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Estimated Capital Allowances (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
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Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Calculated tax losses | $ 551.7 |  | $ 661.5 |
Orogen Investments SA (Luxembourg) |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Calculated tax losses | 140.4 | [1] | 126.3 | [1]
Gold Fields Arctic Platinum Oy |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Calculated tax losses | 94.8 | [2] | 95.9 | [2]
Abosso Goldfields Limited |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Calculated tax losses | 7.2 | [3] |  | [3]
Gold Fields Operations |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Calculated tax losses | 301.1 | [4] | 404.9 | [4]
Gold Fields Group Services (Pty) Limited [Member] |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Calculated tax losses | 8.2 | [4] | 15.2 | [4]
Agrihold (Pty) Limited |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Calculated tax losses |  | [4],[5] | 2.1 | [4],[5]
Living Gold (Pty) Limited |  |  |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Calculated tax losses |  | [4],[5] | $ 17.1 | [4],[5]
[1] | The tax losses can only be used to offset future interest income generated by Orogen and can be carried forward indefinitely.
[2] | Tax losses may be carried forward for ten years. These losses expire on a first-in first-out basis.
[3] | Tax losses may be carried forward for five years. These losses expire on a first-in-first-out basis.
[4] | These future deductions may be utilized against income generated by the individual tax entity concerned and do not expire unless the tax entity ceases to commercially operate for a period longer than one year. Under South African mining tax ring-fencing legislation, each tax entity is treated separately and as such these deductions can only be utilized by the tax entities in which the deductions have been generated.
[5] | Tax losses are not available at December 31, 2013 as they were distributed as part of the Sibanye Gold spin-off.

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