly altered, especially in the event of a change in leadership, social or political disruption or unforeseen circumstances affecting the PRC’s political, economic and social conditions; nor that the PRC government’s pursuit of economic reforms will be consistent or effective.
	Interest Risk
	Substantially all of the Company’s operations are carried out in the PRC. The tight monetary policy currently instituted by the PRC government and increases in interest rate would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.
	Currency Convertibility Risk
	Substantially all of the Company’s businesses are transacted in RMB, which is not freely convertible into foreign currencies. Under China’s Foreign Exchange Currency Regulation and Administration, the Company is permitted to exchange RMB for foreign currencies through banks authorized to conduct foreign exchange business. All foreign exchange transactions continue to take place either through the People’s Bank of China or other banks authorized to buy and sell foreign currencies at the exchange rates quoted by the People’s Bank of China. Approval of foreign currency payments by the People’s Bank of China or other institutions requires submitting a payment application form together with invoices and signed contracts.
	Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
	On July 21, 2005, the PRC government changed its decade-old policy of pegging the value of the RMB to U.S. Dollar. Under the new policy, the RMB is permitted to fluctuate within a narrow and managed band against a basket of certain foreign currencies. While the international reaction to the RMB revaluation has generally been positive, there remains significant international pressure on the PRC government to adopt an even more flexible currency policy, which could result in a further and more significant volatility of the RMB against the U.S. Dollar.
	Any significant revaluation of RMB may materially and adversely affect the cash flows, revenues, earnings and financial position reported in U.S. Dollar.
	The Company had no foreign currency hedges in place to reduce such exposure for the three months ended March 31, 2015 or 2014.
	Dividends and Reserves
	Under the laws of the PRC, net income after taxation can only be distributed as dividends after appropriation has been made for the following: (i) cumulative prior years’ losses, if any; (ii) allocations to the “Statutory Surplus Reserve” of at least 10% of net income after tax, as determined under PRC accounting rules and regulations, until the fund amounts to 50% of the Company’s registered capital; (iii) allocations of 5-10% of income after tax, as determined under PRC accounting rules and regulations, to the Company’s “Statutory Common Welfare Fund”, which is established for the purpose of providing employee facilities and other collective benefits to employees in PRC; and (iv) allocations to any discretionary surplus reserve, if approved by stockholders.
	As stipulated by the relevant laws and regulations for enterprises operating in the PRC, the subsidiaries of the Company are required to make annual appropriations to a statutory surplus reserve fund. Specifically, the subsidiaries of the Company are required to allocate 10% of their profits after taxes, as determined in accordance with the PRC accounting standards applicable to the subsidiaries of the Company, to a statutory surplus reserve until such reserve reaches 50% of the registered capital of the subsidiaries of the Company. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had no Statutory Surplus Reserve and the Statutory Common Welfare Fund established and segregated in retained earnings due to the loss position of China entities.

Note_17_Subsequent_Events

Note 17 - Subsequent Events	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	Note 17– Subsequent Events
	On April 9, 2015, the Company extended the RMB 5,000,000 (approximately $819,390) loan from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, which originally matured on April 9, 2015, to April, 2016. The interest rate changed from 7.2% to 6.9% per annum.
	In July 2013, Renewable Metals borrowed a 6-month note in the amount of $3,500,000 from Fremery Holdings, Ltd. ("Fremery") pursuant to the term of a loan agreement (the “Note”). Based on a few amended agreements, the due date of the Note is extended to July 20, 2015.  On April 23, 2015, Armco Metals Holdings agreed to provide guarantees to the Note. On April 24, 2015, Fremery entered into an agreement with Heqi to sell $1,200,000 of the Note (the "Purchased Debt") to Heqi.
	On April 27, 2015 the Company entered into an Agreement with Heqi pursuant to which, from time to time, Heqi has the right to convert the Purchased Debt into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price equal to 85% of volume weighed average price for the common stock during the 10 trading days prior to the conversion date. Heqi is not entitled to convert any portion of the Purchased Debt if, at the time of conversion, the number of shares to be issued to Heqi would result in Heqi and/or its affiliates being the beneficial owner of more than 19.99% of outstanding shares of common stock. Under the terms of the agreement, the maximum conversion number of shares of the Company’s common stock is 1,224,154 shares, and any amount of the Purchased Debt which is not available for conversion, if any, at maturity must be satisfied by the company in cash.
	On May 8, 2015, the Company received a notice from KBM Worldwide Inc. to request to convert $78,500 principle of the note and $3,110 of the accrued interest into 115,317 common shares, at the conversion rate of $0.7077/share, pursuant to the terms set forth in the convertible note agreement.

