ACQUISITION (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
KA Steel [Member]
 
Business Acquisition [Line Items]  
Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation [Table Text Block]
 
August 22, 2012
 
($ in millions)
Total current assets
$
126.0

Property, plant and equipment
23.9

Intangible assets
139.5

Total assets acquired
289.4

Total current liabilities
63.2

Other liabilities
10.1

Total liabilities assumed
73.3

Net identifiable assets acquired
216.1

Goodwill
124.9

Fair value of net assets acquired
$
341.0

Supplemental Data
 
Cash paid
$
338.5

Olin trade accounts receivable from KA Steel
2.5

Total fair value of consideration
$
341.0

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
($ in millions, except per share data)
Sales
$
686.9

 
$
656.2

 
$
1,879.8

 
$
1,803.4

Net income
39.3

 
44.5

 
124.9

 
220.4

Net income per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.49

 
$
0.56

 
$
1.56

 
$
2.76

Diluted
$
0.48

 
$
0.55

 
$
1.54

 
$
2.73


SunBelt [Member]
 
Business Acquisition [Line Items]  
Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation [Table Text Block]
 
February 28, 2011
 
($ in millions)
Total current assets
$
37.6

Property, plant and equipment
87.4

Deferred income taxes
0.4

Other assets
5.8

Total assets acquired
131.2

Total current liabilities
42.7

Long-term debt
75.1

Other liabilities
27.6

Total liabilities assumed
145.4

Less:  Investment in SunBelt
(0.8
)
Net liabilities assumed
(13.4
)
Liabilities for uncertainties
48.3

Gain on remeasurement of investment in SunBelt
(181.4
)
Goodwill
327.1

Fair value of total consideration
$
180.6

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 30, 2011
 
($ in millions, except per share data)
Sales
$
1,541.6

Net income
121.9

Net income per common share:
 
Basic
$
1.53

Diluted
$
1.51