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INVENTORIES : (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
INVENTORIES: |
Schedule of inventories |
(in millions) |  | At September 30, 2015 |  | At December 31, 2014 |
Inventory, current: |  |  |  |  |
Metals at average cost: |  |  |  |  |
Finished goods |  | $ | 81.3 |  | $ | 84.6 |
Work-in-process |  | 416.3 |  | 450.5 |
Supplies at average cost |  | 307.2 |  | 301.4 |
Total current inventory |  | $ | 804.8 |  | $ | 836.5 |
Inventory, long-term |  |  |  |  |
Leach stockpiles |  | $ | 726.4 |  | $ | 512.7 |

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