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Deferred Taxation | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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23. | DEFERRED TAXATION
The detailed components of the net deferred taxation liability which results from the differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities recognised for financial reporting and taxation purposes in different accounting periods are:
|  | UNITED STATES DOLLAR |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 Restated1 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
- Mining assets |  |  | 1,014.1 |  |  |  | 966.3 |
- Investment in environmental trust funds |  |  | 3.4 |  |  |  | 2.8 |
- Inventories |  |  | 12.1 |  |  |  | 13.7 |
- Unremitted earnings |  |  | 9.1 |  |  |  | — |
- Other |  |  | 12.6 |  |  |  | 3.5 |
Liabilities |  |  | 1,051.3 |  |  |  | 986.3 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
- Provisions |  |  | (108.4 | ) |  |  | (100.8 | )
- Tax losses |  |  | (69.1 | ) |  |  | (54.7 | )
- Unredeemed capital expenditure |  |  | (491.9 | ) |  |  | (420.9 | )
Assets |  |  | (669.4 | ) |  |  | (576.4 | )
Net deferred taxation liabilities |  |  | 381.9 |  |  |  | 409.9 |
Included in the statement of financial position as follows: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred taxation assets |  |  | (72.0 | ) |  |  | (48.7 | )
Deferred taxation liabilities |  |  | 453.9 |  |  |  | 458.6 |
Net deferred taxation liabilities |  |  | 381.9 |  |  |  | 409.9 |
Balance at beginning of the year |  |  | 409.9 |  |  |  | 428.1 |
Recognised in profit or loss - continuing operations |  |  | (31.5 | ) |  |  | (14.7 | )
Recognised in profit or loss - discontinued operations |  |  | 3.4 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
Translation adjustment |  |  | 0.1 |  |  |  | (3.6 | )
Balance at end of the year |  |  | 381.9 |  |  |  | 409.9 |
| 1 | Refer note 40 for further details.

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