Accounting_Policies_by_Policy_

Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Basis of Accounting, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Basis of Presentation - Unaudited Interim Financial Information
	The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information, and with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements.  The unaudited interim financial statements furnished reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to a fair statement of the results for the interim period presented.  Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year.  These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2014 and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2015.
Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Principles of Consolidation
	The Company applies the guidance of Topic 810 “Consolidation” of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification to determine whether and how to consolidate another entity. Pursuant to ASC Paragraph 810-10-15-10 all majority-owned subsidiaries—all entities in which a parent has a controlling financial interest—shall be consolidated except (1) when control does not rest with the parent, the majority owner; (2) if the parent is a broker-dealer within the scope of Topic 940 and control is likely to be temporary; (3) consolidation by an investment company within the scope of Topic 946 of a non-investment-company investee. Pursuant to ASC Paragraph 810-10-15-8 the usual condition for a controlling financial interest is ownership of a majority voting interest, and, therefore, as a general rule ownership by one reporting entity, directly or indirectly, of more than 50 percent of the outstanding voting shares of another entity is a condition pointing toward consolidation. The power to control may also exist with a lesser percentage of ownership, for example, by contract, lease, agreement with other stockholders, or by court decree. The Company consolidates all less-than-majority-owned subsidiaries, if any, in which the parent’s power to control exists.
	The Company's consolidated subsidiaries and/or entities as of March 31, 2015 are as follows:
	Name of consolidated subsidiary or entity	State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization	Date of incorporation or formation	Attributable interest
			(date of acquisition, if applicable)
	Armco Metal International Limited (“Armco HK”)	Hong Kong SAR	13-Jul-01	100%
	Henan Armco and Metawise Trading Co., Ltd. (“Henan Armco”)	PRC	6-Jun-02	100%
	Armco (Lianyungang) Renewable Metals, Inc. (“Renewable Metals”)	PRC	9-Jan-07	100%
	Armco (Lianyungang) Holdings, Inc. (“Lianyungang Armco”)	PRC	4-Jun-09	100%
	Armco Metals (Shanghai) Holdings. Ltd. (“Armco Shanghai”)	PRC	16-Jul-10	100%
	The consolidated financial statements include all accounts of the Company and the consolidated subsidiaries and/or entities as of reporting period ending dates(s) and for the reporting period(s) then ended.
	All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated.
Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Use of Estimates and Assumptions and Critical Accounting Estimates and Assumptions
	The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management makes its best estimate of the outcome for these items based on historical trends and other information available when the financial statements are prepared. Changes in estimates are recognized in accordance with the accounting rules for the estimate, which is typically in the period when new information becomes available to management. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Fair Value Measurement, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Fair Value of Financial Instruments
	The Company follows paragraph 825-10-50-10 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification for disclosures about fair value of its financial instruments and has adopted paragraph 820-10-35-37 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“Paragraph 820-10-35-37”) to measure the fair value of its financial instruments. Paragraph 820-10-35-37 establishes a framework for measuring fair value in U.S. GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. To increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements and related disclosures, Paragraph 820-10-35-37 establishes a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three (3) broad levels. The three (3) levels of fair value hierarchy defined by Paragraph 820-10-35-37 are described below:
	Level 1		Quoted market prices available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date.
	Level 2		Pricing inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date.
	Level 3		Pricing inputs that are generally observable inputs and not corroborated by market data.
	Financial assets are considered Level 3 when their fair values are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies or similar techniques and at least one significant model assumption or input is unobservable.
	The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. If the inputs used to measure the financial assets and liabilities fall within more than one level described above, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument.
	The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, such as cash, pledged deposits, accounts receivable, advance on purchases, prepayments and other current assets, accounts payable, customer deposits, corporate income/VAT tax payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments.
	The Company’s loans payable, banker’s acceptance notes payable, and capital lease obligation approximate the fair value of such instruments based upon management’s best estimate of interest rates that would be available to the Company for similar financial arrangements at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.
	The Company’s Level 3 financial liabilities consist of convertible notes with embedded conversion feature issued in September 2013, November 2013, and January through March 2014, for which there are no current market for these securities such that the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation.  The Company valued the automatic conditional conversion, re-pricing/down-round, change of control; default and follow-on offering provisions using a lattice model, with the assistance of a valuation specialist, for which management understands the methodologies. These models incorporate transaction details such as Company stock price, contractual terms, maturity, risk free rates, as well as assumptions about future financings, volatility, and holder behavior as of the date of issuance and each balance sheet date.
	Transactions involving related parties cannot be presumed to be carried out on an arm's-length basis, as the requisite conditions of competitive, free-market dealings may not exist. Representations about transactions with related parties, if made, shall not imply that the related party transactions were consummated on terms equivalent to those that prevail in arm's-length transactions unless such representations can be substantiated.
	It is not, however, practical to determine the fair value of advances from significant stockholder and lease arrangement with the significant stockholder, if any, due to their related party nature.
	Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis
	Level 1 Financial Assets – Marketable Securities
	The Company uses Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy to measure the fair value of the marketable securities and marks the available for sale marketable securities at fair value in the statement of financial position at each balance sheet date and reports the unrealized holding gains and losses for available-for-sale securities in other comprehensive income (loss) until realized provided the unrealized holding gains and losses is temporary. If the fair value of an investment is less than its cost basis at the balance sheet date of the reporting period for which impairment is assessed, and it is determined that the impairment is other than temporary, then an impairment loss is recognized in earnings equal to the entire difference between the investment’s cost and its fair value at the balance sheet date of the reporting period.
	Level 3 Financial Liabilities – Derivative Liabilities
	The Company uses Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy to measure the fair value of the derivative liabilities and revalues its derivative liabilities at every reporting period and recognizes gains or losses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) that are attributable to the change in the fair value of the derivative liabilities.
	The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy the Company's financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value as of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014:
	Recurring Fair Value Measures		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	31-Mar-15
	Derivative liability			-		-	$	-	$	-
	Available-for-sale securities		$	27,087		-		-	$	27,087
	31-Dec-14
	Derivative liability			-		-	$	-	$	-
	Available-for-sale securities		$	73,943		-		-	$	73,943
	Fair Value of Non-Financial Assets or Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis
	The Company’s non-financial assets include inventories. The Company identifies potentially excess and slow-moving inventories by evaluating turn rates, inventory levels and other factors. Excess quantities are identified through evaluation of inventory aging, review of inventory turns and historical sales experiences. The Company provides lower of cost or market reserves for such identified excess and slow-moving inventories. The Company establishes a reserve for inventory shrinkage, if any, based on the historical results of physical inventory cycle counts.
Foreign Currency Transactions and Translations Policy [Policy Text Block]	Foreign Currency Translation
	The financial records of the Company's Chinese operating subsidiaries are maintained in their local currency, the Renminbi (“RMB”), which is the functional currency. Assets and liabilities are translated from the local currency into the reporting currency, U.S. dollars, at the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at weighted average exchange rates for the period to approximate translation at the exchange rates prevailing at the dates those elements are recognized in the consolidated financial statements. Foreign currency translation gain (loss) resulting from the process of translating the local currency financial statements into U.S. dollars are included in determining accumulated other comprehensive income in the consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity.
	RMB is not a fully convertible currency. All foreign exchange transactions involving RMB must take place either through the People’s Bank of China (the “PBOC”) or other institutions authorized to buy and sell foreign exchange. The exchange rate adopted for the foreign exchange transactions are the rates of exchange quoted by the PBOC. Commencing July 21, 2005, China adopted a managed floating exchange rate regime based on market demand and supply with reference to a basket of currencies. The exchange rate of the US dollar against the RMB was adjusted from approximately RMB 8.28 per U.S. dollar to approximately RMB 8.11 per U.S. dollar on July 21, 2005. Since then, the PBOC administers and regulates the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar against the RMB taking into account demand and supply of RMB, as well as domestic and foreign economic and financial conditions.
	Unless otherwise noted, the rate presented below per U.S. $1.00 was the bid of the interbank rate as quoted by OANDA Corporation (www.oanda.com) contained in its consolidated financial statements. Management believes that the difference between RMB vs. U.S. dollar exchange rate quoted by the PBOC and RMB vs. U.S. dollar exchange rate reported by OANDA Corporation were immaterial. Translations do not imply that the RMB amounts actually represent, or have been or could be converted into, equivalent amounts in U.S. dollars. Translation of amounts from RMB into U.S. dollars has been made at the following exchange rates for the respective periods:
			31-Mar-15		31-Dec-14		31-Mar-14
	Balance sheets			6.1091		6.146		6.1632
	Statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss)			6.1358		6.1457		6.1178
Earnings Per Share, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Net Income (Loss) per Common Share
	Net income (loss) per common share is computed pursuant to section 260-10-45 of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potentially outstanding shares of common stock during the period to reflect the potential dilution that could occur from common shares issuable through contingent share arrangements, stock options, warrants and non-vested shares.
	For the periods presented, the computation of diluted loss per share equaled basic loss per share as the inclusion of any dilutive instruments would have had an antidilutive effect on the earnings per share calculation in the periods presented.
Reclassification, Policy [Policy Text Block]	Reclassification
	Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. The reclassification had no impact on net earnings and financial position

Note_2_Significant_and_Critica1

Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities [Table Text Block]	Name of consolidated subsidiary or entity	State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization	Date of incorporation or formation	Attributable interest
			(date of acquisition, if applicable)
	Armco Metal International Limited (“Armco HK”)	Hong Kong SAR	13-Jul-01	100%
	Henan Armco and Metawise Trading Co., Ltd. (“Henan Armco”)	PRC	6-Jun-02	100%
	Armco (Lianyungang) Renewable Metals, Inc. (“Renewable Metals”)	PRC	9-Jan-07	100%
	Armco (Lianyungang) Holdings, Inc. (“Lianyungang Armco”)	PRC	4-Jun-09	100%
	Armco Metals (Shanghai) Holdings. Ltd. (“Armco Shanghai”)	PRC	16-Jul-10	100%
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]	Recurring Fair Value Measures		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	31-Mar-15
	Derivative liability			-		-	$	-	$	-
	Available-for-sale securities		$	27,087		-		-	$	27,087
	31-Dec-14
	Derivative liability			-		-	$	-	$	-
	Available-for-sale securities		$	73,943		-		-	$	73,943
Schedule of Foreign Exchange Contracts, Statement of Financial Position [Table Text Block]			31-Mar-15		31-Dec-14		31-Mar-14
	Balance sheets			6.1091		6.146		6.1632
	Statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss)			6.1358		6.1457		6.1178

