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Production Costs
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
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Production Costs
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PRODUCTION COSTS

 

 Years ended December 31    2018      2017  

 Raw materials and consumables

    $ 726      $ 836  

 Salaries and employee benefits (a)

      482        480  

 Contractors

      349        415  

 Royalties (note 18(i))

      58        78  

 Transportation costs

      50        47  

 Maintenance costs

      33        35  

 Revision of reclamation and closure cost provision

      24        (4 ) 

 Change in inventories

      7        (64 ) 

 Other (b)

      65        66  
     $                     1,794      $                     1,889  

 

  (a)

Salaries and employee benefits exclude $57 million of salaries and employee benefits included in corporate administration in the Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Earnings for the year ended December 31, 2018 (2017 – $64 million).

 

  (b)

Other included a write down of prior period costs of $12 million relating to Peñasquito oxide heap leach inventories during the year ended December 31, 2017.