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Cost of Sales | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Cost of Sales |
2. | COST OF SALES
|  | UNITED STATES DOLLAR |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  |  |  |  | Restated1 |  |  | Restated1 |
Salaries and wages |  |  | (414.7 | ) |  |  | (388.1 | ) |  |  | (368.0 | )
Consumable stores |  |  | (346.7 | ) |  |  | (346.3 | ) |  |  | (380.7 | )
Utilities |  |  | (150.1 | ) |  |  | (169.8 | ) |  |  | (162.4 | )
Mine contractors |  |  | (307.4 | ) |  |  | (308.4 | ) |  |  | (284.9 | )
Other |  |  | (207.6 | ) |  |  | (163.1 | ) |  |  | (175.5 | )
Cost of sales before gold inventory change and amortisation and depreciation |  |  | (1,426.5 | ) |  |  | (1,375.7 | ) |  |  | (1,371.5 | )
Gold inventory change |  |  | 69.5 |  |  |  | 45.9 |  |  |  | (25.5 | )
Cost of sales before amortisation and depreciation |  |  | (1,357.0 | ) |  |  | (1,329.8 | ) |  |  | (1,397.0 | )
Amortisation and depreciation2 |  |  | (748.1 | ) |  |  | (671.4 | ) |  |  | (591.5 | )
Total cost of sales |  |  | (2,105.1 | ) |  |  | (2,001.2 | ) |  |  | (1,988.5 | )

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