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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Value Of Each Of The Major Classes Of Consolidated Depreciable Assets | The following table indicates the value of each of the major classes of our consolidated depreciable assets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013:
| (In Millions)
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Land rights and mineral rights | $ | 590.2 |  |  | $ | 7,819.6 |
Office and information technology | 75.5 |  |  | 125.7 |
Buildings | 65.6 |  |  | 255.2 |
Mining equipment | 732.6 |  |  | 1,819.3 |
Processing equipment | 567.4 |  |  | 2,148.6 |
Electric power facilities | 48.8 |  |  | 114.3 |
Land improvements | 25.5 |  |  | 69.3 |
Other | 60.8 |  |  | 227.6 |
Construction in-progress | 51.3 |  |  | 991.3 |
| 2,217.7 |  |  | 13,570.9 |
Allowance for depreciation and depletion | (802.8 | ) |  | (2,417.5 | )
| $ | 1,414.9 |  |  | $ | 11,153.4 |
Book Value of Land and Mineral Rights Disclosure [Table Text Block] | The net book value of the land rights and mineral rights as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:
| (In Millions)
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Land rights | $ | 31.9 |  |  | $ | 46.3 |
Mineral rights: |  |  |
Cost | $ | 558.3 |  |  | $ | 7,773.3 |
Depletion | (101.3 | ) |  | (942.6 | )
Net mineral rights | $ | 457.0 |  |  | $ | 6,830.7 |

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