|
PENSIONS AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates) (Details)
|
12 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
|
Dec. 31, 2012
|
Dec. 31, 2011
|
|
| Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] | ||
| Ultimate health care cost trend rate | 5.00% | 5.00% |
|
United States [Member]
|
||
| Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] | ||
| Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year | 7.50% | 7.50% |
|
Canada [Member]
|
||
| Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items] | ||
| Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year | 7.50% | 8.00% |
| X | ||||||||||
|
- Definition
The assumed health care cost trend rate for the next year used to measure the expected cost of benefits covered by the plan (gross eligible charges). This is based upon the annual rate of change in the cost of health care benefits currently provided by the postretirement benefit plan, due to factors other than changes in the composition of the plan population by age and dependency status. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
|
| X | ||||||||||
|
- Details
|
| X | ||||||||||
|
- Definition
The ultimate trend rate for health care costs. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
|