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Future cash outflow to pay for purchases of fixed assets that have occurred.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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- Definition

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash outflow for the extinguishment of long-term borrowing, with the highest claim on the assets of the entity in case of bankruptcy or liquidation, before its maturity.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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Other Financial Statement Disclosures - Long Term Debt, Narrative (Details) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Feb. 08, 2017	Jan. 03, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Jan. 09, 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt					$ (200,000)		$ 600,000
Accrued capital expenditures					$ 15,900,000		27,000,000
Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early repayment of debt		$ 32,800,000
Aggregate amount of debt paid		34,600,000	$ 463,900,000
Debt instrument, face amount of tender offer			$ 750,000,000
Senior Notes [Member] \| 5% Senior Notes due September 2017 and 7.875% Senior Notes due August 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early repayment of debt				$ 20,100,000			15,800,000
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt						$ 1,200,000	600,000
Senior Notes [Member] \| 5% Senior Notes due September 2017 and 7.875% Senior Notes due August 2019, First Extinguishment [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate amount of debt paid							16,500,000
Senior Notes [Member] \| 5% Senior Notes due September 2017 and 7.875% Senior Notes due August 2019, Second Extinguishment [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate amount of debt paid							$ 21,400,000
Senior Notes [Member] \| 5% Senior Notes, due September 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early repayment of debt	$ 94,000,000
Aggregate amount of debt paid		100,000
Stated rate			5.00%		5.00%		5.00%
Principal amount			$ 92,200,000.0					$ 92,100,000.0
Senior Notes [Member] \| 7.875% Senior Notes, due August 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early repayment of debt				9,400,000
Aggregate amount of debt paid		900,000		$ 10,000,000
Stated rate				7.875%	7.875%		7.875%
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt						$ 600,000
Principal amount			209,800,000.0		$ 207,900,000.0
Senior Notes [Member] \| 4.875% Senior Notes, due June 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate amount of debt paid		$ 33,600,000
Stated rate					4.875%
Principal amount			$ 690,200,000.0		$ 656,600,000.0