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Employee Benefits, Net Periodic Benefit Costs and Charges Relating To Other Benefit Plans(Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Net Periodic Benefit Costs and Charges Relating to Other Benefit Plans      
Non-cash net periodic benefit income $ (23.5)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCost $ (22.0)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCost $ (11.5)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCost
Total (14.4)kalu_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCostAndChargesRelatingToOtherBenefitPlans (12.9)kalu_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCostAndChargesRelatingToOtherBenefitPlans (3.0)kalu_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCostAndChargesRelatingToOtherBenefitPlans
Fabricated Products      
Net Periodic Benefit Costs and Charges Relating to Other Benefit Plans      
Deferred compensation plan 0.2us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_FabricatedProductsMember
0.3us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_FabricatedProductsMember
0.2us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_FabricatedProductsMember
Defined contribution plans 7.3us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_FabricatedProductsMember
7.2us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_FabricatedProductsMember
6.8us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_FabricatedProductsMember
Total 7.8kalu_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCostAndChargesRelatingToOtherBenefitPlans
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_FabricatedProductsMember
[1] 8.0kalu_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCostAndChargesRelatingToOtherBenefitPlans
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_FabricatedProductsMember
[1] 7.4kalu_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCostAndChargesRelatingToOtherBenefitPlans
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_FabricatedProductsMember
[1]
All Other      
Net Periodic Benefit Costs and Charges Relating to Other Benefit Plans      
Deferred compensation plan 0.7us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_AllOtherMember
0.9us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_AllOtherMember
0.8us-gaap_DeferredCompensationArrangementWithIndividualCompensationExpense
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_AllOtherMember
Defined contribution plans 0.8us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_AllOtherMember
0.7us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_AllOtherMember
0.7us-gaap_DefinedContributionPlanCostRecognized
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_AllOtherMember
Total (22.2)kalu_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCostAndChargesRelatingToOtherBenefitPlans
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_AllOtherMember
(20.9)kalu_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCostAndChargesRelatingToOtherBenefitPlans
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_AllOtherMember
(10.4)kalu_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCostAndChargesRelatingToOtherBenefitPlans
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_AllOtherMember
Canadian pension plan | Fabricated Products      
Net Periodic Benefit Costs and Charges Relating to Other Benefit Plans      
Non-cash net periodic benefit income 0.3us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCost
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignPensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_FabricatedProductsMember
0.5us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCost
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignPensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_FabricatedProductsMember
0.4us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCost
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignPensionPlansDefinedBenefitMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_FabricatedProductsMember
VEBAs | All Other      
Net Periodic Benefit Costs and Charges Relating to Other Benefit Plans      
Non-cash net periodic benefit income $ (23.7)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCost
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= kalu_VebasMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_AllOtherMember
[2] $ (22.5)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCost
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= kalu_VebasMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_AllOtherMember
[2] $ (11.9)us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanNetPeriodicBenefitCost
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis
= kalu_VebasMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= kalu_AllOtherMember
[2]
[1] Substantially all of the Fabricated Products segment’s employee benefits related charges are in Cost of products sold, excluding depreciation and amortization and other items with the remaining balance in Selling, administrative, research and development and general.
[2] Included within the Statements of Consolidated Income as Net periodic pension benefit income relating to VEBAs.