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Provisions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Provisions |
Schedule of provisions |
|  | Current liabilities |  | Non-current liabilities
|  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Payroll, related charges and other remunerations |  | 877 |  | 790 |  | — |  | —
Onerous contracts (note 18) |  | 58 |  | 57 |  | 838 |  | 866
Environmental obligations |  | 102 |  | 146 |  | 200 |  | 243
Provision related to VNC sale |  | 500 |  | — |  | — |  | —
Asset retirement obligations |  | 99 |  | 158 |  | 4,121 |  | 3,802
Provisions for litigation (note 26) |  | 87 |  | — |  | 1,004 |  | 1,462
Employee postretirement obligations (note 27) |  | 103 |  | 79 |  | 2,271 |  | 2,120
Provisions |  | 1,826 |  | 1,230 |  | 8,434 |  | 8,493
Schedule of changes in the provision of asset retirement obligations and long-term interest rates |
|  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |
Balance at beginning of the year |  | 3,960 |  | 3,115 |
Present value valuation |  | 27 |  | 37 |
Settlements |  | (45) |  | (47) |
Revisions on cash flows estimates (i) |  | 509 |  | 812 |
Translation adjustment |  | (231) |  | 43 |
Balance at end of the year |  | 4,220 |  | 3,960 |
Current |  | 99 |  | 158 |
Non-current |  | 4,121 |  | 3,802 |
|  | 4,220 |  | 3,960 |
Long-term interest rates (per annum) |  |  |  |  |
Brazil |  | 3.54 | % | 3.36 | %
Canada |  | 0.00 | % | 0.40 | %
Mozambique |  | 5.67 | % | 5.20 | %
Other regions |  | 0.0% - 4.73 | % | 0.60% - 4.78 | %
| (i) |  | In 2019, includes changes in discount rates and updating plans for mine closure, that also considers new legal requirements related to the decommissioning.

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