Property, Plant, and Equipment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, plant, and equipment consist of the following (dollars in thousands):



	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
Land and land improvements	$	140,886		$	140,592
Buildings	637,004			628,948
Machinery and equipment	4,268,457			4,246,294
Construction in progress	198,082			168,808
Other	49,381			48,058
Property, plant, and equipment, at cost	5,293,810			5,232,700
Less accumulated depreciation	(2,493,068		)	(2,426,996		)
Property, plant, and equipment, net	$	2,800,742		$	2,805,704

Depreciation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, was $76.0 million and $41.1 million, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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