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Discontinued Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Discontinued Operations  
Discontinued Operations

2.     Discontinued Operations

        During 2014, the company recorded an after-tax loss from discontinued operations of $205 million in connection with the reassessment of estimated loss contingencies related to the lead business of St. Joe Minerals Corporation and The Doe Run Company in Herculaneum, Missouri, which the company sold in 1994. The tax effect associated with this loss was $112 million. During 2015, the company recorded an after-tax loss from discontinued operations of $6 million resulting from the settlement of lead exposure cases related to the divested lead business and the payment of legal fees incurred in connection with a pending indemnification action against the buyer of the lead business for these settlements and others. The tax effect associated with this loss was $3 million.