Long-term Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

LP’s long-term debt consists of the following:

Dollars in millions	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
Debentures:
Senior secured notes, maturing 2017	$	—		$	189.6
Senior notes, maturing 2020	350.0			—
Bank credit facilities:
Chilean term credit facility, maturing 2019, denominated in UF	42.2			40.5
Brazilian export financing facility, maturing 2017	10.0			10.0
Limited recourse notes payable:
Senior notes, payable 2012	7.9			7.9
Senior notes, payable 2013 - 2018	112.0			112.0
Other financing
Non-recourse notes, payable 2018	368.7			368.7
Other	0.3			0.4
Total	891.1			729.1
Less: current portion	(105.7		)	(13.2		)
Net long-term portion	$	785.4		$	715.9