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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: |
Schedule of receivable and payable balances with related parties | Receivable and payable balances with related parties are shown below (in millions): ​
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​ | ​ | At September 30, | ​ | At December 31, | ​
​ |  | 2019 |  | 2018 | ​
Related parties receivable current: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Grupo Mexico and affiliates: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Asarco LLC | ​ | $ | 9.0 | ​ | $ | 74.4 | ​
Americas Mining Corporation (“AMC”) | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 11.0 | ​
AMMINCO Apoyo Administrativo, S.A. de C.V. (“AMMINCO”) | ​ |  | 0.1 | ​ |  | 0.2 | ​
Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V. and affiliates | ​ |  | 0.4 | ​ |  | 1.4 | ​
Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | 0.1 | ​
Grupo Mexico | ​ |  | 2.7 | ​ |  | 2.7 | ​
Mexico Generadora de Energia S. de R.L. ("MGE") | ​ | ​ | 9.1 | ​ | ​ | 10.3 | ​
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates | ​ | ​ | 0.5 | ​ | ​ | 0.6 | ​
Related to the controlling group: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​ | ​ | 0.3 | ​
Mexico Transportes Aereos, S.A. de C.V. ("Mextransport") | ​ | ​ | 0.3 | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​ | ​ | 0.4 | ​
​ | ​ | $ | 22.3 | ​ | $ | 101.5 | ​
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Related parties receivable non-current: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Grupo Mexico and affiliates: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Asarco LLC | ​ | $ | 60.0 | ​ | $ | — | ​
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Related parties payable: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Grupo Mexico and affiliates: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Asarco LLC | ​ | $ | 15.0 | ​ | $ | 4.1 | ​
AMMINCO | ​ | ​ | 4.0 | ​ | ​ | 8.0 | ​
Eolica El Retiro, S.A.P.I. de C.V. | ​ |  | 0.3 | ​ |  | 1.0 | ​
Ferrocarril Mexicano S.A. de C.V. | ​ |  | 4.8 | ​ |  | 6.4 | ​
Grupo Mexico | ​ |  | 0.2 | ​ |  | 0.6 | ​
MGE | ​ | ​ | 34.9 | ​ | ​ | 40.6 | ​
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos S.A. de C.V. and affiliates | ​ | ​ | 18.0 | ​ | ​ | 14.4 | ​
Related to the controlling group: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. | ​ |  | 0.2 | ​ |  | 0.1 | ​
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​
​ | ​ | $ | 77.5 | ​ | $ | 75.3 | ​
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Grupo Mexico and affiliates |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: |
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, 2019 and 2018 (in millions): ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Purchase activity | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Asarco LLC | ​ | $ | 32.2 | ​ | $ | 30.0
AMMINCO | ​ | ​ | 6.4 | ​ | ​ | —
Eolica El Retiro, S.A.P.I. de C.V. | ​ |  | 2.9 | ​ |  | 2.2
Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. | ​ |  | 35.1 | ​ |  | 33.0
Grupo Mexico | ​ | ​ | 7.9 | ​ | ​ | 13.5
MGE | ​ |  | 147.3 | ​ |  | 144.4
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos S.A. de C.V. and affiliates | ​ |  | 56.4 | ​ |  | 63.1
Total purchases | ​ | $ | 288.2 | ​ | $ | 286.2
Sales activity | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Asarco LLC | ​ | $ | 10.6 | ​ | $ | 82.8
Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. | ​ |  | 0.1 | ​ |  | —
MGE | ​ | ​ | 33.3 | ​ | ​ | 52.3
Total sales | ​ | $ | 44.0 | ​ | $ | 135.1
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Related to the controlling group |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: |
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, 2019 and 2018 (in millions): ​
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​ |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Purchase activity | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. | ​ | $ | 0.3 | ​ | $ | 0.2
Mextransport | ​ | ​ | 1.1 | ​ | ​ | 1.1
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​ | ​ | 0.1
Total purchases | ​ | $ | 1.5 | ​ | $ | 1.4
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Sales activity | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. | ​ | $ | 0.1 | ​ | $ | 0.2
Empresarios Industriales de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. | ​ | ​ | 0.2 | ​ | ​ | —
Mextransport | ​ | ​ | 1.3 | ​ | ​ | 1.2
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​ | ​ | 0.1
Total sales | ​ | $ | 1.7 | ​ | $ | 1.5

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