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Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Debt Maturing within One Year | Debt maturing within one year consists of the following:
(in Millions) | September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Short-term debt | $ | 58.6 |  |  | $ | 27.0 |
Current portion of long-term debt | 2.9 |  |  | 19.5 |
Total debt maturing within one year | $ | 61.5 |  |  | $ | 46.5 |
Schedule of long-term debt | Long-term debt consists of the following:
(in Millions) | September 30, 2012 |  |  |  |
Interest Rate Percentage |  | Maturity Date |  | 9/30/2012 |  | 12/31/2011
Pollution control and industrial revenue bonds (less unamortized discounts of $0.2 and $0.2, respectively) | 0.2-6.5% |  |  | 2013-2035 |  | $ | 176.7 |  |  | $ | 176.7 |
Senior notes (less unamortized discount of $1.9 and $2.1, respectively) | 3.95-5.2% |  |  | 2019-2022 |  | 598.1 |  |  | 597.9 |
2011 credit agreement | 3.2 | % |  | 2016 |  | 24.0 |  |  | — |
Foreign debt | 0-10.3% |  |  | 2013-2020 |  | 12.0 |  |  | 24.0 |
Total long-term debt |  |  |  |  | $ | 810.8 |  |  | $ | 798.6 |
Less: debt maturing within one year |  |  |  |  | 2.9 |  |  | 19.5 |
Total long-term debt, less current portion |  |  |  |  | $ | 807.9 |  |  | $ | 779.1 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of long-debt instruments or arrangements, including identification, terms, features, collateral requirements and other information necessary to a fair presentation. These are debt arrangements that originally required repayment more than twelve months after issuance or greater than the normal operating cycle of the entity, if longer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 7 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21521-112644 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 55 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6584090&loc=d3e28878-108400 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28541-108399 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(e),(f)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21475-112644 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 470 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6479336&loc=d3e64711-112823 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 835 -SubTopic 30 -Section 45 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6451184&loc=d3e28551-108399 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21538-112644 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 02 -Paragraph 22 -Article 5 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21506-112644 + Details
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