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Investment Income

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Dec. 31, 2017

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Investment Income

3. INVESTMENT INCOME

		UNITED STATES DOLLAR
		2017				2016				2015
						Restated1				Restated1
Interest received – environmental trust funds			0.5				1.0				0.4
Interest received – cash balances			5.1				7.3				5.9
Total investment income			5.6				8.3				6.3

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The disclosure of finance income. [Refer: Finance income]

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