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Impairment and onerous contracts - Loans receivable, Nacala BV (Details) T in Millions, $ in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) T
Impairment and onerous contracts |
Discount rate on cash flows | 5.93%
Nacala Corridor |
Impairment and onerous contracts |
Impairment of loans and receivables | $ | $ 798
Discount rate on cash flows | 8.20%
Carrying amount of the receivable after the impairment charge | $ | $ 1,118
Threshold volume of capacity for carrying value to be fully impaired | T | 5
Total volume of capacity | T | 22

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- Definition The amount of non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market, other than: (a) those that the entity intends to sell immediately or in the near term, which shall be classified as held for trading, and those that the entity, upon initial recognition, designates as at fair value through profit or loss; (b) those that the entity, upon initial recognition, designates as available for sale; or (c) those for which the holder may not recover substantially all of its initial investment, other than because of credit deterioration, which shall be classified as available for sale. An interest acquired in a pool of assets that are not loans or receivables (for example, an interest in a mutual fund or a similar fund) is not a loan or receivable. [Refer: Derivative financial assets] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2021-01-01 -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 8 -Subparagraph c -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2017-en-b&anchor=para_8_c&doctype=Standard&book=b -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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