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SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
|  | Balance atBeginning of Period |  |  | Charged To Cost and Expense |  |  | Charged to other accounts |  |  | Deductions |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
|  | (Dollars in thousands) |
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful trade accounts receivable |  | $ | 1,000 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (266 | ) |  | $ | 734 |
Deferred tax asset - valuation allowance |  | $ | 550,204 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 130,890 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 681,094 |
Inventory – lower of cost or market reserve |  | $ | 55,867 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (47,152 | ) |  | $ | 8,715 |
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful trade accounts receivable |  | $ | 734 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 734 |
Deferred tax asset - valuation allowance |  | $ | 681,094 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 33,329 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 714,423 |
Inventory – lower of cost or market reserve |  | $ | 8,715 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (338 | ) |  | $ | 8,377 |
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful trade accounts receivable |  | $ | 734 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 734 |
Deferred tax asset - valuation allowance |  | $ | 714,423 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 59,291 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 773,714 |
Inventory – lower of cost or market reserve |  | $ | 8,377 |  |  | $ | 19,766 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 28,143 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690 + Details
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