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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES: (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:

Schedule of environmental capital investments

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Environmental capital investments in the first six months of 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in millions):

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​		2021			2020
Peruvian operations	​	$	0.7	​	$	(5.5)
Mexican operations	​		21.8	​		19.4
​	​	$	22.5	​	$	13.9

(*) The activity in 2020 for the Peruvian operations includes prepayment settlements classified to expenses.

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