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Retirement plans - Defined contribution pension plans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Employee Benefits [Abstract]
Defined contribution pension plans	$ 8.1	$ 7.6

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- Definition

The amount of post-employment benefit expense relating to defined contribution plans. Defined contribution plans are post-employment benefit plans under which an entity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity (a fund) and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employee benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 19
-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 53
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=19&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_53&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2017-03-09

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- Definition

Employee Benefits [Abstract]

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No definition available.

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