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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
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, 2017 |  | At December 31, 2016 |
Related parties receivable current: |  |  |  |  |
Grupo Mexico and affiliates: |  |  |  |  |
Asarco LLC |  | $ | 38.5 |  | $ | 5.5 |
Mexico Generadora de Energia S. de R.L. (“MGE”) |  | 31.6 |  | 10.2 |
Grupo Mexico |  | 2.8 |  | 4.5 |
Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 1.4 |  | 1.3 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 1.2 |  | 1.5 |
Operadora de Generadoras de Energia Mexico S.A. de C.V. |  | — |  | 0.1 |
Related to the controlling group: |  |  |  |  |
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.3 |  | 0.2 |
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.2 |  | 0.1 |
|  | $ | 76.0 |  | $ | 23.4 |
|  | At September 30, 2017 |  | At December 31, 2016 |
Related parties payable: |  |  |  |  |
Grupo Mexico and affiliates: |  |  |  |  |
MGE |  | $ | 44.5 |  | $ | 13.9 |
Asarco LLC |  | 23.5 |  | 36.3 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 9.1 |  | 7.8 |
Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A. de C.V. |  | 4.1 |  | 3.0 |
Grupo Mexico |  | 0.7 |  | 0.1 |
Eolica El Retiro, S.A.P.I. de C.V. |  | 0.1 |  | 0.1 |
Related to the controlling group: |  |  |  |  |
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.4 |  | 0.2 |
Mexico Transportes Aereos S.A. de C.V. (“Mextransport”) |  | 0.1 |  | 0.1 |
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.6 |  | 0.4 |
Related to SCC executive officers: |  |  |  |  |
Breaker S.A. de C.V. and affiliates (“Breaker”) |  | — |  | 0.3 |
|  | $ | 83.1 |  | $ | 62.2 |
Grupo Mexico and affiliates |
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Schedule of purchase and sales activities with related parties | The following table summarizes the purchase and sale activities with Grupo Mexico and its affiliates in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 (in millions):
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Purchase activity |  |  |  |  |
Asarco LLC |  | $ | 29.6 |  | $ | 26.9 |
Eolica El Retiro, S.A.P.I. de C.V. |  | 2.4 |  | 0.8 |
Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A de C.V. |  | 34.2 |  | 33.9 |
Grupo Mexico |  | 10.5 |  | 15.0 |
MGE |  | 168.5 |  | 171.3 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | 92.8 |  | 47.1 |
Total purchases |  | $ | 338.0 |  | $ | 295.0 |
Sales activity |  |  |  |  |
Asarco LLC |  | $ | 94.1 |  | $ | 37.0 |
Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V and affiliates |  | 0.2 |  | 0.5 |
Grupo Mexico |  | 0.1 |  | 0.6 |
MGE |  | 77.8 |  | 72.6 |
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates |  | — |  | 0.3 |
Total sales |  | $ | 172.2 |  | $ | 111.0 |
Related to the controlling group |
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Schedule of purchase and sales activities with related parties | The following table summarizes the purchase and sales activities with other Larrea family companies in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 (in millions):
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Purchase activity |  |  |  |  |
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. |  | $ | 0.2 |  | $ | 0.3 |
Mextransport |  | 0.4 |  | 1.5 |
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.1 |  | 0.5 |
Total purchases |  | $ | 0.7 |  | $ | 2.3 |
Sales activity |  |  |  |  |
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. |  | $ | 0.2 |  | $ | 0.2 |
Mextransport |  | 0.3 |  | 0.4 |
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. |  | 0.1 |  | 0.1 |
Total sales |  | $ | 0.6 |  | $ | 0.7 |
Related to SCC executive officers |
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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, 2017 and 2016 (in millions):
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Breaker |  | $ | — |  | $ | 0.5 |
Higher Technology S.A.C. |  | — |  | 1.0 |
Pigoba S.A. de C.V. |  | — |  | 0.1 |
Servicios y Fabricaciones Mecanicas S.A.C. |  | 0.2 |  | 0.4 |
Total purchases |  | $ | 0.2 |  | $ | 2.0 |
(*) amount is lower than $0.1 million

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