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Note 31 - Group Entities (Details Textual)		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 20, 2012	Dec. 31, 2017
Statement Line Items [Line Items]
Proportion of ownership interests held by non-controlling interests	51.00%	51.00%
Blanket Mine (1983) (Private) Limited [member]
Statement Line Items [Line Items]
Proportion of ownership interests held by non-controlling interests		16.20%

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The proportion of ownership interests in a subsidiary held by non-controlling interests. [Refer: Subsidiaries [member]; Non-controlling interests]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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