Supplemental Cash Flow Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

18.	Supplemental Cash Flow Information

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Cash paid for:
Interest	$	21,257	$	19,809	$	28,383
Income/withholding taxes		64,622		6,481		5,009

Non-cash investing activities:
Accrued capital costs	$	1,041	$	172	$	10,579

Non-Cash Activities

We incurred a $13,091 contingent obligation to E.ON for payments made above an agreed amount on CAKY's behalf in excess of the amount agreed to in the Big Rivers Agreement in 2010. See Note 6 Debt for additional information about the E.ON contingent obligation.

Due to the curtailment of our Ravenswood operations in February 2009, we reclassified certain inventory items into other assets. As a result, there was an $18,023 non-cash change in the inventory due to this reclassification.

In 2011, 2010 and 2009, we issued shares of common stock to certain key employees to satisfy performance share liabilities of $0, $1,050 and $694, respectively, as part of our performance share program.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.

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