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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2022 Country Segment Facility
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments | Segment	3
Number of commercial clean coal production facilities | Facility	35
Number of countries in which the company has operations	68
Number of countries in which the company does business through a network of correspondent brokers and consultants	150

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123359005&loc=d3e8672-108599

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