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Commitments and Contingencies - Other Commitments (Details) | Dec. 31, 2021 labor_union
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Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |
Percentage of Company's work force represented by a union | 63.00%
Percentage of U.S. based work force represented by a union | 55.00%
Netherlands |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |
Percentage of Company's work force represented by a union | 100.00%
Grundartangi - Landsvirkjun |
Loss Contingencies [Line Items] |
Percentage of foreign work force covered under new labor agreement | 86.00%
Number of labor unions under new agreement | 5

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