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PROPERTY, PLANT AND MINE DEVELOPMENT
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
PROPERTY, PLANT AND MINE DEVELOPMENT  
PROPERTY, PLANT AND MINE DEVELOPMENT

10.  PROPERTY, PLANT AND MINE DEVELOPMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Mine

    

 

 

 

 

Mining

 

Plant and

 

Development

 

 

 

 

Properties

 

Equipment

 

Costs

 

Total

As at December 31, 2016

 

$

1,605,536

 

$

2,024,283

 

$

1,476,217

 

$

5,106,036

Additions

 

 

174,374

 

 

221,924

 

 

648,242

 

 

1,044,540

Disposals

 

 

(6,750)

 

 

(9,354)

 

 

 —

 

 

(16,104)

Amortization

 

 

(127,579)

 

 

(276,493)

 

 

(103,848)

 

 

(507,920)

Transfers between categories

 

 

19,946

 

 

30,761

 

 

(50,707)

 

 

 —

As at December 31, 2017

 

 

1,665,527

 

 

1,991,121

 

 

1,969,904

 

 

5,626,552

Additions

 

 

335,938

 

 

247,655

 

 

681,882

 

 

1,265,475

Impairment loss

 

 

(100,676)

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(100,676)

Disposals

 

 

(8,554)

 

 

(5,590)

 

 

 —

 

 

(14,144)

Amortization

 

 

(146,793)

 

 

(268,028)

 

 

(128,084)

 

 

(542,905)

Transfers between categories

 

 

29,621

 

 

19,709

 

 

(49,330)

 

 

 —

As at December 31, 2018

 

$

1,775,063

 

$

1,984,867

 

$

2,474,372

 

$

6,234,302

As at December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

$

2,782,732

 

$

4,602,106

 

$

2,648,514

 

$

10,033,352

Accumulated amortization and impairments

 

 

(1,117,205)

 

 

(2,610,985)

 

 

(678,610)

 

 

(4,406,800)

Carrying value - December 31, 2017

 

$

1,665,527

 

$

1,991,121

 

$

1,969,904

 

$

5,626,552

As at December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

$

3,135,284

 

$

4,839,166

 

$

3,281,066

 

$

11,255,516

Accumulated amortization and impairments

 

 

(1,360,221)

 

 

(2,854,299)

 

 

(806,694)

 

 

(5,021,214)

Carrying value - December 31, 2018

 

$

1,775,063

 

$

1,984,867

 

$

2,474,372

 

$

6,234,302

 

As at December 31, 2018, assets under construction, and therefore not yet being depreciated, included in the carrying value of property, plant and mine development amounted to $1,424.2 million (2017 - $910.6 million).

During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company disposed of property, plant and mine development with a carrying value of $14.1 million (2017 - $16.1 million). The loss on disposal was recorded in the other income line item in the consolidated statements of income(loss).

Geographic Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

As at

    

As at

 

 

December 31, 

 

December 31, 

 

 
2018

 
2017

Northern Business:

 

 

  

 

 

  

Canada

 

$

4,386,051

 

$

3,730,809

Finland

 

 

996,946

 

 

889,610

Sweden

 

 

13,812

 

 

13,812

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Business:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico

 

 

835,797

 

 

982,115

United States

 

 

1,696

 

 

10,206

Total property, plant and mine development

 

$

6,234,302

 

$

5,626,552