Costs of sales (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Costs of sales
Cost of stream sales	$ 26.2	$ 25.0	$ 67.0	$ 55.4
Mineral production taxes	0.8	0.6	1.5	1.2
Mining costs of sales	27.0	25.6	68.5	56.6
Energy costs of sales	1.0	1.8	3.1	3.2
Total costs of sales	$ 28.0	$ 27.4	$ 71.6	$ 59.8

The amount of costs relating to expenses directly or indirectly attributed to the goods or services sold, which may include, but are not limited to, costs previously included in the measurement of inventory that has now been sold, unallocated production overheads and abnormal amounts of production costs of inventories but excluding depletion and depreciation expense.

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