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Discontinued Operations
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Discontinued Operations And Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Discontinued Operations

3. Discontinued operations

In December 2011, the Company ceased manufacturing operations at its carbon black facility located in Kurnell, Australia. This decision was made as a result of deteriorating business conditions including raw material availability and cost, competition in the export markets due to the strength of the Australian dollar and a variety of other factors. The Company estimates that total future closure costs related to this facility will be approximately $0.5 million. The closure is expected to be completed by 2014. The facility is part of the Carbon Materials and Chemicals segment.

 

Details of the restructuring activities and related reserves are as follows:

 

      Severance and
employee benefits
    Environmental
remediation
    Inventory
writedowns
    Site
demolition
    Other     Total  
(Dollars in millions)                                     

Reserve at December 31, 2011

   $ 1.8      $ 6.7      $ 0.0      $ 6.2      $ 1.2      $ 15.9   

Charges

     0.1        0.0        0.4        0.0        0.0        0.5   

Costs charged against assets

     0.0        0.0        (0.4     0.0        0.0        (0.4

Reversal of accrued charges

     0.0        0.0        0.0        0.0        (0.6     (0.6

Cash expenditures

     (1.7     (0.1     0.0        (0.4     (0.5     (2.7

Currency translation

     0.0        0.1        0.0        0.1        0.0        0.2   
                                                  

Reserve at December 31, 2012

   $ 0.2      $ 6.7      $ 0.0      $ 5.9      $ 0.1      $ 12.9   

Reversal of accrued charges

     0.0        0.0        0.0        (0.3     0.0        (0.3

Cash expenditures

     (0.1     (0.1     0.0        (0.9     0.0        (1.1

Currency translation

     0.0        (0.7     0.0        (0.6     0.0        (1.3
                                                  

Reserve at June 30, 2013

   $ 0.1      $ 5.9      $ 0.0      $ 4.1      $ 0.1      $ 10.2   
                                                  

Net sales and operating profit from discontinued operations for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 consist of the following amounts:

 

     Three Months
Ended June 30,
     Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
      2013      2012      2013      2012  

Net sales

   $ 0.0       $ 0.2       $ 0.0       $ 5.4   

Operating loss

     (0.3      (0.5      (0.1      (0.2