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However, the production phase does not commence with the removal of de minimis saleable mineral material that occurs in conjunction with the removal of overburden or waste material for the purpose of obtaining access to an ore body.\"><span>production phase</span></a> of a mine are variable production costs that should be included in the costs of the inventory produced (that is, extracted) during the period that the stripping costs are incurred. </span></span></div></div>","snippet":"Stripping costs incurred during the production phase of a mine are variable production costs that should be included in the costs of the inventory produced (that is, extracted) during the period that the stripping costs …","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:cde2906dc824cbeeaf897a99f037104cf3744da5589fe47e9c8faec156ee2e61","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:53:06.919Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:53:06.919Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147477618","source_sha256":"e126f7431470a19c89d5ca52f4328565458889a51bbbd426c11efbd37fa35f42"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:a7a13b8c285d57561fa79a0117f202939a11d76b492135f3f124c1d8fb2e6f6d","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:53:06.919Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:53:06.919Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147477618","source_sha256":"e126f7431470a19c89d5ca52f4328565458889a51bbbd426c11efbd37fa35f42"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:cca7032905310bffbfc076d928e30003c41dd41d380484e27ed37383306d0b39","downloaded_from":"2026-09-09T23:53:06.919Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-09T23:53:06.919Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147477618","source_sha256":"e126f7431470a19c89d5ca52f4328565458889a51bbbd426c11efbd37fa35f42"}}],"enrichment":{"summary":"This subtopic governs how mining entities account for stripping costs — the costs of removing overburden and waste materials to access ore — incurred during the production phase of a mine. The core rule is that post-production-phase stripping costs are variable production costs that must be capitalized into the cost of the inventory (ore) extracted in the same period the stripping costs are incurred. Stripping costs incurred before the production phase (i.e., during development) are outside the scope of this subtopic.","key_points":["This Subtopic addresses accounting for stripping costs incurred in the production phase of mining operations (330-930-05-1).","Stripping costs incurred during the production phase are variable production costs that should be included in the costs of the inventory produced (extracted) during the period the stripping costs are incurred (330-930-25-1).","The guidance does not apply to stripping costs incurred before the production phase (330-930-15-2(a)).","Scope otherwise follows the Extractive Activities—Mining Overall Subtopic scope in Section 930-10-15 (330-930-15-1).","Because the costs attach to inventory extracted in the same period, they cannot be deferred and amortized over the mine's life or over future periods benefited."],"categories":["Inventory and PP&E","Initial measurement","Industry-specific","Recognition"],"audience_level":"intermediate","student_note":"The exam trap is timing: only production-phase stripping costs are inventoriable under this subtopic, and they hit inventory in the period incurred — students often wrongly assume stripping costs can be capitalized as a long-lived asset and amortized over the ore body's life. 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