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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: | NOTE 8 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: 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 related 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. Receivable and payable balances with related parties are shown below (in millions):
|  | As of |
|  | March 31, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012 |
Related parties receivable current: |  |  |  |  |
Grupo Mexico S.A.B de C.V. and affiliates |  | $ | 0.8 |  | $ | 1.8 |
Asarco LLC. |  | 9.2 |  | — |
Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V. |  | 0.6 |  | 0.5 |
Compania Minera Coimolache S.A. |  | 23.4 |  | 23.4 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 0.2 |  | — |
|  | $ | 34.2 |  | $ | 25.7 |
Related parties recei vable non-current: |  |  |  |  |
Mexico Generadora de Energia S.de R.L. (“MGE”) |  | $ | 173.4 |  | $ | 184.0 |
Related parties payable: |  |  |  |  |
Grupo Mexico S.A.B. de C.V. and affiliates |  | $ | 0.7 |  | $ | — |
Asarco LLC |  | — |  | 15.3 |
Higher Technology S.A.C. |  | 0.1 |  | 0.2 |
Breaker, S.A. de C.V |  | 0.3 |  | — |
Mexico Transportes Aereos S.A. de C.V. (“Mextransport”) |  | 0.4 |  | 0.1 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | — |  | 2.1 |
Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A. de C.V. |  | 2.6 |  | 2.6 |
|  | $ | 4.1 |  | $ | 20.3 |
Purchase Activity: The following table summarizes the purchase activity with related parties in the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (in millions):
|  | As of March 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Grupo Mexico and affiliates: |  |  |  |  |
Grupo Mexico Servicios S.A de C.V |  | $ | 3.5 |  | $ | 3.5 |
Asarco LLC. |  | 32.9 |  | 5.6 |
Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A de C.V. |  | 5.8 |  | 4.1 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 9.3 |  | 11.2 |
Cia Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V and affiliates |  | 0.6 |  | 0.1 |
Other Larrea family companies: |  |  |  |  |
Mextransport |  | 0.6 |  | 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 |  | 0.1 |  | — |
Breaker S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.8 |  | 0.5 |
Total purchases |  | $ | 54.0 |  | $ | 26.0 |
Grupo Mexico and its affiliates: 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. In the first quarter of 2013 and 2012, the Company’s Peruvian operations paid fees for engineering and construction services provided by subsidiaries of Mexico Proyectos y Desarrolles S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico. In 2005, the Company organized MGE, as a subsidiary of Minera Mexico, for the construction of two power plants to supply power to the Company’s Mexican operations. In May 2010, the Company’s Mexican operations granted a $350 million line of credit to MGE for the construction of the power plants. That line of credit was due on December 31, 2012 and carried an interest rate of 5.75%. In the first quarter of 2012, Controladora de Infraestructura Energetica Mexico, S. A. de C. V., an indirect subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, acquired 99.999% of MGE through a capital subscription of 1,928.6 million of Mexican pesos (approximately $150 million), reducing Minera Mexico’s participation to less than 0.001%. As consequence, of this change in control MGE became an indirect subsidiary of Grupo Mexico. Additionally, at the same time, MGE paid $150 million to the Company’s Mexican operations partially reducing the total debt. At December 31, 2012, the outstanding balance of $184.0 million was restructured as subordinated debt of MGE. The $184.0 million includes $37.6 million drawn on the line of credit in 2012 and $146.4 million drawn through December 31, 2011. It is expected that MGE will complete the construction of the first power plant in 2013 and the second in 2014. MGE will repay its debt to the Company using a percentage of its profits until such time as the debt is satisfied. At March 31, 2013 the remaining balance of the debt was $173.4 million and was recorded as non-current related party receivable on the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Related to this loan the Company received $2.7 million of interest in the first quarter of 2013. In December 2012, the Company signed a power purchase agreement with MGE, whereby MGE will supply certain of the Company’s Mexican operations with power through 2032; see also Note 10 - Commitments and Contingencies, Other commitments. Other Larrea family companies: 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 2007, the Company’s Mexican subsidiaries provided guaranties for two loans obtained by 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, 2013 are as follows:
|  | Loan |
Original loan balance (in millions) |  | $ | 8.5 |
Maturity |  | August 2013 |
Interest rate |  | Libor + 0.15 | %
Remaining balance at March 31, 2013 (in millions) |  | $ | 0.6 |
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. Companies with relationships to SCC executive officers families: 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 and for services provided to MGE, both subsidiaries 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 2013 and 2012 (in millions):
|  | As of March 31, |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Asarco |  | $ | 36.6 |  | $ | 11.0 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.2 |  | 0.1 |
Cia Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V and affiliates |  | 0.1 |  | — |
MGE |  | 0.1 |  |  |
Mextransport |  | 0.1 |  | 0.7 |
Total |  | $ | 37.1 |  | $ | 11.8 |
It is anticipated that in the future the Company will enter into similar transactions with these same parties. Equity Investment in Affiliate: The Company has a 44.2% participation in Coimolache S.A. (“Coimolache”), which it accounts for on the equity method. Coimolache owns Tantahuatay, a gold mine located in the northern part of Peru. To support the cost of the development of Tantahuatay, the Company loaned $56.6 million to Coimolache. Conditions and balance of the loan as of March 31, 2013 are as follows (in millions):
|  | Loan |
Total loan granted |  | $ | 56.6 |
Interest rate |  | 6 months Libor + 3% (approximately 3.45 | )%
Remaining balance at March 31, 2013 |  | $ | 23.4 |
Interest earned in the first quarter 2013 |  | $ | 0.4 |
Interest earned in the first quarter 2012 |  | $ | 0.5 |
On April 2, 2013, Coimolache repaid the Company $16.5 million of the outstanding loan balance.

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