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FINANCE EXPENSE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Finance Expenses |
|  | Fiscal Year Ended December 31, |  |  | Six Months Ended December 31, |  |  | Fiscal Year Ended June, 30 |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Interest expense—Mvelaphanda loan |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (34.9 | )
Interest expense—preference share dividend |  |  | (1.3 | ) |  |  | (3.1 | ) |  |  | (5.9 | ) |  |  | (9.8 | )
Interest expense—other |  |  | (62.3 | ) |  |  | (33.3 | ) |  |  | (65.8 | ) |  |  | (92.8 | )
Total finance expense |  |  | (63.6 | ) |  |  | (36.4 | ) |  |  | (71.7 | ) |  |  | (137.5 | )
Capitalized interest |  |  | 9.3 |  |  |  | 4.7 |  |  |  | 6.5 |  |  |  | 63.6 |
|  |  | (54.3 | ) |  |  | (31.7 | ) |  |  | (65.2 | ) |  |  | (73.9 | )

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