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INVENTORIES: (Details) (USD $) | 6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2011 | Jun. 30, 2010 | Dec. 31, 2010
Metals at lower of average cost or market: |  |  |
Finished goods | $ 101,300,000 |  | $ 67,900,000
Work-in-process | 248,000,000 |  | 227,600,000
Supplies at average cost | 260,100,000 |  | 245,500,000
Total inventories | 609,436,000 |  | 540,988,000
Inventory, long-term |  |  |
Long-term leach stockpiles | 59,964,000 |  | 29,668,000
Average estimated recovery period of long-term leach stockpiles (in years) | 5 |  |
Leaching costs capitalized as longterm inventory of leachable material | 54,100,000 |  |
Long-term leaching inventories recognized as cost of sales | $ 23,600,000 | $ 21,000,000 |

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