Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Financial information relating to the reporting segments

Three months ended September 30, 2011	Palmarejo Mine			San Bartolomé Mine			Kensington Mine			Rochester Mine			Martha Mine			Endeavor Mine			Other			Total
Sales of metals	$	166,875		$	102,820		$	44,185		$	17,453		$	6,037		$	6,205		$	—		$	343,575
Productions costs applicable to sales		(64,112	)		(30,085	)		(24,347	)		(11,356	)		(8,143	)		(3,210	)		—			(141,253	)
Depreciation and depletion		(41,182	)		(6,067	)		(9,567	)		(573	)		(237	)		(914	)		(112	)		(58,652	)
Gross profit (loss)		61,581			66,668			10,271			5,524			(2,343	)		2,081			(112	)		143,670
Exploration expense		2,200			61			308			242			1,477			—			484			4,772
Other operating expenses		225			111			88			3,158			150			(1	)		7,776			11,507
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)		59,156			66,496			9,875			2,124			(3,970	)		2,082			(8,372	)		127,391
Interest and other income		(6,278	)		(227	)		1			7			(99	)		—			(14	)		(6,610	)
Interest expense		(5,270	)		(9	)		(1,115	)		(14	)		(35	)		—			(1,537	)		(7,980	)
Loss on debt extinguishment		—			—			—			—			—			—			(784	)		(784	)
Fair value adjustments, net		(26,464	)		—			(22,244	)		—			—			—			(4,643	)		(53,351	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		(2,459	)		(25,063	)		(1	)		—			(173	)		107			(17	)		(27,606	)
Net income (loss)	$	18,685		$	41,197		$	(13,484	)	$	2,117		$	(4,277	)	$	2,189		$	(15,367	)	$	31,060
Segment assets (A)	$	2,050,108		$	265,488		$	515,335		$	55,734		$	19,537		$	37,546		$	17,693		$	2,961,441
Capital expenditures (B)	$	9,528		$	4,418		$	9,230		$	13,559		$	1,130		$	—		$	234		$	38,099

Three months ended September 30, 2010	Palmarejo Mine			San Bartolomé Mine			Kensington Mine			Rochester Mine			Martha Mine			Endeavor Mine			Other			Total
Sales of metals	$	61,459		$	30,009		$	8,520		$	5,828		$	11,028		$	1,720		$	—		$	118,564
Productions costs applicable to sales		(31,340	)		(12,902	)		(7,421	)		(2,770	)		(5,284	)		(685	)		—			(60,402	)
Depreciation and depletion		(22,490	)		(4,943	)		(7,220	)		(445	)		(2,244	)		(330	)		(129	)		(37,801	)
Gross profit (loss)		7,629			12,164			(6,121	)		2,613			3,500			705			(129	)		20,361
Exploration expense		1,282			1			438			123			1,437			—			559			3,840
Other operating expenses		1			—			170			152			—			—			5,722			6,045
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)		6,346			12,163			(6,729	)		2,338			2,063			705			(6,410	)		10,476
Interest and other income		381			(244	)		(28	)		—			(747	)		—			—			(638	)
Interest expense		(5,558	)		(92	)		(899	)		—			(247	)		—			(3,155	)		(9,951	)
Loss on debt extinguishment		—			—			—			—			—			—			(806	)		(806	)
Fair value adjustments, net		(18,850	)		—			(142	)		—			—			—			(115	)		(19,107	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		5,200			(6,461	)		(7	)		—			(3,504	)		—			1,539			(3,233	)
Net loss from discontinued operations		—			—			—			—			—			—			(251	)		(251	)
Gain on sale of dicontinued oeprations, net of income taxes		—			—			—			—			—			—			882			882
Net income (loss)	$	(12,481	)	$	5,366		$	(7,805	)	$	2,338		$	(2,435	)	$	705		$	(8,316	)	$	(22,628	)
Segment assets (A)	$	2,126,953		$	276,150		$	499,958		$	30,786		$	22,130		$	39,316		$	17,646		$	3,012,939
Capital expenditures (B)	$	15,809		$	806		$	20,022		$	139		$	—		$	—		$	7		$	36,783

