ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) a property	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Reclamation activities	$ 5,263	$ 3,937	$ 15,739	$ 14,256
California [Member]
Reclamation activities			$ 8,117	$ 10,373
Adjacent aggregates sites \| property			2
Property, acres \| a			90

Amount of asset retirement obligations settled, or otherwise disposed of, during the period. This may include asset retirement obligations transferred to third parties associated with the sale of a long-lived asset.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 410
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7535-110849

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