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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
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 March 31, | ​ | At December 31, | ​
​ |  | 2020 |  | 2019 | ​
Related parties receivable current: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Grupo Mexico and affiliates: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Asarco LLC | ​ | $ | 15.9 | ​ | $ | 10.8 | ​
AMMINCO Apoyo Administrativo, S.A. de C.V. (“AMMINCO”) | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | 0.1 | ​
Compania Perforadora Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V. and affiliates | ​ |  | 0.3 | ​ |  | 0.3 | ​
Grupo Mexico | ​ |  | 2.7 | ​ |  | 2.7 | ​
Mexico Generadora de Energia S. de R.L. ("MGE") | ​ | ​ | 15.5 | ​ | ​ | 15.3 | ​
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates | ​ | ​ | 0.2 | ​ | ​ | 0.2 | ​
Related to the controlling group: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Boutique Bowling de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​
Mexico Transportes Aereos, S.A. de C.V. ("Mextransport") | ​ | ​ | 0.5 | ​ | ​ | 0.4 | ​
Operadora de Cinemas, S.A. de C.V. | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​
​ | ​ | $ | 35.3 | ​ | $ | 30.0 | ​
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Related parties receivable non-current: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Grupo Mexico and affiliates: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Asarco LLC | ​ | $ | 59.0 | ​ | $ | 59.5 | ​
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Related parties payable: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Grupo Mexico and affiliates: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Asarco LLC | ​ | $ | 23.8 | ​ | $ | 4.3 | ​
AMMINCO | ​ | ​ | 9.1 | ​ | ​ | 16.9 | ​
Eolica El Retiro, S.A.P.I. de C.V. | ​ |  | 0.1 | ​ |  | — | ​
Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. | ​ |  | 6.1 | ​ |  | 6.4 | ​
Grupo Mexico | ​ |  | 1.3 | ​ |  | 1.1 | ​
MGE | ​ | ​ | 34.7 | ​ | ​ | 40.2 | ​
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos, S.A. de C.V. and affiliates | ​ | ​ | 6.1 | ​ | ​ | 16.0 | ​
Related to the controlling group: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Boutique Bowling de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. | ​ |  | 0.3 | ​ |  | 0.2 | ​
Mexico Transportes Aereos, S.A. de C.V. (“Mextransport”) | ​ |  | — | ​ |  | 1.2 | ​
Operadora de Cinemas, S.A. de C.V. | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​
​ | ​ | $ | 81.6 | ​ | $ | 86.4 | ​
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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 three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (in millions):
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Purchase activity | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Asarco LLC | ​ | $ | 62.5 | ​ | $ | 10.0
AMMINCO | ​ | ​ | 4.4 | ​ | ​ | 2.4
Eolica El Retiro, S.A.P.I. de C.V. | ​ |  | 0.1 | ​ |  | 0.8
Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. | ​ |  | 12.0 | ​ |  | 10.6
Grupo Mexico | ​ | ​ | 2.5 | ​ | ​ | 2.5
MGE | ​ |  | 51.6 | ​ |  | 55.2
Mexico Proyectos y Desarrollos S.A. de C.V. and affiliates | ​ |  | 14.3 | ​ |  | 10.8
Total purchases | ​ | $ | 147.4 | ​ | $ | 92.3
Sales activity | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Asarco LLC | ​ | $ | 5.9 | ​ | $ | 2.0
MGE | ​ | ​ | 9.8 | ​ | ​ | 15.1
Total sales | ​ | $ | 15.7 | ​ | $ | 17.1
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 three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (in millions):
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Purchase activity | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. | ​ | $ | 0.1 | ​ | $ | 0.1
Mextransport | ​ | ​ | 1.9 | ​ | ​ | —
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. | ​ | ​ | 0.1 | ​ | ​ | (*)
Total purchases | ​ | $ | 2.1 | ​ | $ | 0.1
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Sales activity | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Boutique Bowling de Mexico S.A. de C.V. | ​ | $ | (*) | ​ | $ | (*)
Empresarios Industriales de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. | ​ | ​ | — | ​ | ​ | 0.1
Mextransport | ​ | ​ | 0.4 | ​ | ​ | 0.5
Operadora de Cinemas S.A. de C.V. | ​ | ​ | (*) | ​ | ​ | (*)
Total sales | ​ | $ | 0.4 | ​ | $ | 0.6
(*) amount is lower than $0.1 million ​

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