Property, Plant and Equipment

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

3.	Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment were comprised of the following:


	June 30, 2013			December 31, 2012

Land and land improvements	$	5,006		$	5,006
Buildings		44,702			43,411
Machinery and equipment		236,789			237,473
Construction-in-progress		11,196			7,493
Other		8,639			8,674

		306,332			302,057
Accumulated depreciation		(157,091	)		(151,760	)

	$	149,241		$	150,297

Land and buildings of Union Electric Steel UK Limited (UES-UK) equal to approximately $4,169 (£2,741) at June 30, 2013 are held as collateral by the trustees of the UES-UK contributory defined benefit pension plan (see Note 5).

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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