Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Related Party Transactions:

Our consolidated statements of income include sales to and purchases from unconsolidated affiliates in the ordinary course of business as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Sales to unconsolidated affiliates	$	7,217	$	4,291
Purchases from unconsolidated affiliates^(a)	$	76,475	$	63,499


(a)	Purchases from unconsolidated affiliates primarily relate to purchases from our Windfield joint venture.

Our condensed consolidated balance sheets include accounts receivable due from and payable to unconsolidated affiliates in the ordinary course of business as follows (in thousands):



	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Receivables from unconsolidated affiliates	$	7,866	$	7,163
Payables to unconsolidated affiliates^(a)	$	72,357	$	35,502

(a)

Increase in payables to unconsolidated affiliates primarily relates to the timing of payments due to our Windfield joint venture for purchases of spodumene.