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INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
INCOME TAXES  
Schedule of income before taxes

 

 
  Years Ended December 31,  
(In thousands)
  2012   2011   2010  

U.S. operations

  $ 175,992   $ 48,855   $ 32,381  

Foreign operations

    1,792     4,685     11,576  
               

Total

  $ 177,784   $ 53,540   $ 43,957  
               
Schedule of provision for (benefit from) income taxes

 

 
  Years Ended December 31,  
(In thousands)
  2012   2011   2010  

Current income taxes:

                   

Federal

  $ 63,466   $ 17,200   $ 9,793  

State

    6,739     1,657     1,587  

Foreign

    (4,519 )   (19,312 )   (8,182 )
               

Total current

    65,686     (455 )   3,198  
               

Deferred income taxes:

                   

Federal

    (11,713 )   (3,540 )   (1,838 )

State

    3,251     (172 )   (81 )

Foreign

    (1 )   (50 )   -  
               

Total deferred

    (8,463 )   (3,762 )   (1,919 )
               

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

  $ 57,223   $ (4,217 ) $ 1,279  
               
Reconciliation of the effective income tax rate and the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate

 

 
  Years Ended December 31,  
 
  2012   2011   2010  

 

    35.0 %   35.0 %   35.0 %

State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit

    3.7     2.3     1.8  

Difference between U.S. and foreign tax rates

    -     0.4     (2.3 )

Tax credits

    (1.3 )   -     -  

Domestic manufacturing deduction

    (2.8 )   (3.3 )   (2.2 )

Non-deductible compensation

    0.2     0.6     0.5  

Percentage depletion

    (0.4 )   (1.5 )   (1.9 )

Debt restructuring activities

    -     -     1.6  

Capitalized acquisition costs

    2.1     -     -  

Change in valuation allowance

    0.3     0.9     (13.4 )

Net change in unrecognized tax benefits

    (3.5 )   (39.6 )   (17.3 )

Other, net

    (1.1 )   (2.7 )   1.1  
               

Effective income tax rate

    32.2 %   (7.9 )%   2.9 %
               
Schedule of major items of net deferred tax liability

 

 
  As of December 31,  
(In thousands)
  2012   2011  

Deferred tax assets:

             

Receivables

  $ 2,817   $ 1,416  

Inventories

    4,440     4,051  

Net operating loss carryforwards

    4,258     11,596  

Employee compensation

    10,789     7,762  

Accrued liabilities

    5,420     3,986  

Tax credits

    24,338     24,548  

Environmental

    2,683     2,254  

Property, plant and equipment—foreign

    91,255     80,707  

Pension

    19,990     15,872  

Other deferred tax assets

    1,181     1,357  
           

Total deferred tax assets

    167,171     153,549  

Valuation allowance

    (105,286 )   (101,267 )
           

Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance

    61,885     52,282  

Deferred tax liability:

             

Property, plant and equipment—domestic

    (111,958 )   (113,767 )

Intangible assets

    (32,917 )   (32,610 )

Other

    -     (3,066 )

Debt restructuring

    (50,617 )   (50,338 )

Foreign currency translation gain

    (19,088 )   (15,207 )
           

Total deferred tax liability

    (214,580 )   (214,988 )
           

Net deferred tax liability

  $ (152,695 ) $ (162,706 )
           
Schedule of jurisdictional amount of NOLs and the years in which they will expire

The jurisdictional amount of NOLs as of December 31, 2012, and the years in which they will expire, are as follows (in thousands):

Jurisdiction   NOL Amount   Year of Expiration

U.S. state

  $ 1,654   2013-2031

Canada federal

    23,738   2027-2029

Canada provincial

    1,196   2028-2029
Schedule of tax credits that expire over varying amounts and periods

As of December 31, 2012, we had U.S. state and foreign tax credit carryovers. These tax credits expire over varying amounts and periods as follows (in thousands):

Jurisdiction   Tax credit
Carryover
Amount
  Year of
Expiration

U.S. state tax credits (gross of federal benefit)

  $ 21,936   indefinite

Foreign tax credits

    10,079   2018-2030
Schedule of the tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdiction

 

Tax Jurisdiction   Open Years

United States Federal

  2009-2012

Canada

  2008-2012

Various states

  2006-2012
Reconciliation of the liability for unrecognized tax benefits

 

 
  2012   2011   2010  

Balance as of beginning of the year

  $ 28,884   $ 53,315   $ 58,458  

Additions for current year tax positions

    311     210     3,329  

Additions for prior year tax positions (including interest and penalties of $826, $1,533 and $1,522 for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively)

    1,508     1,533     1,626  

Reductions for prior year tax positions

    (58 )   (19,345 )   (7,715 )

Settlements

    (306 )   (2,095 )   (1,303 )

Reductions related to expirations of statute of limitations

    (7,250 )   (3,675 )   (3,215 )

Foreign currency translation

    398     (1,059 )   2,135  
               

Balance as of the end of the year

  $ 23,487   $ 28,884   $ 53,315