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Income and expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Income and expenses |
Sales by segment |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | US$'000 |  | US$'000 |  | US$'000
Electrometallurgy - North America |  | 710,716 |  | 541,143 |  | 521,192
Electrometallurgy - Europe |  | 1,447,973 |  | 1,083,200 |  | 949,547
Electrometallurgy - South Africa |  | 208,543 |  | 122,504 |  | 142,160
Other segments |  | 94,111 |  | 60,199 |  | 90,337
Eliminations |  | (187,305) |  | (65,353) |  | (127,199)
Total |  | 2,274,038 |  | 1,741,693 |  | 1,576,037
Sales by geographical area |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | US$'000 |  | US$'000 |  | US$'000
Spain |  | 274,769 |  | 253,991 |  | 201,403
Germany |  | 359,737 |  | 245,152 |  | 241,046
Italy |  | 138,796 |  | 94,590 |  | 90,267
Other EU Countries |  | 487,340 |  | 340,877 |  | 236,746
USA |  | 674,243 |  | 547,309 |  | 563,619
Rest of World |  | 339,153 |  | 259,774 |  | 242,956
Total |  | 2,274,038 |  | 1,741,693 |  | 1,576,037
Schedule of staff costs |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | US$'000 |  | US$'000 |  | US$'000
Wages, salaries and similar expenses |  | 265,405 |  | 222,733 |  | 212,098
Pension plan contributions |  | 12,136 |  | 13,631 |  | 10,647
Employee benefit costs |  | 63,523 |  | 65,599 |  | 73,654
Total |  | 341,064 |  | 301,963 |  | 296,399
Schedule of depreciation and amortization charges, operating allowances and write-downs |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | US$'000 |  | US$'000 |  | US$'000
Amortization of intangible assets (Note 8) |  | 9,312 |  | 8,440 |  | 12,649
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment (Note 9) |  | 109,832 |  | 94,051 |  | 105,695
Other write-downs and reversals |  | (7) |  | 2,038 |  | 7,333
Total |  | 119,137 |  | 104,529 |  | 125,677
Schedule of finance income |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | US$'000 |  | US$'000 |  | US$'000
Finance income of related parties (Note 23) |  | 72 |  | 224 |  | 74
Other finance income |  | 5,302 |  | 3,484 |  | 1,462
Total |  | 5,374 |  | 3,708 |  | 1,536
Schedule of finance costs |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | US$'000 |  | US$'000 |  | US$'000
Interest on debt instruments |  | 34,188 |  | 28,961 |  | —
Interest on loans and credit facilities |  | 8,249 |  | 15,834 |  | 18,630
Interest on note and bill discounting |  | 205 |  | 7,403 |  | 1,503
Interest on interest rate swaps |  | 1,710 |  | 2,689 |  | 2,525
Interest on finance leases |  | 2,974 |  | 2,917 |  | 3,186
Trade receivables securitization expense (Note 10) |  | 12,097 |  | 7,256 |  | —
Other finance costs |  | 2,599 |  | 352 |  | 4,407
Total |  | 62,022 |  | 65,412 |  | 30,251
Schedule of changes in impairment losses |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | US$'000 |  | US$'000 |  | US$'000
Impairment of goodwill (Note 7) |  | — |  | 30,618 |  | 194,612
Impairment of intangible assets (Note 8) |  | 16,073 |  | 443 |  | 230
Impairment of property, plant and equipment (Note 9) |  | 42,846 |  | (104) |  | 67,624
Impairment of non-current financial assets (Note 10) |  | — |  | — |  | 5,623
Impairment losses |  | 58,919 |  | 30,957 |  | 268,089
(Increase) decrease in fair value of biological assets (Note 28) |  | 7,615 |  | (7,504) |  | (1,891)
Other (gain) loss |  | 8 |  | — |  | —
Net (gain) loss due to changes in the value of assets |  | 7,623 |  | (7,504) |  | (1,891)
Schedule of (loss) gain on disposal of non-current assets |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  | US$'000 |  | US$'000 |  | US$'000
Loss on disposal of intangible assets |  | — |  | 503 |  | —
Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment |  | (2,950) |  | (1,779) |  | (468)
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment |  | 162 |  | 3,733 |  | —
(Gain) loss on disposal of other non-current assets |  | (29) |  | 1,859 |  | 128
Gain on disposal of subsidiary |  | (11,747) |  | — |  | —
Total |  | (14,564) |  | 4,316 |  | (340)

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