EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

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	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
Millions of dollars	2015			2014			2015		2014
Three months ended March 31,
Service cost	$	5.8		$	5.0		$	1.4	$	1.2
Interest cost	9.5			10.2			2.9		3.1
Expected return on assets	(15.5		)	(16.8		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	1.0			1.0			0.1		0.1
Amortization of actuarial losses	3.5			1.3			0.6		0.1
Net periodic benefit cost	$	4.3		$	0.7		$	5.0	$	4.5

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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

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	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
Millions of dollars	2015			2014			2015		2014
Three months ended March 31,
Service cost	$	4.6		$	4.0		$	1.1	$	1.0
Interest cost	8.0			8.6			2.3		2.4
Expected return on assets	(13.0		)	(14.2		)	—		—
Prior service cost amortization	0.8			0.9			0.1		0.1
Amortization of actuarial losses	3.0			1.1			0.4		0.1
Net periodic benefit cost	$	3.4		$	0.4		$	3.9	$	3.6