Note_3_Pledged_Deposits_Tables

Note 3 - Pledged Deposits (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Transfers and Servicing [Abstract]
Schedule of Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Table Text Block]		March 31,		December 31,
		2015		2014
	Deposit for letters of credit	$	10,565	$	10,492
	Deposit for capital lease obligation		-		488,123
		$	10,565	$	498,615

Note_4_Marketable_Equity_Secur1

Note 4 - Marketable Equity Securities, Available for Sale (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]	Fair Value Measurement Using Level 1 Inputs
		Original			Impairment-			Accumulated		Other			Fair Value
		cost			other than			Foreign Currency		Comprehensive
					Temporary			Transaction-		Income (loss)-
								Gain		Change in
										Unrealized gain (loss)
	Balance as of December 31, 2014	$	2,686,102		$	(2,366,941	)	$	183,924	$	(429,142	)	$	73,943
	Sales of the securities		(195,158	)										(195,158	)
	Total gain (realized/unrealized) included in:
	Other comprehensive income: Changes in unrealized gain										148,302			148,302
	Balance as of March 31, 2015	$	2,490,944		$	(2,366,941	)	$	183,924	$	(280,840	)	$	27,087

Note_5_Accounts_Receivable_Tab

Note 5 - Accounts Receivable (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Receivables [Abstract]
Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]		March 31,			December 31,
		2015			2014
	Accounts receivable	$	32,626,141		$	43,257,621
	Allowance for doubtful accounts		(6,331	)		(54,735	)
		$	32,619,810		$	43,202,886

Note_6_Inventories_Tables

Note 6 - Inventories (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]		March 31,			December 31,
		2015			2014
	Raw materials - Scrap metal	$	5,665,819		$	2,602,983
	Finished goods - processed scrap metal		7,534,384			7,684,154
	Purchased merchandise for resale		661,261			697,217
	Write-down of inventories		(3,247,343	)		(1,829,891	)
		$	10,614,121		$	9,154,463

Note_7_Loans_and_Convertible_N1

Note 7 - Loans and Convertible Notes Payable (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Loans Payable [Abstract]
Loans Payable [Table Text Block]		March 31,		December 31,
		2015		2014
	Bank loans – secured (i)	$	2,500,663	$	2,485,649
	Third party loans (ii)		10,120,945		14,347,694
	Convertible notes payable (iii)		78,500		178,500
		$	12,700,108	$	17,011,843

Note_8_Bankers_Acceptance_Note1

Note 8 - Banker's Acceptance Notes Payable and Letters of Credit (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]
Schedule of Short-term Debt [Table Text Block]		March 31,		December 31,
		2015		2014
	Renewable Metals
	Letters of credit maturing on August 2, 2015	$	1,778,467	$	1,767,790
		$	1,778,467	$	1,767,790

Note_9_Related_Party_Transacti1

Note 9 - Related Party Transactions (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block]		March 31,		December 31,
		2015		2014
	Keli Yao	$	-	$	-
	Yi Chu		534,940		717,703
	Total	$	534,940	$	717,703

Note_10_Capital_Lease_Obligati1

Note 10 - Capital Lease Obligation (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Leases, Capital [Abstract]
Schedule of Capital Leased Assets [Table Text Block]		March 31,		December 31,
		2015		2014
	Total capital lease obligation	$	-	$	720,819
	Less current maturities		-		(720,819	)
	Total Capital lease obligation, net of current maturities	$	-	$	-

Note_11_Derivative_Instruments1

Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Activity [Table Text Block]			Number of Warrant Shares				Exercise Price Range Per Share			Weighted Average Exercise Price			Fair Value at Date of Issuance			Aggregate Intrinsic Value
	Balance, December 31, 2014			161,539			$	75		$	75		$	-		$	-
	Granted			-				-			-			-			-
	Canceled for cashless exercise			(-	)			-			-			-			-
	Exercised (Cashless)			(-	)			-			-			-			-
	Exercised			(-	)			-			-			-			-
	Expired			(-	)			-			-			-			-
	Balance, March 31, 2015			161,539			$	75		$	75		$	-		$	-
	Earned and exercisable, March 31, 2015			161,539			$	75		$	75		$	-		$	-
	Unvested, March 31, 2015			-			$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, by Exercise Price Range [Table Text Block]						Warrants Outstanding									Warrants Exercisable
		Range of Exercise Prices				Number Outstanding			Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)			Weighted Average Exercise Price			Number Exercisable			Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price
		$	75				161,539			0.06		$	75			161,539			0.06	$	75
		$	75				161,539			0.06		$	75			151,539			0.06	$	75
Schedule of Derivative Liabilities at Fair Value [Table Text Block]	Balance at December 31, 2014		$	-
	To record derivative liabilities as debt discount			95,298
	Change in fair value of derivative liabilities			15,427
	Settlement of derivative liability due to conversion of related notes			(110,725	)
	Balance at March 31, 2015		$	-

Note_12_Commitments_and_Contin1

Note 12 - Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities [Table Text Block]		Date of Expiration	Total Facilities		Facilities Used		Facilities Available
	Armco HK
	RZB Bank (i)	31-Jul-15	$	7,000,000	$	-	$	7,000,000
	DBS (Hong Kong) Limited (ii)	9-Oct-15		20,000,000		-		20,000,000
	Sub-total - Armco HK			27,000,000		-		27,000,000
	Henan Armco
	Bank of China (iii)	23-May-14		4,910,947		4,910,947		-
	China CITIC Bank (iv)	19-Jun-15		6,547,609		-		6,547,609
	ICBC (v)	29-Aug-15		3,273,805		-		3,273,805
	Guangdong Development Bank Zhengzhou Branch (vi)	15-May-15		15,714,262		-		15,714,262
	Sub-total – Henan Armco			30,446,623		4,910,947		25,535,676
	Renewable Metals
	Bank of China Lianyungang Branch (vii)	27-Dec-15		8,184,512		-		8,184,512
	Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (viii)	9-Apr-15		2,455,353		2,336,973		118,380
	Bank of Communications Lianyungang Branch (x)	2-Aug-15		11,785,697		1,778,467		10,007,230
	Sub-total – Renewable Metals			22,425,562		4,115,440		18,310,122
			$	79,872,185	$	9,026,387	$	70,845,798

Note_13_Stockholders_Equity_Ta

Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]		Number of			Fair Value at
		Shares or Options			Date of Grant
	Balance, December 31, 2013		561,841		$	3,277,207
	Options – granted		-			-
	Options – canceled		-			-
	Shares – granted		233,621			840,805
	Shares – canceled		(-	)		(-	)
	Balance, December 31, 2014		795,462		$	4,118,012
	Vested, December 31, 2014		795,462			4,118,012
	Unvested, December 31, 2014		-		$	-
	Options – granted		-			-
	Options – canceled		-			-
	Shares – granted		224,215			307,599
	Shares – canceled		(-	)		(-	)
	Balance, March 31, 2015		1,019,677		$	4,425,611
	Vested, March 31, 2015		974,677			4,369,361
	Unvested, March 31, 2015		45,000		$	56,250

