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Mining and Income Taxation - Summary of Domestic and Foreign Current Tax Rates (Parenthetical) (Detail) |  | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 17, 2016 | Mar. 16, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Disclosure of Domestic and Foreign Current Tax Rate [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Corporate tax rate |  |  | 30.00% | 30.00% |
Mining Tax [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Domestic and Foreign Current Tax Rate [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Effective mining tax rate for Gold Fields Operations Limited, GFI Joint Venture Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and owners of South Deep Mine |  |  | 30.00% | 30.00% | 30.00%
South African - Components of Mining and Income Tax [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Domestic and Foreign Current Tax Rate [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Corporate tax rate | 32.50% | 35.00% |  |  |

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