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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2015
Related party transactions |
Receivable and payable balances with related parties | Receivable and payable balances with related parties are shown below (in millions):
|  | At June 30, 2015 |  | At December 31, 2014 |
Related parties receivable current: |  |  |  |  |
Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V. and affiliates |  | $ | 0.4 |  | $ | 0.2 |
Grupo Mexico |  | 0.8 |  | 0.7 |
Mexico Generadora de Energia S. de R.L. (“MGE”) |  | 28.2 |  | 31.9 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 0.3 |  | — |
|  | $ | 29.7 |  | $ | 32.8 |
Related parties receivable non-current: |  |  |  |  |
MGE |  | $ | 161.2 |  | $ | 161.2 |
Related parties payable: |  |  |  |  |
Asarco LLC |  | $ | 8.3 |  | $ | 13.8 |
Breaker S.A. de C.V. and affiliates (“Breaker”) |  | 0.1 |  | 0.7 |
Eolica El Retiro, S.A.P.I. de C.V. |  | 0.1 |  | 1.6 |
Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.2 |  | 1.8 |
Grupo Mexico |  | 7.4 |  | 2.8 |
Higher Technology S.A.C. |  | 0.3 |  | 0.2 |
Servicios y Fabricaciones Mecanicas S.A.C. |  | 0.1 |  | — |
Sempertrans and affiliates |  | 0.2 |  | — |
MGE |  | 15.2 |  | 45.2 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | — |  | 1.7 |
Mexico Transportes Aereos S.A. de C.V. (“Mextransport”) |  | — |  | 1.3 |
|  | $ | 31.9 |  | $ | 69.1 |
Grupo Mexico and affiliates |
Related party transactions |
Purchase and sales activities with related parties | The following table summarizes the purchase and sale activities with Grupo Mexico and its affiliates in the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (in millions):
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Purchase activity |  |  |  |  |
Asarco LLC |  | $ | 14.7 |  | $ | 24.6 |
Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V and affiliates |  | 0.3 |  | 1.9 |
Eolica El Retiro, S.A.P.I. de C.V. |  | 4.8 |  | — |
Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A de C.V. |  | 8.2 |  | 11.6 |
Grupo Mexico |  | 6.9 |  | 6.9 |
MGE |  | 62.9 |  | 91.7 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 18.6 |  | 55.9 |
Total purchases |  | $ | 116.4 |  | $ | 192.6 |
Sales activity |  |  |  |  |
Asarco LLC |  | $ | 71.1 |  | $ | 21.7 |
Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V and affiliates |  | 0.2 |  | 0.3 |
MGE |  | 39.0 |  | 48.8 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 0.4 |  | 0.4 |
Total sales |  | $ | 110.7 |  | $ | 71.2 |
Companies with relationship to the controlling group |
Related party transactions |
Purchase and sales activities with related parties | The following tables summarize the purchase and sales activities with other Larrea family companies in the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (in millions):
Mextransport: |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Purchase activity |  | $ | 0.1 |  | $ | 1.1 |
Sales activity |  | $ | 0.1 |  | $ | 0.1 |
Companies with relationship to SCC executive officers' families |
Related party transactions |
Purchase activity with related parties | The following table summarizes the purchase activities with companies with relationships to SCC executive officers in the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 (in millions):
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Breaker |  | $ | 0.5 |  | $ | 3.6 |
Higher Technology S.A.C. |  | 0.8 |  | 0.8 |
Pigoba S.A. de C.V. |  | — |  | 0.1 |
Sempertrans and affiliates |  | 0.3 |  | 0.8 |
Servicios y Fabricaciones Mecanicas S.A.C. |  | 0.4 |  | 0.7 |
Total purchases |  | $ | 2.0 |  | $ | 6.0 |

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