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Trade and Other Payables | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Trade and Other Payables |
27. | TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES
|  | UNITED STATES DOLLAR |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 Restated1 |  |  | 2015 Restated1 |
Trade payables |  |  | 190.8 |  |  |  | 169.3 |  |  |  |  |
Accruals and other payables |  |  | 238.8 |  |  |  | 199.6 |  |  |  |  |
Payroll payables |  |  | 51.7 |  |  |  | 46.3 |  |  |  |  |
Copper derivative contracts2 |  |  | 3.3 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Leave pay accrual |  |  | 42.5 |  |  |  | 37.7 |  |  |  |  |
Interest payable on loans |  |  | 10.2 |  |  |  | 9.7 |  |  |  |  |
Deferred consideration - refer note 15.2 |  |  | 11.2 |  |  |  | 67.7 |  |  |  |  |
Stamp duty payable - refer note 15.2 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 13.0 |  |  |  |  |
Total trade and other payables |  |  | 548.5 |  |  |  | 543.3 |  |  |  |  |

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