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Income Taxes - Summary of Temporary Differences in Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities (Parenthetical) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018
Deferred tax assets and liabilities [abstract]
Mineral reserves useful life, years	35 years

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