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Asset and Goodwill Impairment Testing - Summary of Key Assumptions Used in Our Asset Impairment Reversal and Goodwill Impairment Analyses (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of information for cash-generating units [line items] |  |
Discount rate | 6.00% | 5.90%
Long-term foreign exchange rate | 1 U.S. to 1.25 Canadian dollars | 1 U.S. to 1.25 Canadian dollars
Inflation rate | 2.00% | 2.00%
Steelmaking Coal [member] |  |
Disclosure of information for cash-generating units [line items] |  |
Key assumptions used in asset impairment, asset impairment reversal and goodwill impairment | Current price used in initial year, decreased to a long-term price in 2023 of US$150 per tonne | Current price used in initial year, decreased to a long-term price in 2022 of US$140 per tonne
Copper [member] |  |
Disclosure of information for cash-generating units [line items] |  |
Key assumptions used in asset impairment, asset impairment reversal and goodwill impairment | Current price used in initial year, increased to a long-term price in 2023 of US$3.00 per pound | Current price used in initial year, decreased to a long-term price in 2022 of US$3.00 per pound

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