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Long-term Debt Narrative (Details) | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) payments | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 CLP ($) | May 01, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Amortization of financing costs and discounts | $ 800,000 | $ 900,000 | $ 1,100,000 |  |
Long-term Debt, Gross | 355,700,000 | 380,400,000 |  |  |
Impact of foreign currency exchange rates | 1,100,000 | (2,100,000) | 2,000,000 |  |
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity | 200,000,000 |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Capacity, Sublimit for Letters of Credit | $ 60,000,000 |  |  |  |
Capitalization Ratio, Maximum | 40.00% |  |  | 40.00% |
Required debt to equity ratio maximum | 1 |  |  |  |
Required EBITDA to financial costs minimum | 3 |  |  |  |
Loss on early debt extinguishment | $ 0 | $ 0 | (17,300,000) |  |
Debt, weighted average interest rate | 4.90% | 5.10% |  | 4.90% |
Interest paid, net | $ 19,800,000 | $ 17,500,000 | $ 27,200,000 |  |
Senior notes payable 2018 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of debt |  | 22,400,000 |  |  |
Amount of loan issuance | 348,600,000 |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt, Gross | 0 | 22,000,000 |  |  |
Notes Receivable | $ 22,200,000 |  |  |  |
Debt, interest rate, stated percentage | 7.30% |  |  | 7.30% |
Chilean term credit facility, maturing 2019 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Amount of loan issuance | $ 39,000,000 |  |  | $ 943,543.7391 |
Long-term Debt, Gross | 4,700,000 | 7,700,000 |  |  |
Repayments of Debt | 2,300,000 |  |  |  |
Impact of foreign currency exchange rates | 900,000.0 |  |  |  |
Impact of UF change | $ 200,000 |  |  |  |
Debt, interest rate, stated percentage | 3.90% |  |  | 3.90% |
Ratio of indebtedness to net capital | 2.5 |  |  | 2.5 |
Number of future semi-annual payments | payments | 16 |  |  |  |
Senior unsecured notes, maturing 2024 [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of debt | $ 337,900,000 | 364,000,000 |  |  |
Amount of loan issuance | 350,000,000 |  |  |  |
Long-term Debt, Gross | $ 350,000,000 | $ 350,000,000 |  |  |
Debt, interest rate, stated percentage | 4.90% |  |  | 4.90% | 4.875%
Base Rate |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, interest rate description | .005 |  |  |  |
Base Rate | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, interest rate description | .0175 |  |  |  |
Base Rate | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, interest rate description | .00625 |  |  |  |
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, interest rate description | .01 |  |  |  |
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, interest rate description | .0275 |  |  |  |
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, interest rate description | 0.01625 |  |  |  |
Other Commitments [Domain] | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, interest rate description | .005 |  |  |  |
Other Commitments [Domain] | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Line of credit facility, interest rate description | .0020 |  |  |  |

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