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Trade and Other Receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Schedule of Trade and Other Receivables |
|  | UNITED STATES DOLLAR |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Trade receivables - gold sales and copper concentrate |  |  | 46.6 |  |  |  | 58.2 |
Trade receivables - other |  |  | 15.6 |  |  |  | 4.5 |
Gold and oil derivative contracts5 |  |  | 25.0 |  |  |  | — |
Deposits |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | 0.3 |
Payroll receivables |  |  | 11.6 |  |  |  | 10.7 |
Prepayments |  |  | 51.5 |  |  |  | 50.1 |
Value added tax and import duties |  |  | 45.9 |  |  |  | 39.6 |
Diesel rebate |  |  | 1.4 |  |  |  | 1.3 |
Other |  |  | 4.2 |  |  |  | 5.5 |
Total trade and other receivables |  |  | 201.9 |  |  |  | 170.2 |
5 | Comprises US$5.1 million (2016: US$nil) relating to Australian oil derivative contracts, US$9.0 million (2016: US$nil) relating to Ghanaian oil derivative contracts and US$10.9 million (2016: US$nil) relating to gold derivative contracts at South Deep. Refer note 37 for further details.

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