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LEASES:
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
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LEASES:

NOTE 7 — LEASES:

The Company has operating leases for power generating facilities, vehicles and properties. The Company recognizes leasing expenses for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Some of the Company’s leases include both lease and non-lease components which are accounted for separately. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms of less than one year to eight years, and do not include options to extend the leases. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain options to purchase the leased assets or to terminate the leases before the expiration date. In addition, the Company’s lease contracts have no material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. As none of the Company’s leases stipulate an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.

The weighted average remaining lease term for the Company’s leases is approximately six years, and the weighted average discount rate for these leases is 4.10%.

The operating lease expense recognized in the three-month period ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was classified as follows (in millions):

Classification

    

2025

 

2024

Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation, amortization and depletion)

 

$

28.8

$

28.5

Selling, general and administrative

 

(*)

 

(*)

Exploration

 

(*)

 

(*)

Total lease expense

 

$

28.8

$

28.6

(*) amount is lower than $0.1 million.

Maturities of lease liabilities are as follows:

Lease liabilities

Year

    

(in millions)

2025

 

$

86.5

2026

 

115.0

2027

 

114.5

2028

 

114.0

2029

 

112.8

After 2029

 

317.1

Total lease payments

 

$

859.9

Less: interest on lease liabilities

 

(139.2)

Present value of lease payments

 

$

720.7