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INVENTORIES: (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

INVENTORIES:

Schedule of inventories

(in millions)		At June 30, 2014			At December 31, 2013
Inventory, current:
Metals at lower of average cost or market:
Finished goods		$	98.3		$	84.2
Work-in-process		346.9			305.4
Supplies at average cost		309.4			304.3
Total current inventory		$	754.6		$	693.9
Inventory, long-term
Leach stockpiles		$	495.2		$	395.2

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