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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: |
Schedule of receivable and payable balances with related parties | Receivable and payable balances with related parties are shown below ($ in millions):
|  | At September 30, 2016 |  | At December 31, 2015 |
Related parties receivable current: |  |  |  |  |
Asarco LLC |  | $ | 7.7 |  | $ | — |
Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 1.3 |  | 0.7 |
Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A. de C.V. |  | — |  | 0.2 |
Grupo Mexico |  | 4.9 |  | 0.6 |
Mexico Generadora de Energia S. de R.L. (“MGE”) |  | 25.3 |  | 13.9 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 1.2 |  | 0.3 |
Operadora de Generadoras de Energia Mexico S.A. de C.V. |  | — |  | 0.1 |
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.2 |  | — |
|  | $ | 40.6 |  | $ | 15.8 |
Related parties receivable non-current: |  |  |  |  |
MGE |  | $ | — |  | $ | 111.2 |
Related parties payable: |  |  |  |  |
Asarco LLC |  | $ | 37.8 |  | $ | 20.6 |
Eolica El Retiro, S.A.P.I. de C.V. |  | 0.1 |  | 0.1 |
Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.1 |  | — |
Grupo Mexico |  | 1.4 |  | 12.0 |
MGE |  | 18.4 |  | 23.0 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 9.8 |  | 11.8 |
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. |  | — |  | 0.2 |
Mexico Transportes Aereos S.A. de C.V. (“Mextransport”) |  | 1.0 |  | 0.5 |
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.3 |  | 0.2 |
Breaker S.A. de C.V. and affiliates (“Breaker”) |  | 0.3 |  | 0.3 |
Higher Technology S.A.C. |  | 0.6 |  | — |
Servicios y Fabricaciones Mecanicas S.A.C. |  | 0.2 |  |  |
Sempertrans and affiliates |  | — |  | 0.6 |
|  | $ | 70.0 |  | $ | 69.3 |
Grupo Mexico and affiliates |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: |
Schedule of purchase and sales activities with related parties | The following table summarizes the purchase and sales activities with Grupo Mexico and its affiliates in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 (in millions):
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Purchase activity |  |  |  |  |
Asarco LLC |  | $ | 26.9 |  | $ | 23.9 |
Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V and affiliates |  | — |  | 0.3 |
Eolica El Retiro, S.A.P.I. de C.V. |  | 0.8 |  | 7.1 |
Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A de C.V. |  | 33.9 |  | 17.8 |
Grupo Mexico |  | 15.0 |  | 10.4 |
MGE |  | 171.3 |  | 97.1 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 47.1 |  | 44.2 |
Total purchases |  | $ | 295.0 |  | $ | 200.8 |
Sales activity |  |  |  |  |
Asarco LLC |  | $ | 37.0 |  | $ | 71.7 |
Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V and affiliates |  | 0.5 |  | 0.4 |
Grupo Mexico |  | 0.6 |  | 0.1 |
MGE |  | 72.6 |  | 64.3 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 0.3 |  | 0.7 |
Total sales |  | $ | 111.0 |  | $ | 137.2 |
Companies with relationship to the controlling group |
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Schedule of purchase and sales activities with related parties | The following tables summarize the purchase and sales activities with other Larrea family companies in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 (in millions):
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Purchase activity |  |  |  |  |
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. |  | $ | 0.3 |  | $ | — |
Mextransport |  | 1.5 |  | 1.1 |
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.5 |  | — |
Total purchases |  | $ | 2.3 |  | $ | 1.1 |
Sales activity |  |  |  |  |
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. |  | $ | 0.2 |  | $ | — |
Mextransport |  | 0.4 |  | 0.3 |
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.1 |  | — |
Total sales |  | $ | 0.7 |  | $ | 0.3 |
Companies with relationship to SCC executive officers' families |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: |
Schedule of purchase activity with related parties | The following table summarizes the purchase activities with companies with relationships to SCC executive officers in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 (in millions):
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Breaker |  | $ | 0.5 |  | $ | 3.8 |
Higher Technology S.A.C. |  | 1.0 |  | 1.1 |
Pigoba S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.1 |  | — |
Sempertrans and affiliates |  | — |  | 0.5 |
Servicios y Fabricaciones Mecanicas S.A.C. |  | 0.4 |  | 0.5 |
Total purchases |  | $ | 2.0 |  | $ | 5.9 |

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