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Property, Plant and Equipment, Net | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net. |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net | 10. Property, Plant and Equipment, Net ​
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​ | ​ | December 31, | ​ | December 31,
($ in millions) |  | 2019 |  | 2018
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Land | ​ | $ | 153 | ​ | $ | 159
Buildings | ​ | ​ | 1,433 | ​ | ​ | 1,359
Machinery and equipment | ​ | ​ | 5,513 | ​ | ​ | 5,250
Construction-in-progress | ​ | ​ | 434 | ​ | ​ | 509
​ | ​ | ​ | 7,533 | ​ | ​ | 7,277
Accumulated depreciation | ​ | ​ | (3,063) | ​ | ​ | (2,735)
​ | ​ | $ | 4,470 | ​ | $ | 4,542
​ Property, plant and equipment are stated at historical or acquired cost. Depreciation expense amounted to $491 million, $498 million and $509 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. ​ As discussed in Note 6, Ball recorded an impairment charge in 2019 related to its Saudi Arabian beverage packaging business (of which Ball owns 51 percent). The impairment charge was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2019 and was triggered by the loss of a major customer for this business in December 2019. The loss of volumes led management to perform impairment tests for long-lived assets and goodwill for the beverage AMEA reporting unit. The impairment reviews led to the recognition of non-cash impairment charges totaling $64 million, which primarily related to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. This impairment charge was recorded in business consolidation and other activities in the company’s consolidated statement of earnings. The fair value of the impacted long-lived assets was estimated using an income approach.

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- 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. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823 + Details
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