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INVENTORIES: (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2011
INVENTORIES: |
Schedule of inventories |
(in millions) |  | At June 30, 2011 |  | At December 31, 2010 |
Inventory, current: |  |  |  |  |
Metals at lower of average cost or market: |  |  |  |  |
Finished goods |  | $ | 101.3 |  | $ | 67.9 |
Work-in-process |  | 248.0 |  | 227.6 |
Supplies at average cost |  | 260.1 |  | 245.5 |
Total current inventory |  | $ | 609.4 |  | $ | 541.0 |
Inventory, long-term |  |  |  |  |
Long-term leach stockpiles |  | $ | 60.0 |  | $ | 29.7 |

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