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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:

NOTE 8 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:

 

Receivable and payable balances with affiliated companies are shown below (in millions):

 

 

 

As of

 

 

 

March 31, 2012

 

December 31, 2011

 

Affiliate receivable:

 

 

 

 

 

Grupo Mexico S.A.B de C.V. and affiliates

 

$

0.8

 

$

0.7

 

Asarco LLC.

 

—

 

0.2

 

Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V.

 

0.2

 

0.1

 

Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates

 

—

 

1.0

 

 

 

$

1.0

 

$

2.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliate payable:

 

 

 

 

 

Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de C.V. and affiliates

 

$

2.7

 

$

2.0

 

Asarco LLC

 

4.9

 

—

 

Higher Technology S.A.C.

 

—

 

0.1

 

Breaker S.A. de C.V

 

0.4

 

0.2

 

Exploraciones Mineras del Peru S.A.C.

 

0.1

 

0.3

 

Mexico transportes aereos S.A. de C.V. (“Mextransport”)

 

1.2

 

0.5

 

Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates

 

1.5

 

—

 

Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A. de C.V.

 

1.2

 

1.3

 

 

 

$

12.0

 

$

4.4

 

 

The Company has entered into certain transactions in the ordinary course of business with parties that are controlling shareholders or their affiliates.  These transactions include the lease of office space, air transportation and construction services and products and services relating to mining and refining.  The Company lends and borrows funds among affiliates for acquisitions and other corporate purposes.  These financial transactions bear interest and are subject to review and approval by senior management, as are all related party transactions.  It is the Company’s policy that the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors shall review all related party transactions.  The Company is prohibited from entering or continuing a material related party transaction that has not been reviewed and approved or ratified by the Audit Committee.

 

Purchase Activity:

 

The following table summarizes the purchase activity with related parties in the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 (in millions):

 

 

 

As of March 31,

 

 

 

2012

 

2011

 

Grupo Mexico and affiliates:

 

 

 

 

 

Grupo Mexico Servicios S.A de C.V

 

$

3.5

 

$

3.5

 

Asarco LLC.

 

5.6

 

7.7

 

Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A de C.V.

 

4.1

 

0.5

 

Mexico Constructora Industrial S.A. de C.V.

 

11.2

 

7.2

 

Cia Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V and affiliates

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

Consortio Tricobre

 

—

 

0.1

 

Other Larrea family companies:

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico Compania de Productos Automotrices S.A. de C.V.

 

—

 

0.1

 

Mexico Transportes Aereos S.A. de C.V. (“Mextransport”)

 

0.7

 

0.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Companies with relationships to SCC executive officers families:

 

 

 

 

 

Higher Technology S.A.C.

 

0.3

 

0.3

 

Servicios y Fabricaciones Mecanicas S.A.C.

 

—

 

0.1

 

Sempertrans France Belting Technology

 

—

 

0.2

 

PIGOBA S.A. de C.V.

 

—

 

0.1

 

Breaker S.A. de C.V.

 

0.5

 

1.1

 

Total purchases

 

$

26.0

 

$

21.7

 

 

Grupo Mexico, the Company’s ultimate parent and the majority indirect stockholder of the Company, and its affiliates provide various services to the Company.  These services are primarily related to accounting, legal, tax, financial, treasury, human resources, price risk assessment and hedging, purchasing, procurement and logistics, sales and administrative and other support services.  The Company pays Grupo Mexico for these services.  The Company expects to continue to pay for these services in the future.

 

The Company’s Mexican operations paid fees for freight services provided by Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A de C.V., for construction services provided by Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollo S.A. de C.V. and its affiliates and for drilling services provided by Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V. The three companies are subsidiaries of Grupo Mexico.

 

The Company’s Peruvian operations paid fees for engineering and consulting services provided by Consorcio Tricobre and Consorcio CESEL-CONSUTEC.  Both are Peruvian consortia in which Servicios de Ingenieria Consultec, S.A. de C. V., a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, had 42.7% and 50% participation, respectively.  These consortia concluded their activities in September 2010 and September 2011, respectively.

 

In the first quarter of 2012, the Company’s Peruvian operations paid fees for engineering and consulting services provided by Exploraciones Mineras del Peru S.A.C.,  a Peruvian company in which Grupo Mexico Servicios de Ingenieria, S.A. de C.V and Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos S.A. de C. V. have a 99.97% and 0.03% participation, respectively. Both companies are subsidiaries of Grupo Mexico.

 

The Larrea family controls a majority of the capital stock of Grupo Mexico, and has extensive interests in other businesses, including aviation, and real estate.  The Company engages in certain transactions in the ordinary course of business with other entities controlled by the Larrea family relating to the lease of office space and air transportation. In connection with this, the Company paid fees for maintenance services and sale of vehicles provided by México Compañia de Productos Automotrices, S.A. de C.V., a company controlled by the Larrea family and which is currently in liquidation.

 

Additionally, in 2007, the Company’s Mexican subsidiaries provided guaranties for two loans obtained by Mexico Transportes Aereos, S.A. de C.V. (“MexTransport”), a company controlled by the Larrea family, from Bank of Nova Scotia in Mexico. One of these loans has been repaid and the remaining loan requires semi-annual repayments. Conditions and balance as of March 31, 2012 are as follows:

 

 

 

Loan Open

 

Original loan balance (in millions)

 

$8.5

 

Maturity

 

August 2013

 

Interest rate

 

Libor + 0.15%

 

Remaining balance at March 31, 2012 (in millions)

 

$1.9

 

 

MexTransport provides aviation services to the Company’s Mexican operations.  The guaranty provided to MexTransport is backed up by the transport services provided by MexTransport to the Company’s Mexican subsidiaries.

 

The Company purchased industrial materials from Higher Technology S.A.C and paid fees for maintenance services provided by Servicios y Fabricaciones Mecanicas S.A.C. Mr. Carlos Gonzalez, the son of SCC’s Chief Executive Officer, has a proprietary interest in these companies.

 

The Company purchased industrial material from Sempertrans France Belting Technology, in which Mr. Alejandro Gonzalez is employed as a sales representative.  Also, the Company purchased industrial material from PIGOBA, S.A. de C.V., a company in which Mr. Alejandro Gonzalez has a proprietary interest. Mr. Alejandro Gonzalez is the son of SCC’s Chief Executive Officer.

 

The Company purchased industrial material and services from Breaker, S.A. de C.V., a company in which Mr. Jorge Gonzalez, son-in-law of SCC’s Chief Executive Officer, has a proprietary interest.

 

Sales Activity:

 

The Company sold copper cathodes, rod and anodes, as well as sulfuric acid, silver, gold and lime to Asarco.  In addition, the Company received fees for building rental and maintenance services provided to Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and its affiliates a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico and to Mextransport a company of the Larrea family.

 

The following table summarizes the sales and other revenue activity with related parties in the first quarter of 2012 and 2011(in millions):

 

 

 

As of March 31,

 

 

 

2012

 

2011

 

Asarco

 

$

11.0

 

$

17.9

 

Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V.

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

Mextransport

 

0.7

 

—

 

Total

 

$

11.8

 

$

18.0

 

 

It is anticipated that in the future the Company will enter into similar transactions with these same parties.