Nine months ended September 30, 2011	Palmarejo Mine			San Bartolomé Mine			Kensington Mine			Rochester Mine			Martha Mine			Endeavor Mine			Other			Total
Sales of metals	$	378,767		$	204,739		$	118,307		$	46,149		$	10,492		$	15,835		$	—		$	774,289
Productions costs applicable to sales		(139,251	)		(58,329	)		(70,111	)		(24,054	)		(11,502	)		(7,582	)		—			(310,829	)
Depreciation and depletion		(116,610	)		(16,392	)		(28,822	)		(1,671	)		(82	)		(2,398	)		(359	)		(166,334	)
Gross profit (loss)		122,906			130,018			19,374			20,424			(1,092	)		5,855			(359	)		297,126
Exploration expense		4,112			96			674			604			4,300			—			1,825			11,611
Other operating expenses		225			219			224			17,719			150			(1	)		21,707			40,243
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)		118,569			129,703			18,476			2,101			(5,542	)		5,856			(23,891	)		245,272
Interest and other income		(4,450	)		560			4			58			(588	)		—			2,470			(1,946	)
Interest expense		(17,085	)		(45	)		(3,722	)		(14	)		(448	)		—			(5,239	)		(26,553	)
Loss on debt extinguishment		—			—			—			—			—			—			(1,640	)		(1,640	)
Fair value adjustments, net		(46,505	)		—			(20,568	)		—			—			—			(3,978	)		(71,051	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		(12,521	)		(47,209	)		(21	)		—			(542	)		104			(1,758	)		(61,947	)
Net income (loss)	$	38,008		$	83,009		$	(5,831	)	$	2,145		$	(7,120	)	$	5,960		$	(34,036	)	$	82,135
Segment assets (A)	$	2,050,108		$	265,488		$	515,335		$	55,734		$	19,537		$	37,546		$	17,693		$	2,961,441
Capital expenditures (B)	$	24,887		$	11,230		$	21,964		$	19,428		$	1,954		$	—		$	317		$	79,780

Nine months ended September 30, 2010	Palmarejo Mine			San Bartolomé Mine			Kensington Mine			Rochester Mine			Martha Mine			Endeavor Mine			Other			Total
Sales of metals	$	151,907		$	75,876		$	8,520		$	28,995		$	35,235		$	7,338		$	—		$	307,871
Productions costs applicable to sales		(92,107	)		(37,645	)		(7,421	)		(14,154	)		(16,742	)		(2,726	)		—			(170,795	)
Depreciation and depletion		(63,574	)		(14,152	)		(7,220	)		(1,368	)		(7,348	)		(1,440	)		(401	)		(95,503	)
Gross profit (loss)		(3,774	)		24,079			(6,121	)		13,473			11,145			3,172			(401	)		41,573
Exploration expense		3,069			1			680			164			3,852			—			1,755			9,521
Other operating expenses		352			—			170			925			—			—			19,125			20,572
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)		(7,195	)		24,078			(6,971	)		12,384			7,293			3,172			(21,281	)		11,480
Interest and other income		642			(388	)		(28	)		1			(3,697	)		—			745			(2,725	)
Interest expense		(16,426	)		(255	)		(899	)		—			(302	)		—			(3,520	)		(21,402	)
Loss on debt extinguishment		—			—			—			—			—			—			(12,714	)		(12,714	)
Fair value adjustments, net		(55,029	)		—			(6,694	)		—			—			—			(4,158	)		(65,881	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		12,897			(10,962	)		(7	)		—			(5,677	)		—			16,886			13,137
Net loss from discontinued operations		—			—			—			—			—			—			(6,029	)		(6,029	)
Loss on sale of discontinued operations, net of taxes		—			—			—			—			—			—			(2,095	)		(2,095	)
Net income (loss)	$	(65,111	)	$	12,473		$	(14,599	)	$	12,385		$	(2,383	)	$	3,172		$	(32,166	)	$	(86,229	)
Segment assets (A)	$	2,126,953		$	276,150		$	499,958		$	30,786		$	22,130		$	39,316		$	17,646		$	3,012,939
Capital expenditures (B)	$	43,128		$	2,677		$	83,119		$	226		$	3		$	—		$	286		$	129,439

^(A)  Segment assets consist of receivables, prepaids, inventories, property, plant and equipment, and mining properties

^(B)  Balance represents cash flow amounts

Consolidated Assets

	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
Assets
Total assets for reportable segments	$	2,961,441	$	3,000,389
Cash and cash equivalents		207,882		66,118
Receivables, non-current portion		41,329		42,866
Restricted assets		29,513		29,028
Debt issuance costs, net		2,663		4,333
Other assets		28,391		14,793
Total consolidated assets	$	3,271,219	$	3,157,527

Geographic Information

	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
Long Lived Assets:
United States	$	502,386	$	488,118
Mexico		1,936,151		2,028,864
Bolivia		228,761		234,306
Australia		34,749		37,147
Argentina		3,743		1,882
Total	$	2,705,790	$	2,790,317

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Revenues:
United States	$	61,639	$	14,348	$	164,456	$	37,515
Mexico		166,875		61,459		378,767		151,907
Bolivia		102,819		30,009		204,739		75,876
Australia		6,206		1,720		15,835		7,338
Argentina		6,036		11,028		10,492		35,235
Total	$	343,575	$	118,564	$	774,289	$	307,871