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Goodwill (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Changes in Goodwill |
|  |  |  | United States Dollar |
|  | Figures in millions unless otherwise stated |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | GOODWILL |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balance at beginning of the year |  |  | 76.6 |  |  |  | 317.8 |
|  | Impairment |  |  | (71.7 | ) |  |  | (277.8 | )
|  | Translation adjustment |  |  | (4.9 | ) |  |  | 36.6 |
|  | Balance at end of the year |  |  | — |  |  |  | 76.6 |

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