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FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT - Liquidity (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
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Financial Instruments [Abstract] |  |
Corporate cash and financial assets | $ 205 | $ 549
Availability under committed credit facilities | 2,475 | 2,475
Draws on credit facility | (789) | 0
Commitments under credit facility | (106) | (46)
Corporate liquidity | $ 1,785 | $ 2,978

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- Definition The amount of financial assets held for managing liquidity risk (for example, financial assets that are readily saleable or expected to generate cash inflows to meet cash outflows on financial liabilities). [Refer: Liquidity risk [member]; Financial assets; Financial liabilities] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph B11E -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=7&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_B11E&doctype=Appendix&seq=2 -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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