Note_15_Concentrations_and_Cre1

Note 15 - Concentrations and Credit Risk (Tables)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]
Schedule of Revenue by Major Customers by Reporting Segments [Table Text Block]		Net sales
		For the Three Months Ended
		March 31,			March 31,
		2015			2014
	Cusomter A		57.23	%		22.6	%
	Cusomter B		19.1	%		37.2	%
	Cusomter C		15.59	%		12.3	%
	Cusomter D		-	%		11.8	%
			91.92	%		83.9	%
		Net Accounts Receivable at
		March 31,			December 31,
		2015			2014
	Cusomter A		46.88	%		30.4	%
	Cusomter B		25.23	%		24.1	%
	Cusomter C		-	%		19.8	%
			72.11	%		74.3	%
Schedule of Vendor Purchase Concentrations [Table Text Block]		Net Purchase
		For the Three Months Ended
		March 31,			March 31,
		2015			2014
	Vendor A		51.2	%		38.4	%
	Vendor B		41.88	%		37	%
			93.07	%		75.4	%
		Accounts Payable at
		March 31,			December 31,
		2015			2014
	Vendor A		53.67	%		49.2	%
	Vendor B		26.35	%		29.6	%
			80.02	%		78.8	%

Note_1_Organization_and_Operat1

Note 1 - Organization and Operations (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Aug. 12, 2008	Jun. 27, 2008	Jun. 27, 2008	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 01, 2008
Note 1 - Organization and Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share				$0.00	$0.00
Renewable Metals [Member]
Note 1 - Organization and Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage						100.00%
Armco HK [Member]
Note 1 - Organization and Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	69.70%	100.00%	100.00%
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares			7,694,000
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned		$6,890,000	$6,890,000
Noncash or Part Noncash Acquisition, Noncash Financial or Equity Instrument Consideration, Options Issued		5,300,000
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share		$0.00	$0.00
Investment Options, Exercise Price	$13	$1.30
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period	5,300,000
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Stock Options Exercised	$6,890,000
Armco HK 2 [Member]
Note 1 - Organization and Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Noncash or Part Noncash Acquisition, Noncash Financial or Equity Instrument Consideration, Options Issued		2,000,000
Investment Options, Exercise Price		$5

Note_2_Significant_and_Critica2

Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices (Details) (China, Yuan Renminbi)	Jul. 21, 2005	Jul. 20, 2005
China, Yuan Renminbi
Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices (Details) [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate, Translation	8.11	8.28

Note_2_Significant_and_Critica3

Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices (Details) - Consolidation Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Armco HK [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Jurisdiction	Hong Kong SAR
Attributable interest	100.00%
Henan Armco [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Jurisdiction	PRC
Attributable interest	100.00%
Renewable Metals [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Jurisdiction	PRC
Attributable interest	100.00%
Lianyungang Armco [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Jurisdiction	PRC
Attributable interest	100.00%
Armco Shanghai [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Jurisdiction	PRC
Attributable interest	100.00%

Note_2_Significant_and_Critica4

Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices (Details) - Financial Assets and Liabilities Recurring Fair Value Measures (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices (Details) - Financial Assets and Liabilities Recurring Fair Value Measures [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	$27,087	$73,943
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices (Details) - Financial Assets and Liabilities Recurring Fair Value Measures [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	27,087	73,943
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices (Details) - Financial Assets and Liabilities Recurring Fair Value Measures [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities	$27,087	$73,943

Note_2_Significant_and_Critica5

Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices (Details) - Exchange Rates (RMB Into U.S. Dollars)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
Balance Sheet [Member]
Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices (Details) - Exchange Rates (RMB Into U.S. Dollars) [Line Items]
Financial Statement	6.1091	6.146	6.1632
Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]
Note 2 - Significant and Critical Accounting Policies and Practices (Details) - Exchange Rates (RMB Into U.S. Dollars) [Line Items]
Financial Statement	6.1358	6.1457	6.1178

Note_3_Pledged_Deposits_Detail

Note 3 - Pledged Deposits (Details) - Pledged Deposits (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Pledged Deposits [Abstract]
Deposit for letters of credit	$10,565	$10,492
Deposit for capital lease obligation	0	488,123
	$10,565	$498,615

Note_4_Marketable_Equity_Secur2

Note 4 - Marketable Equity Securities, Available for Sale (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Note 4 - Marketable Equity Securities, Available for Sale (Details) [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Unrealized Gain	$148,302
Marketable Securities Shares Sold (in Shares)	5,543,614
Proceeds from Issuance or Sale of Equity	36,159
Available-for-sale Securities, Gross Realized Losses	158,999
Estimate of Fair Value Measurement [Member]
Note 4 - Marketable Equity Securities, Available for Sale (Details) [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities	$27,087

Note_4_Marketable_Equity_Secur3

Note 4 - Marketable Equity Securities, Available for Sale (Details) - Fair Value of Marketable Securities, Available for Sale (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Note 4 - Marketable Equity Securities, Available for Sale (Details) - Fair Value of Marketable Securities, Available for Sale [Line Items]
Sales of the securities	($36,159)
Other comprehensive income: Changes in unrealized gain	148,302	21,938
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Note 4 - Marketable Equity Securities, Available for Sale (Details) - Fair Value of Marketable Securities, Available for Sale [Line Items]
Balance as of December 31, 2014	2,686,102
Balance as of December 31, 2014	-2,366,941
Balance as of December 31, 2014	183,924
Balance as of December 31, 2014	-429,142
Balance as of December 31, 2014	73,943
Sales of the securities	-195,158
Sales of the securities	-195,158
Other comprehensive income: Changes in unrealized gain	148,302
Other comprehensive income: Changes in unrealized gain	148,302
Balance as of March 31, 2015	2,490,944
Balance as of March 31, 2015	-2,366,941
Balance as of March 31, 2015	183,924
Balance as of March 31, 2015	-280,840
Balance as of March 31, 2015	$27,087

Note_5_Accounts_Receivable_Det

Note 5 - Accounts Receivable (Details) - Accounts Receivable (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts Receivable [Abstract]
Accounts receivable	$32,626,141	$43,257,621
Allowance for doubtful accounts	-6,331	-54,735
	$32,619,810	$43,202,886

Note_6_Inventories_Details

Note 6 - Inventories (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
Note 6 - Inventories (Details) [Line Items]
Inventory, Work in Process, Gross	$0	$0
Inventory Adjustments	3,247,343	1,829,891
Inventory Valuation and Obsolescence [Member]
Note 6 - Inventories (Details) [Line Items]
Inventory Adjustments	0		0
Lower of Cost or Market [Member]
Note 6 - Inventories (Details) [Line Items]
Inventory Adjustments	$1,400,279		$390,173

Note_6_Inventories_Details_Inv

Note 6 - Inventories (Details) - Inventories (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Inventories [Abstract]
Raw materials - Scrap metal	$5,665,819	$2,602,983
Finished goods - processed scrap metal	7,534,384	7,684,154
Purchased merchandise for resale	661,261	697,217
Write-down of inventories	-3,247,343	-1,829,891
	$10,614,121	$9,154,463

Note_7_Loans_and_Convertible_N2

Note 7 - Loans and Convertible Notes Payable (Details)

0 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

Aug. 27, 2014

Mar. 31, 2015

Aug. 27, 2014

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Apr. 30, 2015

Apr. 30, 2015

31-May-15

31-May-15

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 06, 2015

Mar. 06, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2014

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 03, 2015

Mar. 03, 2015

USD ($)

Land Use Rights [Member]

Land Use Rights [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Third Party Loans [Member]

Third Party Loans [Member]

Third Party Loans [Member]

Third Party Loans [Member]

Henan's Building and Leasehold Improvement [Member]

Renewable Metal's Inventories [Member]

Convertible Debt [Member]

Magna Equities II LLC [Member]

Magna Equities II LLC [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Notes Payable to Banks [Member]

Scenario, Forecast [Member]

Scenario, Forecast [Member]

Scenario, Forecast [Member]

Scenario, Forecast [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Lianyungang Chaoyang Investment Construction Development Co. Ltd [Member]

