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INVENTORIES : (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
INVENTORIES: |
Schedule of inventories | `
(in millions) |  | At March 31, 2016 |  | At December 31, 2015 |
Inventory, current: |  |  |  |  |
Metals at average cost: |  |  |  |  |
Finished goods |  | $ | 145.2 |  | $ | 104.1 |
Work-in-process |  | 178.5 |  | 188.6 |
Ore stockpiles on leach pads |  | 271.1 |  | 243.2 |
Supplies at average cost: |  | 336.5 |  | 321.3 |
Total current inventory |  | $ | 931.3 |  | $ | 857.2 |
Inventory, non-current: |  |  |  |  |
Ore stockpiles on leach pads |  | $ | 770.0 |  | $ | 752.3 |

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