The additional cash inflows expected to be received on disposal of an equity method investment.

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The cash inflows from installment payments received during the period on disposal of an equity method investment.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 323

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-Subparagraph (a)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Investments in Non-Consolidated Affiliates (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Investments in non-consolidated affiliates
Installment payments, including annual charges, received from the sale of the joint venture	$ 5.1	$ 5.0	$ 15.2	$ 14.7
Remaining principal amount due from sale of joint venture	$ 13.0		$ 13.0
PIGAP II
Investments in non-consolidated affiliates
Ownership interest (as a percent)	30.00%		30.00%
El Furrial
Investments in non-consolidated affiliates
Ownership interest (as a percent)	33.30%		33.30%