Lianyungang Chaoyang Investment Construction Development Co. Ltd [Member]

Lianyungang Chaoyang Investment Construction Development Co. Ltd [Member]

Lianyungang Chaoyang Investment Construction Development Co. Ltd [Member]

Lianyungang Chaoyang Investment Construction Development Co. Ltd [Member]

Lianyungang Chaoyang Investment Construction Development Co. Ltd [Member]

Bears No Interest [Member]

Bears Interest [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

CNY

Lianyungang Chaoyang Investment Construction Development Co. Ltd [Member]

Lianyungang Chaoyang Investment Construction Development Co. Ltd [Member]

Lianyungang Chaoyang Investment Construction Development Co. Ltd [Member]

Lianyungang Chaoyang Investment Construction Development Co. Ltd [Member]

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

CNY

Note 7 - Loans and Convertible Notes Payable (Details) [Line Items]

Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage

2.47%

11.59%

6.42%

6.42%

6.00%

8.00%

8.00%

Guarantor Obligations, Maximum Exposure, Undiscounted

$163,690

$2,336,973

Loans Payable

8,135,373

50,000,000

4,092,256

25,000,000

518,669

9,602,276

87,500

Debt Instrument, Decrease, Forgiveness, Percentage

50.00%

50.00%

Debt Instrument, Decrease, Forgiveness

4,060,617

25,000,000

Interest Expense, Debt

511,097

3,141,048

Repayments of Bank Debt

818,451

5,000,000

Debt Instrument, Monthly Payment

409,226

2,500,000

Debt Conversion, Original Debt, Amount

100,000

Debt Conversion, Accrued Interest, Amount

4,067

Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued (in Shares)

142,779

Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price (in Dollars per share)

$0.73

Convertible Notes Payable

$100,000

$78,500

Debt Instrument, Conversion Term

180 days

Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Percentage of Stock Price Trigger

58.00%

63.00%

Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Trading Prices

3

3

Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Consecutive Trading Days

10 days

10 days

Note_7_Loans_and_Convertible_N3

Note 7 - Loans and Convertible Notes Payable (Details) - Loans Payable (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015		Dec. 31, 2014
Loans Payable [Abstract]
Bank loans b secured (i)	$2,500,663	[1]	$2,485,649	[1]
Third party loans (ii)	10,120,945	[2]	14,347,694	[2]
Convertible notes payable (iii)	78,500	[3]	178,500	[3]
	$12,700,108		$17,011,843
[1]	The Company obtained those short term loans from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and Guanhutun Credit Union, respectively. Interest rates for the loansranged from 2.47% to 11.59% per annum. The maturity dates of the loans ranged from March 16, 2016 to April 6, 2016.Corporate or personal guarantees were provided for the bank loans as follows:$163,690 loans from Guanhutun Credit Union, collateralized by Henan Armco's building and leasehold improvement$2,336,973 loans from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, collateralized by Renewable Metals inventories and guaranteed by the Company's Chairman andChief Executive Officer
[2]	Among third party loans, $518,669 bears no interest and $9,602,276 bears interest rates ranging from 6.0% to 8.0% per annum. The maturity dates of theloans ranged from July 20, 2015 to December 31, 2015.Collateralization of Property, Plant and Equipment and Land Use RightsBoth Renewable Metals and Lianyungang Armco's property, plant and equipment and land use rights representing all of the Company's land use rights werecollateralized for bank loans of RMB 50,000,000 (approximately $8,135,373) with the Bank of China Lianyungang Branch. On December 25, 2014, China Orient AssetManagement Corporation, an organization authorized by the People's Bank of China to dispose of bad assets from banks, mainly from Bank of China, transferred theloan to Lianyungang Chaoyang Investment Construction Development Co., Ltd, and the related collateral was released as of December 31, 2014.On March 6, 2015, Chaoyang Investing & Construction Company agreed to waive 50% of the loan (RMB 25,000,000, approximately $4,060,617) for the Company inorder to attract future investment from the Company. The interest (RMB 3,141,048, approximately $511,097) of the loan for the year ended December 31, 2014 was notwaived but won't bear any further interest. The interest rate of the rest loan (RMB 25,000,000, approximately $4,092,256) is 6.42%,Till April 2015, Armco should makerepayment no less than RMB 5,000,000 (approximately $818,451) and from May 2015, the Company should make monthly repayment no less than RMB 2,500,000(approximately $409,226). All the loan and interest should be paid off by December 31, 2015.
[3]	On March 3, 2015, Magna Equities II LLC converted its outstanding balance of $100,000 principal of the convertible note and its accrued interest of $4,067 into 142,779shares with the conversation rate of $0.72887/share. See Note 11 for derivative analysis on the convertible note.

Note_8_Bankers_Acceptance_Note2

Note 8 - Banker's Acceptance Notes Payable and Letters of Credit (Details) - Bankerbs Acceptance Notes Payable (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Renewable Metals
Short-term debt	$1,778,467	$1,767,790
Letter of Credit [Member] | Renewable Metals [Member]
Renewable Metals
Short-term debt	1,778,467	1,767,790
Renewable Metals [Member]
Renewable Metals
Short-term debt	$1,778,467	$1,767,790

Note_9_Related_Party_Transacti2

Note 9 - Related Party Transactions (Details)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jan. 01, 2006	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Jan. 01, 2006
	USD ($)	CNY	USD ($)	Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Monthly Payment [Member]	Operating Lease From Related Party [Member]	Operating Lease From Related Party [Member]	Operating Lease From Related Party [Member]	Operating Lease From Related Party [Member]	Operating Lease From Related Party [Member]
				USD ($)	USD ($)	Operating Lease From Related Party [Member]	USD ($)	CNY	USD ($)	CNY	sqm
						CNY
Note 9 - Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Due to Related Parties	$534,940	534,940	$717,703	$976,366	$877,076
Area of Land											176.37
Operating Leases, Rent Expense						10,000	$4,889	30,000	$4,868	30,000

Note_9_Related_Party_Transacti3

Note 9 - Related Party Transactions (Details) - Due to Other Related Parties	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
	USD ($)	CNY	USD ($)	Yi Chu [Member]	Yi Chu [Member]
				USD ($)	USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due to Related Parties	$534,940	534,940	$717,703	$534,940	$717,703

Note_10_Capital_Lease_Obligati2

Note 10 - Capital Lease Obligation (Details)

0 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

Sep. 17, 2013

Sep. 15, 2012

Dec. 12, 2011

Nov. 18, 2010

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 23, 2015

Mar. 23, 2015

Dec. 31, 2014

Sep. 17, 2013

Sep. 17, 2013

Sep. 15, 2012

Sep. 15, 2012

Sep. 17, 2013

Sep. 15, 2012

Mar. 29, 2015

Mar. 31, 2015

USD ($)

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

CNY

Overdue Lease Obligation [Member]

Overdue Lease Obligation [Member]

Capital Lease Obligations [Member]

Capital Lease Obligations [Member]

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

USD ($)

Note 10 - Capital Lease Obligation (Details) [Line Items]

Capital Lease Agreement Term

46 months

3 years

3 years

Capital Lease Interest Rate

10.17%

11.00%

11.80%

Capital Lease Obligations

$0

$130,826

800,000

$720,819

$2,261,284

15,000,000

$5,935,517

37,500,000

$159,831

560,988

Security Deposit

488,122

3,000,000

Other Income

$35,974

$89,397

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Note 10 - Capital Lease Obligation (Details) - Capital Lease Obligation	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 23, 2015	Mar. 23, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 17, 2013	Sep. 17, 2013	Sep. 15, 2012	Sep. 15, 2012
	USD ($)	USD ($)	CNY	USD ($)	USD ($)	CNY	USD ($)	CNY
Capital Lease Obligation [Abstract]
Total capital lease obligation	$0	$130,826	800,000	$720,819	$2,261,284	15,000,000	$5,935,517	37,500,000
Less current maturities	0			-720,819
Total Capital lease obligation, net of current maturities	$0			$0

