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Investments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Investment in Marketable Securities [Abstract] |
INVESTMENTS | INVESTMENTS The Company invests part of its cash balances in a managed portfolio of liquid investments, including highly-rated corporate bonds, classified as short-term investments. The Company also invests in equity securities of silver and gold exploration and development companies. These investments are classified as available-for-sale and are measured at fair value in the financial statements with unrealized gains and losses recorded in Other comprehensive income (loss).
| At December 31, 2014
In thousands | Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Estimated Fair Value
Equity securities | $ | 5,687 |  |  | $ | (8 | ) |  | $ | 303 |  |  | $ | 5,982 |
| At December 31, 2013
In thousands | Cost |  | Gross Unrealized Losses |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  | Estimated Fair Value
Equity securities | $ | 17,649 |  |  | $ | (3,300 | ) |  | $ | 172 |  |  | $ | 14,521 |
The following table summarizes the gross unrealized losses on investment securities for which other-than-temporary impairments have not been recognized and the fair values of those securities, aggregated by the length of time the individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position, at December 31, 2014:
| Less than twelve months |  | Twelve months or more |  | Total
In thousands | Unrealized Losses | Fair Value |  | Unrealized Losses | Fair Value |  | Unrealized Losses | Fair Value
Equity securities | $ | (8 | ) | $ | 38 |  |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (8 | ) | $ | 38 |
During 2014, the Company sold $49.1 million of short-term investments and $5.2 million of equity securities which resulted in the recognition of a realized loss of $0.6 million. The Company recognized net of tax unrealized losses of $2.3 million, $8.5 million, and $3.4 million in the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively, in Other comprehensive income (loss). The Company performs a quarterly assessment on each of its equity securities with unrealized losses to determine if the security is other than temporarily impaired. The Company recorded other-than-temporary impairment losses of $6.6 million, $18.3 million and $0.6 million in the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively.

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