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INVENTORIES | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Inventories [Abstract] |
INVENTORIES | INVENTORIES
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
|  |  |  | Restated |
Work in progress | $ | 342.4 |  | $ | 353.0 |
Raw materials, supplies and manufactured products |  | 194.6 |  |  | 163.1 |
| $ | 537.0 |  | $ | 516.1 |
Inventories recognized as cost of sales during the year ended March 31, 2019 amounted to $523.5 million (2018 – $303.6 million).

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