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Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Additional Information Relating to Cash Flow Activities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Cash refunds for:
Income taxes, net	$ (319)	$ (66)
Noncash continuing investing and financing activities:
Supplies and accounts payable associated with additions of property, plant and equipment	12,974	21,251
Series E Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Noncash continuing investing and financing activities:
Dividends accrued on Series E Redeemable Preferred	25,885	22,609
Accretion of Series E Redeemable Preferred	$ 1,517	$ 1,493

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Cash payments for.

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The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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