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Share-Based Payments - Summary of Share Options Under the Gold Fields Limited 2012 Share Plan (Detail) - Gold Fields Limited 2012 Share Plan [Member] - shares | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Performance Shares [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of movements in share options [Line Items] |  |  |
Outstanding at beginning of the year | 393,178 | 2,446,922 | 4,316,657
Granted | 0 | 393,178 | 0
Exercised and released | 0 | (2,428,904) | (1,704,704)
Forfeited | (393,178) | (18,018) | (165,031)
Outstanding at end of the year | 0 | 393,178 | 2,446,922
Bonus Shares [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of movements in share options [Line Items] |  |  |
Outstanding at beginning of the year |  | 0 | 2,161,922
Granted |  |  | 0
Exercised and released |  |  | (2,094,343)
Forfeited |  |  | (67,579)
Outstanding at end of the year |  |  | 0

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