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Production Costs (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Analysis of income and expense [abstract] |
Schedule of production costs | Production costs are comprised of the following:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Consumption of raw materials and consumables |  | $ | 160,224 |  |  | $ | 163,675 |
Employee compensation and benefits expense (Note 22) |  | 169,109 |  |  | 148,256 |
Contractors and outside services |  | 83,012 |  |  | 81,241 |
Utilities |  | 24,764 |  |  | 20,335 |
Severance costs related to mine operations |  | 3,509 |  |  | — |
Other expenses (1) |  | 34,339 |  |  | 43,400 |
Changes in inventories (2) |  | 25,713 |  |  | (28,574 | )
|  | $ | 500,670 |  |  | $ | 428,333 |
(1) | Includes closure and decommissioning liability adjustments to reduce production costs by $1.2 million (2016 - reduce by $1.7 million).
(2) | Includes NRV adjustments to inventory to increase production costs by $12.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 (2016 - reduce by $42.8 million).

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