Note_11_Derivative_Instruments2

Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Aug. 27, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 03, 2015	Apr. 20, 2010	Dec. 31, 2014
Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding (in Shares)		161,539
Derivative Liability (in Dollars)		$0				$0
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Percentage of Stock Price Trigger	58.00%	63.00%
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Trading Prices	3	3
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Consecutive Trading Days	10 days	10 days
Convertible Notes Payable (in Dollars)	100,000
Amortization of Debt Discount (Premium) (in Dollars)		95,298	494,593
Convertible Notes Payable [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate		135.00%
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term		178 days
Convertible Notes Payable [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate		138.00%
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term		186 days
Convertible Notes Payable [Member]
Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate		0.00%
Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate		0.08%
Amortization of Debt Discount (Premium) (in Dollars)				95,298
Magna Equities II LLC [Member]
Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Conversion, Original Debt, Amount (in Dollars)				100,000
Debt Conversion, Accrued Interest, Amount (in Dollars)				$4,067
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued (in Shares)				142,779
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price (in Dollars per share)				$0.73
Rodman & Renshaw [Member]
Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) [Line Items]
Warrants Term					180 days

Note_11_Derivative_Instruments3

Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Non-Derivative Warrant Activities (Warrants 2010 [Member], USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Non-Derivative Warrant Activities [Line Items]
Number of Warrant Shares (in Shares)	161,539	161,539
Exercise Price Per Share	$75	$75
Number of Warrant Shares (in Shares)	161,539	161,539
Exercise Price Per Share	$75	$75
Earned and Exercisable [Member] | Weighted Average [Member]
Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Non-Derivative Warrant Activities [Line Items]
Exercise Price Per Share	$75
Exercise Price Per Share	$75
Earned and Exercisable [Member]
Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Non-Derivative Warrant Activities [Line Items]
Number of Warrant Shares (in Shares)	161,539
Exercise Price Per Share	$75
Number of Warrant Shares (in Shares)	161,539
Exercise Price Per Share	$75
Weighted Average [Member]
Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Non-Derivative Warrant Activities [Line Items]
Exercise Price Per Share	$75	$75
Exercise Price Per Share	$75	$75

Note_11_Derivative_Instruments4

Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Outstanding and Exercisable Warrants (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Number Outstanding (in Shares)	161,539
Warrant [Member] | Range One [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Range of Exercise Prices	$75
Number Outstanding (in Shares)	161,539
Average Remaining Contractual Life	21 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price	$75
Number Exercisable (in Shares)	161,539
Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)	21 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price	$75
Warrant [Member]
Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, Exercise Price Range [Line Items]
Range of Exercise Prices	$75
Number Outstanding (in Shares)	161,539
Average Remaining Contractual Life	21 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price	$75
Number Exercisable (in Shares)	151,539
Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)	21 days
Weighted Average Exercise Price	$75

Note_11_Derivative_Instruments5

Note 11 - Derivative Instruments and the Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - Change of Fair Value of Derivative Debt Liabilities (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Change of Fair Value of Derivative Debt Liabilities [Abstract]
Balance at December 31, 2014	$0
Balance at March 31, 2015	0
To record derivative liabilities as debt discount	95,298
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities	15,427
Settlement of derivative liability due to conversion of related notes	($110,725)

Note_12_Commitments_and_Contin2

Note 12 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details)

1 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

Dec. 21, 2011

Mar. 31, 2015

Dec. 21, 2011

Mar. 12, 2014

Mar. 19, 2015

Apr. 09, 2015

Apr. 09, 2015

Apr. 13, 2015

Apr. 13, 2015

Dec. 21, 2011

Dec. 21, 2011

Dec. 21, 2011

Mar. 12, 2014

Mar. 12, 2014

Dec. 20, 2011

Jun. 08, 2013

Jun. 08, 2013

Jun. 19, 2013

Jun. 19, 2013

Jun. 19, 2013

Sep. 10, 2013

Sep. 10, 2013

Sep. 10, 2013

16-May-14

16-May-14

16-May-14

Sep. 10, 2013

Mar. 31, 2015

Mar. 15, 2013

Mar. 15, 2013

Sep. 10, 2013

Sep. 10, 2013

Sep. 10, 2013

Jul. 05, 2011

Jul. 05, 2011

Jul. 05, 2011

Mar. 31, 2015

Jul. 01, 2014

Jul. 01, 2014

Dec. 21, 2011

Mar. 12, 2014

Mar. 12, 2014

Mar. 11, 2014

USD ($)

Each Issuance [Member]

Each Issuance [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Commission [Member]

Opening Commission [Member]

Balance Outstanding [Member]

Amendment [Member]

DBS Hong Kong [Member]

Commission [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Henan Armco [Member]

Renewable Metals [Member]

Renewable Metals [Member]

Renewable Metals [Member]

Renewable Metals [Member]

Renewable Metals [Member]

Renewable Metals [Member]

Renewable Metals [Member]

Renewable Metals [Member]

Renewable Metals [Member]

Armco Shanghai [Member]

Armco Shanghai [Member]

DBS Hong Kong [Member]

RZB Hong Kong [Member]

RZB Hong Kong [Member]

RZB Hong Kong [Member]

Opening Commission [Member]

Balance Outstanding [Member]

Yao [Member]

Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member]

Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member]

USD ($)

DBS Hong Kong [Member]

DBS Hong Kong [Member]

DBS Hong Kong [Member]

RZB Hong Kong [Member]

RZB Hong Kong [Member]

Bank of China [Member]

Bank of China [Member]

China CITIC Bank [Member]

China CITIC Bank [Member]

China CITIC Bank [Member]

ICBC Bank [Member]

ICBC Bank [Member]

ICBC Bank [Member]

Guangdong Development Bank [Member]

Guangdong Development Bank [Member]

Guangdong Development Bank [Member]

Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member]

USD ($)

Bank of China Lianyungang [Member]

Bank of China Lianyungang [Member]

Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member]

Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member]

Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member]

Bank of Communications Lianyungang [Member]

Bank of Communications Lianyungang [Member]

Bank of Communications Lianyungang [Member]

USD ($)

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

DBS Hong Kong [Member]

DBS Hong Kong [Member]

USD ($)

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

Note 12 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) [Line Items]

Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity

$819,390

5,000,000

$7,000,000

$4,800,000

30,000,000

$6,500,000

40,000,000

$3,200,000

20,000,000

$15,700,000

96,000,000

$8,200,000

50,000,000

$2,400,000

15,000,000

$11,700,000

72,000,000

$20,000,000

$15,000,000

Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate

2.00%

2.50%

2.00%

Export Bill Collection Commission

6.25%

12.50%

25.00%

6.25%

6.25%

Long-term Line of Credit

9,026,387

50,000

50,000

4,910,947

4,115,440

Pledged Deposits

3.00%

Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity

79,872,185

30,446,623

22,425,562

7,000,000

Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Period

2 years

1 year

12 years

Interest Rate Basis Points Above Cost of Funds

120.00%

120.00%

Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage

7.87%

7.87%

Cash Collateral Letters of Credit at Sight

20.00%

Cash Collateral Other Domestic Letters of Credit

30.00%

Inventory Collateral

166.00%

Salaries, Wages and Officers' Compensation

250,000

Bonus Percentage of Base Salary

50.00%

Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Restricted Stock Award, Net of Forfeitures (in Shares)

