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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES: - Environmental matters (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 person category
Environmental costs
Environmental capital investment	$ 25.9	$ 14.0
Peru
Environmental costs
Environmental capital investment	2.7	1.4
Mexico
Environmental costs
Environmental capital investment	$ 23.2	$ 12.6
Number of categories of collective actions | category			3
Minimum number of people claiming injury due to collective action initiative in Civil Federal Procedures Code (CFPC) | person			30

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Amount of environmental remediation costs capitalized. These expenditures may relate to long-lived improvements in operating facilities.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 410
-SubTopic 30
-Section 25
-Paragraph 18
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=39739230&loc=d3e11660-110855

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