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Non-operating Income (Expense) (Notes) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Abstract] |
Other Income and Other Expense Disclosure [Text Block] | NON-OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSE) Included in LP’s Consolidated Statements of Income is non-operating expense of $27.4 million, $3.8 million and $69.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012. This income (expense) is comprised of the following components:
| Year ended December 31,
Dollar amounts in millions | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Interest expense | $ | (29.9 | ) |  | $ | (36.2 | ) |  | $ | (48.0 | )
Amortization of debt charges | (1.2 | ) |  | (1.4 | ) |  | (1.5 | )
Capitalized interest | 1.3 |  |  | 1.6 |  |  | 0.2 |
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest | (29.8 | ) |  | (36.0 | ) |  | (49.3 | )
Investment income | 5.5 |  |  | 9.4 |  |  | 13.0 |
SERP market adjustments | — |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | 1.8 |
Investment income | 5.5 |  |  | 10.3 |  |  | 14.8 |
Foreign currency losses | (3.1 | ) |  | (5.3 | ) |  | (2.7 | )
Gain on settlement of litigation related to ARS | — |  |  | — |  |  | 20.0 |
Gain on acquisition | — |  |  | 35.9 |  |  | — |
Gain on the sale of joint venture | — |  |  | 1.2 |  |  | — |
Early debt extinguishment | — |  |  | (2.3 | ) |  | (52.2 | )
Other non-operating income (expense) | (3.1 | ) |  | 29.5 |  |  | (34.9 | )
Total non-operating income (expense) | $ | (27.4 | ) |  | $ | 3.8 |  |  | $ | (69.4 | )
For the year ended December 31, 2013, LP recognized a gain of $35.9 million from the acquisition of the remaining 50% ownership of the Peace Valley OSB joint venture and a gain of $1.2 million from the sale of the U.S. GreenFiber joint venture. For the year ended December 31, 2012 , LP recognized a gain of $20.0 million from the settlement of its ARS litigation with Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3,6,7,9) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 3, 6, 7, 9 -Article 5 + Details
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