60,000

Reimbursable Fees to Executive

10,000

Life Insurance Death Benefit

2,000,000

Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net

109,822

674,933

Lessee Leasing Arrangements, Base Monthly Rental

1,629.85

Lessee Leasing Arrangements, Annual Rent Increase

4.00%

Lessee Leasing Arrangements, Monthly Operating Expenses

$660.75

Note_12_Commitments_and_Contin3

Note 12 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details) - Uncommitted Trade Credit Facilities (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total Facilities	$79,872,185
Facilities Used	9,026,387
Facilities Available	70,845,798
RZB Beijing [Member] | Armco HK [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Date of Expiration	31-Jul-15	[1]
Total Facilities	7,000,000	[1]
Facilities Used		[1]
Facilities Available	7,000,000	[1]
DBS Hong Kong [Member] | Armco HK [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Date of Expiration	9-Oct-15	[2]
Total Facilities	20,000,000	[2]
Facilities Used		[2]
Facilities Available	20,000,000	[2]
Bank of China Lianyungang [Member] | Henan Armco [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Date of Expiration	23-May-14	[3]
Total Facilities	4,910,947	[3]
Facilities Used	4,910,947	[3]
Bank of China Lianyungang [Member] | Renewable Metals [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Date of Expiration	27-Dec-15	[4]
Total Facilities	8,184,512	[4]
Facilities Available	8,184,512	[4]
China CITIC Bank [Member] | Henan Armco [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Date of Expiration	19-Jun-15	[5]
Total Facilities	6,547,609	[5]
Facilities Used		[5]
Facilities Available	6,547,609	[5]
ICBC Bank [Member] | Henan Armco [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Date of Expiration	29-Aug-15	[6]
Total Facilities	3,273,805	[6]
Facilities Used		[6]
Facilities Available	3,273,805	[6]
Guangdong Development Bank [Member] | Henan Armco [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Date of Expiration	15-May-15	[7]
Total Facilities	15,714,262	[7]
Facilities Available	15,714,262	[7]
Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member] | Renewable Metals [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Date of Expiration	9-Apr-15	[8]
Total Facilities	2,455,353	[8]
Facilities Used	2,336,973	[8]
Facilities Available	118,380	[8]
Bank of Communications Lianyungang [Member] | Renewable Metals [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Date of Expiration	2-Aug-15	[9]
Total Facilities	11,785,697	[9]
Facilities Used	1,778,467	[9]
Facilities Available	10,007,230	[9]
Armco HK [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total Facilities	27,000,000
Facilities Available	27,000,000
Henan Armco [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total Facilities	30,446,623
Facilities Used	4,910,947
Facilities Available	25,535,676
Renewable Metals [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total Facilities	22,425,562
Facilities Used	4,115,440
Facilities Available	$18,310,122
[1]	On October 10, 2014, Armco HK extended the Banking Facilities Agreement with DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (originally entered on December 21,2011)of $20,000,000 for issuance of commercial letters of credit in connection with the Company's purchase of metal ore. The Company pays interest at LIBOR orDBS Bank's cost of funds plus 2.50% per annum on issued letters of credit in addition to an export bill collection commission equal to 12.5% of the first$50,000 and 6.25% of the balance and an opening commission of 25% on the first $50,000 and 6.25% of the balance for each issuance. Amounts advancedunder this facility are repaid from the proceeds of the sale of metal ore. The lender may terminate the facility at anytime at its sole discretion. The facility issecured by the charge on cash deposit of the borrower, the borrower's restricted pledged deposit in the minimum amount of 3% of the letter of creditamount, the Company's letter of comfort and the guarantee of Mr. Yao. On March 12, 2014, Amrco HK entered into a Banking Facilities Agreement withRZB bank of $7, 000, 000 for issuance of commercial letters of credit in connection with the Company's purchase of metal ore, expiring July 31, 2015. TheCompany pays interest Bank's Cost of Funds plus 200 base point (2%) per annum.
[2]	On March 12, 2014, Armco HK entered into Amendment No. 5 to the March 25, 2009 uncommitted Trade Finance Facility with RZB Austria Finance (HongKong) Limited. The amendment indicates that the total facilities amount shall be decreased from $15,000,000 to $7,000,000. The Company pays interest at200 basis points per annum plus the lender's cost of funds per annum on issued letters of credit in addition to fees upon issuance of the letter of credit of6.25% for issuance commissions, negotiation commissions, commission-in-lieu and collection commissions. Amounts advanced under this facility arerepaid from the proceeds of the sale of metal ore. The lender may, however, terminate the facility at any time or at its sole discretion upon the occurrence ofany event which causes a material market disruption in respect of unusual movement in the level of funding costs to the lender or the unusual loss ofliquidity in the funding market. The lender has sole discretion to decide wheher or not such event has occured. The facility is secured by restricted cashdeposits held by the lender, the personal guarantee of Mr. Yao, the Company's guarantee, and a security interest in the contract for the purchase of the orefor which the letter of credit has been issued and the contract for sale of the ore.
[3]	On June 8, 2013, Henan Armco obtained a RMB 30,000,000 (approximately $4.8 million) line of credit from Bank of China for issuance of letters of credit tofinance the purchase of metal ore and scrap metal expiring May 23, 2014. The facility is secured by the guarantee provided by Renewable Metals and thepledge of movable assets provided by the borrower. Amounts advanced under this line of credit are repaid from the proceeds of the sale of metal ore. Sincethe accounts of Bank of China were closed on November 23, 2014, the line of credit from this bank was terminated.
[4]	On March 15, 2013, Renewable Metals entered into a line of credit facility in the amount of RMB50,000,000 (approximately $8.2 million) from Bank of China,Lianyungang Branch for the purchase of raw materials. The facility is expiring December 27, 2015 with interest at 7.872% per annum. The facility is securedby Renewable metals properties, machinery and equipment and land use rights, and guaranteed by Mr. Yao, Ms. Yi Chu, and Henan Armco, respectively.
[5]	On June 19, 2013, Henan Armco obtained a RMB 40,000,000 (approximately $6.5 million) line of credit from China Citic Bank, Zhengzhou Branch, forissuance of letters of credit to finance the purchase of metal ore and scrap metal expiring two (2) years from the date of issuance. The facility is guaranteedby Renewable Metals and Mr. Yao, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
[6]	On September 10, 2013, Henan Armco obtained a RMB 20,000,000 (approximately $3.2 million) line of credit from ICBC, for issuance of letters of credit tofinance the purchase of metal ore and scrap metal expiring one (1) year from the date of issuance. The facility is guaranteed by Renewable Metals and Mr.Yao.
[7]	On May 16, 2014, Henan Armco obtained a RMB 96,000,000 (approximately $15.7 million) line of credit from Guangdong Development Bank ZhengzhouBranch for issuance of letters of credit to finance the purchase of metal ore. The Company pays interest at 120% of the applicable base rate for lendingpublished by the People's Bank of China ("PBC") at the time the loan is made on issued letters of credit. The facility is secured by the guarantee providedby Mr. Yao and Renewable Metals jointly and the pledge of movable assets provided by the borrower. Amounts advanced under this line of credit arerepaid from the proceeds of the sale of metal ore.
[8]	On September 10, 2013, Renewable Metals entered into a line of credit facility in the amount of RMB 15,000,000 (approximately $2.4 million) from ShanghaiPudong Development Bank for the purchase of raw materials. The term of the facility is 12 months with interest at 120% of the applicable base rate forlending published by the People's Bank of China ("PBOC") at the time the loan is drawn down per annum. The facility is secured by Armco machinery'sland use right and guarantees provided by Mr. Yao and Ms. Yi Chu.
[9]	On July 5, 2011, Renewable Metals obtained a RMB 72,000,000 (approximately $11.7 million) line of credit from Bank of Communications, LianyungangBranch expiring expiring August 2, 2015. The letters of credit require Renewable Metals to pledge cash deposit equal to 20% of the letter of credit for lettersof credit at sight, or 30% for other domestic letters of credit and for extended domestic letters of credit, the collateral of inventory equal to 166% of the letterof credit. The facility is secured by Renewable Metals inventories and guarantee provided by Mr. Yao.

