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Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Property, Plant And Equipment

12. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

		December 31, 2015				December 31, 2014
Cost			7,148.2				7,453.4
Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(3,442.5	)			(3,000.1	)
			3,705.6				4,453.3
Mining properties, mine development costs, mine plant facilities and mineral interests			3,226.6				3,807.2
Asset retirement costs			84.0				105.7
Other non-mining assets			395.0				540.4
			3,705.6				4,453.3

Included in property, plant and equipment is cumulative capitalized interest, net of amortization, relating to the following assets:

		December 31, 2015				December 31, 2014
South African operations			65.6				67.4
Tarkwa Mine			11.3				9.0
Cerro Corona			40.4				34.5
			117.3				110.9

Depreciation charge on property, plant and equipment for continuing operations amounted to $594.4 million (fiscal 2014: $677.3 million and fiscal 2013: $568.5 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(d).

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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 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

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 205
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51717284&loc=d3e1361-107760

Reference 3: 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=51719941&loc=d3e2921-110230

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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