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ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

Schedule of activity affecting the asset retirement and mine closing liability

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​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
​	​	Year Ended December 31,
​		2019			2018
​	​	(in thousands)					​
​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Beginning balance	​	$	137,114	​	$	130,600	​
Accretion expense	​		4,087	​		3,926	​
Payments	​		(2,948)	​		(2,392)	​
Allocation of liability associated with acquisitions, mine development and change in assumptions	​		(739)	​		4,980	​
Ending balance	​	$	137,514	​	$	137,114	​

Schedule of estimated payments of asset retirement obligations

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Year Ended	​	​	​	​
December 31,		(in thousands)
​	​	​	​	​
2020	​	$	4,496	​
2021	​		2,576	​
2022	​		2,794	​
2023	​		2,027	​
2024	​		2,986	​
Thereafter	​		225,584	​
Aggregate undiscounted asset retirement obligations	​		240,463	​
Effect of discounting	​		(102,949)	​
Total asset retirement obligations	​		137,514	​
Less: current portion	​		(4,496)	​
Asset retirement obligations	​	$	133,018	​

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Tabular disclosure of estimated future payments of asset retirement obligations for each of the five succeeding fiscal years and thereafter.

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Tabular disclosure of the changes in carrying amount of a liability for asset retirement obligations, for changes such as new obligations, changes in estimates of existing obligations, spending on existing obligations, property dispositions, and foreign currency translation.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 410
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
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