Coated cemented carbide milling inserts, particularly useful for rough and semifinishing milling of grey cast iron, highly alloyed grey cast iron, compacted graphite iron (CGI) with or without cast skin under dry conditions are described.The inserts are characterised by a WC-Co cemented carbide with a low content of cubic carbides and a W-alloyed binder phase and a coating including an inner layer of TiCxNy with columnar grains followed by a wet blasted layer of α-Al2O3.on the rake face and colored top layer on the clearance side.The invention also relates to methods of making and using cutting tool inserts according to the above.