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Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories:

The following table provides a breakdown of inventories at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

			December 31,
			2020						2019
Finished goods			$	454,162					$	495,639
Raw materials and work in process(a)			219,896						205,781
Stores, supplies and other			76,179						67,564
Total			$	750,237					$	768,984

(a)Included $129.6 million and $109.3 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, of work in process in our Lithium segment.

Approximately 8% and 10% of our inventories are valued using the last-in, first-out (“LIFO”) method at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The portion of our domestic inventories stated on the LIFO basis amounted to $62.2 million and $78.7 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, which are below replacement cost by approximately $29.7 million and $30.8 million, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for inventory. Includes, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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