XML 21 R11.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.22.2.2
Property, Plant and Equipment
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]  
Property, Plant and Equipment

Note 3 – Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment were comprised of the following:

 

 

September 30,

2022

 

 

December 31,

2021

 

Land and land improvements

 

$

9,687

 

 

$

10,377

 

Buildings

 

 

60,635

 

 

 

63,166

 

Machinery and equipment

 

 

342,973

 

 

 

345,118

 

Construction-in-process

 

 

16,100

 

 

 

11,019

 

Other

 

 

6,763

 

 

 

6,798

 

 

 

 

436,158

 

 

 

436,478

 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(283,130

)

 

 

(277,915

)

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

$

153,028

 

 

$

158,563

 

The land and building of Union Electric Steel UK Limited, an indirect subsidiary of the Corporation (“UES-UK”), equal to $2,362 (£2,122) at September 30, 2022, are held as collateral by the trustees of the UES-UK defined benefit pension plan (Note 7). Machinery and equipment purchased with proceeds from the equipment finance facility (Note 6), equal to $4,014 at September 30, 2022, are included in construction-in-process and pledged as collateral for the facility. The remaining assets, other than real property, of the Corporation are pledged as collateral for the Corporation’s revolving credit facility (Note 6).

Certain land and land improvements and buildings were included sale and leaseback financing transactions (Note 6). Title to these assets lie with the lender; however, since the transactions qualified as financing transactions, versus sales, the assets remain recorded on the Corporation’s consolidated balance sheet.

The gross value of assets under finance leases and the related accumulated amortization approximated $4,188 and $1,287, respectively, as of September 30, 2022, and $3,882 and $1,263, respectively, at December 31, 2021. Depreciation expense approximated $4,117 and $4,210, including depreciation of assets under finance leases of approximately $77 and $124, for the three months ended September 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively. Depreciation expense approximated $12,854 and $13,071, including depreciation of assets under finance leases of approximately $337 and $342, for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, and 2021, respectively.