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Fair Value Measurements, Fair Value Hierarchy Table (Details) (Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member], USD $) In Millions	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	$ 42.2	$ 79.1
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	60.4	78.4
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Call option purchase contracts [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0.5	9.3
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Call option purchase contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0	0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Call option purchase contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0.5	9.3
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Call option purchase contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0	0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Call option sales contracts [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0.5	9.3
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Call option sales contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Call option sales contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0.5	9.3
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Call option sales contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Put option purchase contracts [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets		0.1
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Put option purchase contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets		0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Put option purchase contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets		0.1
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Put option purchase contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets		0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Put option sales contracts [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities		0.1
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Put option sales contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities		0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Put option sales contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities		0.1
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Put option sales contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities		0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Fixed priced purchase contracts [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	1.4	18.2
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	5.7	0.4
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Fixed priced purchase contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0	0
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Fixed priced purchase contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	1.4	18.2
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	5.7	0.4
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Fixed priced purchase contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0	0
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Fixed priced sales contracts [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0.5
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0.4	3.4
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Fixed priced sales contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Fixed priced sales contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0.5
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0.4	3.4
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Fixed priced sales contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Midwest premium swap contracts [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0.7	0.2
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities		0.1
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Midwest premium swap contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0	0
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities		0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Midwest premium swap contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0	0
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities		0
Aluminum Commodity [Member] | Midwest premium swap contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0.7	0.2
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities		0.1
Natural Gas [Member] | Call option purchase contracts [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets		0.3
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0.1
Natural Gas [Member] | Call option purchase contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets		0
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0
Natural Gas [Member] | Call option purchase contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets		0.3
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0.1
Natural Gas [Member] | Call option purchase contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets		0
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0
Natural Gas [Member] | Put option purchase contracts [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0.9	2.5
Natural Gas [Member] | Put option purchase contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0	0
Natural Gas [Member] | Put option purchase contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0.9	2.5
Natural Gas [Member] | Put option purchase contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0	0
Natural Gas [Member] | Put option sales contracts [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	4.0	4.6
Natural Gas [Member] | Put option sales contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Natural Gas [Member] | Put option sales contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	4.0	4.6
Natural Gas [Member] | Put option sales contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed priced purchase contracts [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets		0.1
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0.9	0.5
Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed priced purchase contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets		0
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed priced purchase contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets		0.1
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0.9	0.5
Natural Gas [Member] | Fixed priced purchase contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets		0
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Electricity [Member] | Fixed priced purchase contracts [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	1.2
Electricity [Member] | Fixed priced purchase contracts [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0
Electricity [Member] | Fixed priced purchase contracts [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	1.2
Electricity [Member] | Fixed priced purchase contracts [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0
Hedges Relating to Notes [Member] | Bifurcated Conversion Feature [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	47.6	60.0
Hedges Relating to Notes [Member] | Bifurcated Conversion Feature [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Hedges Relating to Notes [Member] | Bifurcated Conversion Feature [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	47.6	60.0
Hedges Relating to Notes [Member] | Bifurcated Conversion Feature [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Hedges Relating to Notes [Member] | Call Options [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	38.2	48.4
Hedges Relating to Notes [Member] | Call Options [Member] | Level 1 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0	0
Hedges Relating to Notes [Member] | Call Options [Member] | Level 2 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	38.2	48.4
Hedges Relating to Notes [Member] | Call Options [Member] | Level 3 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0	0
Level 1 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0	0
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	0	0
Level 2 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	41.5	78.9
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	60.4	78.3
Level 3 [Member]
Derivative assets
Derivative assets	0.7	0.2
Derivative liabilities
Derivative Liabilities	$ 0	$ 0.1

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