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Employee Benefits (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Net Periodic Benefit (Income) Cost | Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Income). Net periodic benefit costs consisted of the following, for each period presented:
| Quarter Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
VEBAs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 2.2 |  |  | $ | 2.2 |
Interest cost | 3.9 |  |  | 4.0 |  |  | 11.6 |  |  | 12.0 |
Expected return on plan assets | (7.6 | ) |  | (5.2 | ) |  | (22.8 | ) |  | (15.7 | )
Amortization of prior service cost | 1.1 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 3.1 |  |  | 3.1 |
Amortization of net gain | (0.2 | ) |  | (0.1 | ) |  | (0.6 | ) |  | (0.3 | )
Total (income) cost relating to VEBAs | (2.1 | ) |  | 0.4 |  |  | (6.5 | ) |  | 1.3 |
Deferred compensation plan | (0.3 | ) |  | 0.2 |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  | 1.1 |
Defined contribution plans | 1.2 |  |  | 1.1 |  |  | 5.9 |  |  | 5.5 |
Multiemployer pension plans | 0.8 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 2.3 |  |  | 2.1 |
Total | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 2.4 |  |  | $ | 1.6 |  |  | $ | 10.0 |
Allocation of net periodic benefit (income) cost and (benefits) charges relating to other benefit plans | The following tables present the allocation of the charges detailed above, by segment (see Note 14):
| Quarter Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Fabricated Products | $ | 1.7 |  |  | $ | 1.8 |  |  | $ | 7.4 |  |  | $ | 7.0 |
All Other | (2.1 | ) |  | 0.6 |  |  | (5.8 | ) |  | 3.0 |
Total | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 2.4 |  |  | $ | 1.6 |  |  | $ | 10.0 |
Schedule of common shares sold by Union VEBA |
| Nine Months Ended
| September 30,
| 2011 |  | 2010
Common stock sold by Union VEBA | 1,321,485 |  |  | 1,321,485 |
Increase in Union VEBA assets 1 | $ | 65.5 |  |  | $ | 52.0 |
Reduction in Common stock owned by Union VEBA 2 | $ | (31.7 | ) |  | $ | (31.7 | )
Increase in Additional paid in capital | $ | (9.1 | ) |  | $ | (0.7 | )
Decrease in Deferred tax assets | $ | (24.7 | ) |  | $ | (19.6 | )
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1 | At a weighted-average price of $49.58 and $39.38 per share realized by the Union VEBA for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 and September 30, 2010, respectively.
2 At $24.02 per share reorganization value.

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