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Deferred Charges and Other Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Other Assets, Noncurrent [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Deferred Charges and Other Assets |
|  | December 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Deposit on future leased plant and equipment |  | $ | 12,958 |  |  | $ | 12,958 |
Finance lease right-of-use assets |  | 10,774 |  |  | 12,840 |
Deferred income tax assets |  | 7,992 |  |  | 6,327 |
Asbestos insurance receivables |  | 2,931 |  |  | 5,528 |
Deferred financing costs, net of amortization |  | 2,106 |  |  | 1,507 |
Other |  | 5,547 |  |  | 4,902 |
|  | $ | 42,308 |  |  | $ | 44,062 |

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