Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

9.	Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment, at December 31, consist of the following:

	2011			2010
Land and improvements	$	13,021		$	13,040
Buildings and improvements		320,552			318,767
Machinery and equipment		1,387,010			1,381,524
Construction in progress		162,161			144,287
		1,882,744			1,857,618
Less accumulated depreciation		(664,519	)		(600,648	)
Property, plant, and equipment - net	$	1,218,225		$	1,256,970

For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, we recorded depreciation expense of $62,194, $63,550 and $63,855, respectively.

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the cost of property, plant, and equipment includes $176,029 and $173,532, respectively, and accumulated depreciation includes $105,585 and $98,279, respectively, representing our undivided interest in the property, plant, and equipment comprising Mt. Holly.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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