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Long-term provisions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Long-term provisions |
Schedule of changes in long-term provisions |
|  |  |  | Share- |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | based |  |  |  |  |
|  | Environmental |  | payments* |  | Other |  | Total |
for the year ended 30 June |  | Rm |  | Rm |  | Rm |  | Rm |
2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of year |  | 15 716 |  | 885 |  | 2 178 |  | 18 779 |
Capitalised in property, plant and equipment and assets under construction |  | 350 |  | — |  | — |  | 350 |
Reduction in rehabilitation provision capitalised** |  | (1 433 | ) | — |  | — |  | (1 433 | )
Per the income statement |  | (756 | ) | 655 |  | (495 | ) | (596 | )
additional provisions and changes to existing provisions |  | 241 |  | 655 |  | (495 | ) | 401 |
reversal of unutilised amounts |  | (194 | ) | — |  | — |  | (194 | )
effect of change in discount rate |  | (803 | ) | — |  | — |  | (803 | )
Notional interest |  | 953 |  | — |  | 9 |  | 962 |
Utilised during year (cash flow) |  | (249 | ) | (437 | ) | (43 | ) | (729 | )
Foreign exchange differences recognised in income statement |  | 225 |  | (1 | ) | 27 |  | 251 |
Translation of foreign operations |  | 127 |  | (1 | ) | 17 |  | 143 |
Balance at end of year |  | 14 933 |  | 1 101 |  | 1 693 |  | 17 727 |
|  |  |  | Share- |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | based |  |  |  |  |
|  | Environmental |  | payments |  | Other |  | Total |
for the year ended 30 June |  | Rm |  | Rm |  | Rm |  | Rm |
Long-term provisions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of year |  | 17 128 |  | 2 515 |  | 2 230 |  | 21 873 |
Capitalised in property, plant and equipment and assets under construction |  | 742 |  | — |  | — |  | 742 |
Long-term incentive scheme converted to equity settled (note 35) |  | — |  | (645 | ) | — |  | (645 | )
Reduction in rehabilitation provision capitalised** |  | (2 153 | ) | — |  | — |  | (2 153 | )
Reclassification from other liabilities |  | — |  | — |  | 8 |  | 8 |
Per the income statement |  | 339 |  | (237 | ) | 126 |  | 228 |
additional provisions and changes to existing provisions |  | 493 |  | (237 | ) | 131 |  | 387 |
reversal of unutilised amounts |  | (180 | ) | — |  | (5 | ) | (185 | )
effect of change in discount rate |  | 26 |  | — |  | — |  | 26 |
Notional interest |  | 824 |  | — |  | 10 |  | 834 |
Utilised during year (cash flow) |  | (164 | ) | (748 | ) | (57 | ) | (969 | )
Foreign exchange differences recognised in income statement |  | (662 | ) | — |  | (71 | ) | (733 | )
Translation of foreign operations |  | (338 | ) | — |  | (68 | ) | (406 | )
Balance at end of year |  | 15 716 |  | 885 |  | 2 178 |  | 18 779 |
*Refer note 34 for accounting policies and areas of judgement used in calculating the share-based payment provision (cash settled). ** Reduction in rehabilitation capitalised, relates to a reassessment of our provision based on legislation changes, discount rates and new rehabilitation methods which resulted in a reduction of R1,4 billion (2017: R2,1 billion).
Schedule of expected timing of future cash flows and business segmentation for provisions |
|  |  |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
for the year ended 30 June |  | Note |  | Rm |  | Rm |
Expected timing of future cash flows |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Within one year |  |  |  | 2 567 |  | 2 131 |
One to five years |  |  |  | 3 715 |  | 4 196 |
More than five years |  |  |  | 11 445 |  | 12 452 |
|  |  |  | 17 727 |  | 18 779 |
Short-term portion |  | 32 |  | (2 567 | ) | (2 131 | )
Long-term provisions |  |  |  | 15 160 |  | 16 648 |
Estimated undiscounted obligation |  |  |  | 102 952 |  | 102 729 |
Business segmentation |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mining |  |  |  | 1 324 |  | 1 573 |
Exploration and Production International |  |  |  | 5 677 |  | 5 857 |
Energy |  |  |  | 2 909 |  | 3 091 |
Base Chemicals |  |  |  | 3 057 |  | 3 104 |
Performance Chemicals |  |  |  | 2 173 |  | 2 224 |
Group Functions |  |  |  | 20 |  | 799 |
Total operations |  |  |  | 15 160 |  | 16 648 |
Summary of risk-free rates used to discount the estimated cash flows related to provisions |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
for the year ended 30 June |  | % |  | % |
South Africa |  | 7,3 to 9,2 |  | 7,3 to 8,6 |
Europe |  | 0,0 to 1,5 |  | 0,0 to 1,5 |
United States of America |  | 2,6 to 3,0 |  | 1,3 to 2,6 |
Canada |  | 2,0 to 2,7 |  | 0,9 to 2,5 |
Schedule of the effect on provisions from changes in the discount rate |
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |
for the year ended 30 June |  | Rm |  | Rm |
A 1% point change in the discount rate would have the following effect on the long-term provisions recognised |  |  |  |  |
Increase in the discount rate |  | (2 202 | ) | (2 983 | )
amount capitalised to property, plant and equipment |  | (910 | ) | (1 646 | )
income recognised in income statement |  | (1 292 | ) | (1 337 | )
Decrease in the discount rate |  | 3 786 |  | 4 114 |
amount capitalised to property, plant and equipment |  | 2 058 |  | 2 272 |
expense recognised in income statement |  | 1 728 |  | 1 842 |

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