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Production Costs (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Analysis of income and expense [abstract] |
Schedule of production costs | Production costs are comprised of the following:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Consumption of raw materials and consumables |  | $ | 184,484 |  |  | $ | 160,224 |
Employee compensation and benefits expense |  | 167,879 |  |  | 169,109 |
Contractors and outside services |  | 88,475 |  |  | 83,012 |
Utilities |  | 26,320 |  |  | 24,764 |
Severance costs related to mine operations |  | — |  |  | 3,509 |
Other expenses (1) |  | 31,417 |  |  | 34,339 |
Changes in inventories (2) |  | 17,061 |  |  | 25,713 |
|  | $ | 515,636 |  |  | $ | 500,670 |
(1) | Includes closure and decommissioning liability adjustments to reduce production costs by $nil (2017 - reduce by $1.2 million).
(2) | Includes NRV adjustments to inventory to increase production costs by $24.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 (2017 - increase by $12.3 million).

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