The average forward price on the group of price risk forward or futures contracts, such as gas futures contracts.

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Nominal mass used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Net Increase or Decrease in the fair value of the embedded derivative or group of embedded derivatives included in earnings in the period.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 15
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2229187

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REVENUE - Narrative (Details) - Concentrate Metal Sales Agreement oz in Thousands, lb in Thousands, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / pound $ / Ounce	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) lb oz $ / pound $ / Ounce	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Embedded derivative, increase (decrease) of value \| $	$ (3.0)	$ 0.9	$ 1.3	$ 0.3
Silver
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Notional ounce/tonnes \| oz			3,470
Average price per ounce/tonnes \| $ / Ounce	23.18		23.18
Zinc
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Notional ounce/tonnes \| lb			2,310
Average price per ounce/tonnes \| $ / pound	1.50		1.50
Lead
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Notional ounce/tonnes \| lb			18,810
Average price per ounce/tonnes \| $ / pound	0.98		0.98