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Property, Plant And Equipment | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant And Equipment |
12. | PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
|  | December 31, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
Cost |  |  | 7,453.4 |  |  |  | 7,731.7 |
Accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | (3,000.1 | ) |  |  | (2,798.7 | )
|  |  | 4,453.3 |  |  |  | 4,933.0 |
Mining properties, mine development costs, mine plant facilities and mineral interests |  |  | 3,807.2 |  |  |  | 4,285.1 |
Asset retirement costs |  |  | 105.7 |  |  |  | 89.3 |
Other non-mining assets |  |  | 540.4 |  |  |  | 558.6 |
|  |  | 4,453.3 |  |  |  | 4,933.0 |
Included in property, plant and equipment is cumulative capitalized interest, net of amortization, relating to the following assets:
|  | December 31, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
South African operations |  |  | 67.4 |  |  |  | 50.0 |
Tarkwa Mine |  |  | 9.0 |  |  |  | 10.9 |
Cerro Corona |  |  | 34.5 |  |  |  | 43.0 |
|  |  | 110.9 |  |  |  | 103.9 |
Depreciation charge on property, plant and equipment for continuing operations amounted to $677.3 million (fiscal 2013: $568.5 million and fiscal 2012: $425.8 million). Fleet assets in Ghana with a carrying value of $176.6 million have been pledged as security for the $70 million senior secured revolving credit facility. Refer note 16(f).

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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