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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES: (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

Schedule of environmental capital expenditures

Environmental capital expenditures in the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows (in millions):

		2013			2012
Peruvian operations		$	0.7		$	1.1
Mexican operations		10.5			8.3
		$	11.2		$	9.4

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