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Emissions Certificates, Repurchase Obligation Amount

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Long-Term Debt, Repayment, Percent, Annual After Year Three

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Long-Term Debt, Repayment, Percent, Year Three

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Long-Term Debt, Repayment, Percent, Year Two

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Number Of Emission Allowance Certificates Sold

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Proceeds From Sale Of Emissions Certificate

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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The average effective interest rate during the reporting period.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount, after the effects of master netting arrangements, of funds outstanding borrowed in the form of a security repurchase agreement between the entity and another party for the sale and repurchase of identical or substantially the same securities at a date certain for a specified price. Includes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement and not elected to be offset.

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Debt and Other Obligations - Local bank loans and other short term borrowings Narrative (Details) emissions_certificate in Thousands, € in Millions, $ in Millions			1 Months Ended
	Mar. 16, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 15, 2022 EUR (€) emissions_certificate	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 27, 2023 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 KRW (₩)	Mar. 16, 2022 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of emission allowance certificates sold \| emissions_certificate		450
Proceeds from sale of emissions certificate		€ 33.5
Repurchase agreement \| $					$ 33.1			$ 0.0
Uncommitted local lines of credit: \| OECCL
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest (as a percent)	4.50%						4.50%
Debt face amount	$ 80.0						¥ 500,000,000
Term of loan (in years)	8 years
Principal repayments year two (as a percent)	2.00%
Principal repayments year three (as a percent)	10.00%
Principal repayments annual after year three (as a percent)	22.00%
Korea working capital loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt face amount			$ 7.0			₩ 10,000,000,000
Term of loan (in years)			1 year
Interest rate during the period			4.30%
Early repayment fee			1.00%			1.00%
Forecast
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Emissions certificates, repurchase obligation amount				€ 34.0