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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Activity in Recorded Environmental Liabilities Activity | We had the following activity in our recorded environmental liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 9,235 |  |  | $ | 16,599 |  |  | $ | 20,322 |
Expenditures | (4,178 | ) |  | (4,548 | ) |  | (3,013 | )
Acquisition of Rockwood | 38,666 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Divestitures | (1,826 | ) |  | (1,954 | ) |  | — |
Accretion of discount | 984 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Revisions of estimates | 150 |  |  | 34 |  |  | (902 | )
Reclass to liabilities held for sale | (5,253 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Foreign currency translation | (2,480 | ) |  | (896 | ) |  | 192 |
Balance, end of year | 35,298 |  |  | 9,235 |  |  | 16,599 |
Less amounts reported in Accrued expenses | 1,493 |  |  | 4,394 |  |  | 7,386 |
Amounts reported in Other noncurrent liabilities | $ | 33,805 |  |  | $ | 4,841 |  |  | $ | 9,213 |
Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligation | The following is a reconciliation of our beginning and ending asset retirement obligation balances for 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Balance, beginning of year | $ | 15,085 |  |  | $ | 16,930 |
Acquisition of Rockwood | 17,265 |  |  | — |
Liabilities incurred | 3,636 |  |  | — |
Accretion of discount | 1,289 |  |  | 323 |
Liabilities settled | — |  |  | (333 | )
Divestitures | — |  |  | (1,816 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustments | (45 | ) |  | (19 | )
Balance, end of year | $ | 37,230 |  |  | $ | 15,085 |
Future Non-Cancelable Minimum Lease Payments for Next Five Years and Thereafter | The following schedule details the future non-cancelable minimum lease payments for the next five years and thereafter (in thousands):
| Operating Leases |  | Capital Leases
2016 | $ | 14,643 |  |  | $ | 3,163 |
2017 | $ | 10,664 |  |  | $ | 3,178 |
2018 | $ | 9,217 |  |  | $ | 3,193 |
2019 | $ | 7,436 |  |  | $ | 10,201 |
2020 | $ | 6,665 |  |  | $ | — |
Thereafter | $ | 21,124 |  |  | $ | — |
|  |  | 19,735 |
Less: amount representing interest |  |  | 2,928 |
Present value of net minimum obligations |  |  | $ | 16,807 |
Letters of Credit and Guarantee Agreements | The following table summarizes our letters of credit and guarantee agreements (in thousands):
| 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | Thereafter
Letters of credit and other guarantees | $ | 24,789 |  |  | $ | 11,248 |  |  | $ | 3,190 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 210 |  |  | $ | 24,356 |

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