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Provision For Post-Retirement Health Care Costs (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Accured Post-Retirement Health Care Costs |
|  | December 31, 2012 |  |  | December 31, 2011 |
Gold Fields Group (excluding South Deep) accrued post-retirement health care costs (a) |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
South Deep accrued post-retirement health care costs (b) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Gold Fields Group accrued post-retirement health care costs |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
Gold Fields Group (excluding South Deep) |
Funded Status and Amounts Recognized for Post-Retirement Health Care Costs | The following table sets forth the funded status and amounts recognized by the Group (excluding South Deep) for post-retirement health care costs:
|  | December 31, 2012 |  |  | December 31, 2011 |
Actuarial present value |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
Plan assets at fair value |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
Prior service costs |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Unrecognized net (gain)/loss |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Post-retirement health care liability |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
The following is a reconciliation of the benefit obligation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of year |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 2.6 |
Service costs |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Contributions paid |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | (0.2 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustment |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | (0.4 | )
Balance at end of year |  |  | 2.1 |  |  |  | 2.1 |
South Deep Gold Mine |
Net Periodic Benefit Cost |
|  | December 31, 2012 |  |  | December 31, 2011 |  |  | December 31, 2010 |  |  | June 30, 2010 |
The net periodic benefit cost is explained as follows: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service costs |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | 0.9 |
Net periodic benefit cost |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | (0.1 | ) |  |  | 0.9 |

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