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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES: (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

Schedule of environmental capital expenditures

Environmental capital expenditures in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 were as follows (in millions):

		2014			2013
Peruvian operations		$	92.8		$	75.4
Mexican operations		17.5			30.3
		$	110.3		$	105.7

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