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40302 - Disclosure - INVENTORIES (Inventories) (Details)
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Reporting Entity [Axis]0001396009 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
INVENTORIES [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-12-31
2015-12-31
INVENTORIES [Abstract]
 
 
Finished products
293,619,000 1
297,925,000 1
Raw materials
22,648,000  
21,765,000  
Products in process
1,480,000  
1,008,000  
Operating supplies and other
27,869,000  
26,375,000  
Total
345,616,000  
 
347,073,000  
 
Encumbered inventories
2,841,000  
4,452,000  
1: Includes inventories encumbered by volumetric production payments (see Note 1, caption Deferred Revenue), as follows: December 31, 2016 - $2,841 thousand and December 31, 2015 - $4,452 thousand.