Note_13_Stockholders_Equity_De

Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 19, 2015	Jan. 13, 2015	Apr. 07, 2014	Nov. 17, 2014	Nov. 16, 2014
Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized						1,120,000	300,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Share-based Compensation, Net of Forfeitures	164,215
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Share-based Compensation, Net of Forfeitures (in Dollars)	$232,599
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested, Number of Shares	974,677	795,462
Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan [Member]
Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant	100,323
Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Share-based Compensation, Net of Forfeitures			60,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested, Number of Shares			15,000
Stock Granted, Value, Share-based Compensation, Net of Forfeitures (in Dollars)	18,750
Legal Expenses [Member]
Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Services	12,500
Share Price (in Dollars per share)	$1.14
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Issued for Services (in Dollars)	14,250
Consulting Fees [Member]
Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Services	24,167
Share Price (in Dollars per share)	$1.14
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Issued for Services (in Dollars)	$27,550
Shanghai Heqi Investment Center [Member]
Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Services				150,000
All Bright Law Offices [Member]
Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Services					50,000

Note_13_Stockholders_Equity_De1

Note 13 - Stockholders' Equity (Details) - Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan Activities (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Amended and Restated 2009 Stock Incentive Plan Activities [Abstract]
Number of Shares or Options	795,462	561,841
Fair Value at Date of Grant	$4,118,012	$3,277,207
Number of Shares or Options	974,677	795,462
Fair Value at Date of Grant	4,369,361	4,118,012
Number of Shares or Options	45,000
Fair Value at Date of Grant	56,250
Number of Shares or Options	224,215	233,621
Fair Value at Date of Grant	307,599	840,805
Number of Shares or Options	1,019,677	795,462
Fair Value at Date of Grant	$4,425,611	$4,118,012

Note_14_Income_Taxes_Details

Note 14 - Income Taxes (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Note 14 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, State and Local Income Taxes, Percent	33.00%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Percent	9.61%	0.00%
State [Member]
Note 14 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, State and Local Income Taxes, Percent	30.00%
Local [Member]
Note 14 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, State and Local Income Taxes, Percent	3.00%
Inland Revenue, Hong Kong [Member] | Armco HK [Member]
Note 14 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent	16.50%
Henan Armco [Member]
Note 14 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent	25.00%
Renewable Metals [Member]
Note 14 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent	25.00%
Lianyungang Armco [Member]
Note 14 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent	25.00%
Armco Shanghai [Member]
Note 14 - Income Taxes (Details) [Line Items]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent	25.00%

Note_15_Concentrations_and_Cre2

Note 15 - Concentrations and Credit Risk (Details) - Customer and Credit Concentrations (Customer Concentration Risk [Member])	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Customer A [Member] | Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	57.23%	22.60%
Customer A [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	46.88%		30.40%
Customer B [Member] | Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	19.10%	37.20%
Customer B [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	25.23%		24.10%
Customer C [Member] | Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	15.59%	12.30%
Customer C [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			19.80%
Customer D [Member] | Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage		11.80%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	91.92%	83.90%
Accounts Receivable [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	72.11%		74.30%

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Note 15 - Concentrations and Credit Risk (Details) - Vendor Purchase and Accounts Payable Concentrations (Supplier Concentration Risk [Member])	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Vendor A [Member] | Cost of Goods, Total [Member]
Note 15 - Concentrations and Credit Risk (Details) - Vendor Purchase and Accounts Payable Concentrations [Line Items]
Concentration rick, percentage	51.20%	38.40%
Vendor A [Member] | Account Payable [Member]
Note 15 - Concentrations and Credit Risk (Details) - Vendor Purchase and Accounts Payable Concentrations [Line Items]
Concentration rick, percentage	53.67%		49.20%
Vendor B [Member] | Cost of Goods, Total [Member]
Note 15 - Concentrations and Credit Risk (Details) - Vendor Purchase and Accounts Payable Concentrations [Line Items]
Concentration rick, percentage	41.88%	37.00%
Vendor B [Member] | Account Payable [Member]
Note 15 - Concentrations and Credit Risk (Details) - Vendor Purchase and Accounts Payable Concentrations [Line Items]
Concentration rick, percentage	26.35%		29.60%
Cost of Goods, Total [Member]
Note 15 - Concentrations and Credit Risk (Details) - Vendor Purchase and Accounts Payable Concentrations [Line Items]
Concentration rick, percentage	93.07%	75.40%
Account Payable [Member]
Note 15 - Concentrations and Credit Risk (Details) - Vendor Purchase and Accounts Payable Concentrations [Line Items]
Concentration rick, percentage	80.02%		78.80%

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Note 16 - Foreign Operations (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Note 16 - Foreign Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Fair Value Hedge Asset at Fair Value (in Dollars)	$0	$0
Retained Earnings Appropriated Surplus Reserve	10.00%
Statutory Surplus Reserve PRC Requirement	50.00%
Minimum [Member]
Note 16 - Foreign Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Statutory Common Welfare Fund Requirement	5.00%
Maximum [Member]
Note 16 - Foreign Operations (Details) [Line Items]
Statutory Common Welfare Fund Requirement	10.00%

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Note 17 - Subsequent Events (Details)

0 Months Ended

3 Months Ended

0 Months Ended

1 Months Ended

Aug. 27, 2014

Mar. 31, 2015

Apr. 27, 2015

Apr. 24, 2015

Apr. 27, 2015

8-May-15

8-May-15

Apr. 09, 2015

Apr. 09, 2015

Mar. 03, 2015

Mar. 03, 2015

Sep. 10, 2013

Sep. 10, 2013

Jul. 31, 2013

Subsequent Event [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Subsequent Event [Member]

Minimum [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Renewable Metals [Member]

Renewable Metals [Member]

Renewable Metals [Member]

Maximum [Member]

Heqi [Member]

Heqi [Member]

KBM Worldwide Inc. [Member]

KBM Worldwide Inc. [Member]

Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member]

Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member]

Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member]

Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member]

Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member]

Shanghai Pudong Development Banks [Member]

Fremery Holdings, Ltd. [Member]

Heqi [Member]

Fremery Holdings, Ltd. [Member]

USD ($)

USD ($)

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

CNY

USD ($)

USD ($)

Note 17 - Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]

Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity

$819,390

5,000,000

$2,400,000

15,000,000

Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End

7.20%

6.90%

Debt Instrument, Term

6 months

Proceeds from Issuance of Long-term Debt

3,500,000

Debt Instrument, Sold During the Period

1,200,000

Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Percentage of Stock Price Trigger

58.00%

63.00%

85.00%

Debt Instrument, Convertible, Threshold Consecutive Trading Days

10 days

10 days

10 days

Debt Instrument, Convertible, Ownership Threshold

19.99%

Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued (in Shares)

1,224,154

115,317

Debt Conversion, Original Debt, Amount

78,500

Debt Conversion, Accrued Interest, Amount

$3,110

Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price (in Dollars per share)

$0.71