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Financial Instruments - Commodity Derivative Contract (Details) - t | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
Maturity December 2020 | Commodity contracts |  |
Derivative |  |
Copper notional amount (mass) | 47 | 203

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