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Cost of sales | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of cost of sales [abstract] |
Cost of sales | 15. Cost of sales
|  | Year ended |  |  | Year ended |
|  | December 31, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Salaries and employee benefits |  | $ | 22,314 |  |  | $ | 23,430 |
Raw materials and consumables |  |  | 14,252 |  |  |  | 15,065 |
Utilities |  |  | 3,902 |  |  |  | 4,113 |
Other costs |  |  | 2,318 |  |  |  | 1,768 |
Changes in inventories |  |  | (2,748 | ) |  |  | 1,769 |
|  | $ | 40,038 |  |  | $ | 46,145 |

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