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Cost of sales (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Disclosure of cost of sales [abstract] |
Schedule of Cost of Sales | The following are components of cost of sales:
|  | Three-month |  |  | Three-month |  |  | Nine-month |  |  | Nine-month |
|  | period ended |  |  | period ended |  |  | period ended |  |  | period ended |
|  | September 30, |  |  | September 30, |  |  | September 30, |  |  | September 30, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Salaries and employee benefits |  | $ | 6,119 |  |  | $ | 5,277 |  |  | $ | 17,599 |  |  | $ | 16,544 |
Raw materials and consumables |  |  | 4,754 |  |  |  | 2,560 |  |  |  | 14,034 |  |  |  | 10,105 |
Utilities |  |  | 1,237 |  |  |  | 772 |  |  |  | 3,246 |  |  |  | 3,006 |
Other costs |  |  | 447 |  |  |  | 343 |  |  |  | 1,948 |  |  |  | 1,931 |
Changes in inventories |  |  | 252 |  |  |  | (1,258 | ) |  |  | 1,116 |  |  |  | (1,229 | )
|  | $ | 12,809 |  |  | $ | 7,694 |  |  | $ | 37,943 |  |  | $ | 30,357 |

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