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Post-employee benefit plans | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Employee Benefits [Abstract] |
Post-employment benefit plans |
Note 10 Post-employment benefit plans
Post-employment benefit plans cost We provide pension and other benefits for most of our employees. These include defined benefit (DB) pension plans, defined contribution (DC) pension plans and other post-employment benefits (OPEBs). COMPONENTS OF POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PLANS SERVICE COST
|  | THREE MONTHS | SIX MONTHS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30 | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
DB pension | (53 | ) | (53 | ) | (106 | ) | (101 | )
DC pension | (24 | ) | (24 | ) | (57 | ) | (55 | )
OPEBs | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | (2 | ) | (3 | )
Plan amendment gain on OPEBs | — |  | — |  | — |  | 16 |
Less: |  |  |  |
| Capitalized benefit plans cost | 15 |  | 14 |  | 29 |  | 29 |
Total post-employment benefit plans service cost included in operating costs | (63 | ) | (64 | ) | (136 | ) | (114 | )
Other costs recognized in severance, acquisition and other costs | — |  | (4 | ) | (4 | ) | (4 | )
Total post-employment benefit plans service cost | (63 | ) | (68 | ) | (140 | ) | (118 | )
COMPONENTS OF POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PLANS FINANCING COST
|  | THREE MONTHS | SIX MONTHS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30 | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
DB pension | (5 | ) | (5 | ) | (11 | ) | (9 | )
OPEBs | (12 | ) | (13 | ) | (23 | ) | (27 | )
Total interest on post-employment benefit obligations | (17 | ) | (18 | ) | (34 | ) | (36 | )

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