Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 499,851	$ 456,316
Delivery revenues	36,031	30,884
Total revenues	535,882	487,200
Cost of goods sold	477,893	463,422
Delivery costs	36,031	30,884
Cost of revenues	513,924	494,306
Gross profit	21,958	(7,106)
Selling, administrative and general expenses	64,912	77,516
Gain on sale of property, plant & equipment and businesses, net	6,526	454
Recovery from legal settlement (Note 19)	0	25,546
Exchange offer costs (Note 1)	(10,065)	0
Other operating income (expense), net	214	(2,562)
Operating loss	(46,279)	(61,184)
Other nonoperating income, net	3,098	1,382
Interest expense, net	52,266	42,250
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes	(95,447)	(102,052)
Benefit from income taxes	(38,397)	(37,430)
Loss from continuing operations	(57,050)	(64,622)
Earnings on discontinued operations, net of tax	4,997	9,889
Net loss	(52,053)	(54,733)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
Reclassification adjustment for cash flow hedges	938	1,450
Amortization of pension and postretirement plan actuarial loss and prior service cost	3,084	2,217
Other comprehensive income	4,022	3,667
Comprehensive loss	(48,031)	(51,066)
Basic earnings (loss) per share
Continuing operations	$ (0.44)	$ (0.50)
Discontinued operations	$ 0.04	$ 0.08
Net loss per share	$ (0.40)	$ (0.42)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
Continuing operations	$ (0.44)	$ (0.50)
Discontinued operations	$ 0.04	$ 0.08
Net loss per share	$ (0.40)	$ (0.42)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
Basic	129,593	129,078
Assuming dilution	129,593	129,078
Cash dividends declared per share of common stock	$ 0.01	$ 0.25
Depreciation, depletion, accretion and amortization	$ 85,167	$ 90,586
Effective tax rate from continuing operations	40.20%	36.70%