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Cash and Cash Equivalents (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents |
|  | UNITED STATES DOLLAR |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Cash at bank and on hand |  |  | 479.0 |  |  |  | 526.7 |
Total cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 479.0 |  |  |  | 526.7 |

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