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Royalties Paid (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of Royalty Paid |
|  | UNITED STATES DOLLAR |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Amount owing at beginning of the year - continuing operations |  |  | (19.8 | ) |  |  | (17.8 | ) |  |  | (19.9 | )
Royalties - continuing operations |  |  | (62.0 | ) |  |  | (78.4 | ) |  |  | (73.9 | )
Amount owing at end of the year - continuing operations |  |  | 16.3 |  |  |  | 19.8 |  |  |  | 17.8 |
Translation |  |  | (0.5 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1.0 |
Total royalties paid - continuing operations |  |  | (66.0 | ) |  |  | (76.4 | ) |  |  | (75.0 | )

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