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Pension and other post-retirement benefits - Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Determine Net Benefit Obligation (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Pension Plans |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Discount rate | 3.43% | 3.95%
Rate of compensation increase | 3.00% | 3.00%
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit |  |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |  |
Discount rate | 3.60% | 4.04%
Health care cost trend rate |  |
Before Age 65 | 6.25% | 6.25%
Age 65 and after | 6.25% | 6.25%
Assumed Ultimate Medical Inflation Rate | 4.75% | 4.75%
Year in which Ultimate Rate is reached | 2024 | 2023

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- Definition Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine benefit obligation of defined benefit plan. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (k)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82843861&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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