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Employee Benefits (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of (Income) Charges Related to Benefit Plans | The following table presents the components of net periodic pension benefit income for the VEBAs and charges relating to all other employee benefit plans for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012:
| Quarter Ended
| March 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
VEBAs: |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 0.8 |
Interest cost | 3.6 |  |  | 4.5 |
Expected return on plan assets | (11.2 | ) |  | (10.1 | )
Amortization of prior service cost | 1.1 |  |  | 1.0 |
Amortization of net actuarial loss | 0.3 |  |  | 0.8 |
Total net periodic pension benefit income relating to VEBAs | (5.6 | ) |  | (3.0 | )
Deferred compensation plan | 0.4 |  |  | 0.4 |
Defined contribution plans | 4.0 |  |  | 3.4 |
Multiemployer pension plans | 0.8 |  |  | 0.8 |
Total | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 1.6 |
Allocation of (Income) Charges Relating to Benefit Plans by Segment | The following table presents the allocation of the (income) charges detailed above, by segment (see Note 11):
| Quarter Ended
| March 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
Fabricated Products | $ | 4.6 |  |  | $ | 4.0 |
All Other | (5.0 | ) |  | (2.4 | )
Total | $ | (0.4 | ) |  | $ | 1.6 |

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