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Cost of sales | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Disclosure of cost of sales [abstract] |
Cost of sales | 13. Cost of sales Cost of sales is costs that directly relate to production at the mine operating segments and excludes depletion and amortization. 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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