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Long-term provisions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Long-term provisions |
Schedule of changes in long-term provisions |
|  | Environmental |  | Share- based payments* |  | Other |  | Total |
for the year ended 30 June |  | Rm |  | Rm |  | Rm |  | Rm |
2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of year |  | 14 933 |  | 1 101 |  | 1 693 |  | 17 727 |
Capitalised in property, plant and equipment and assets under construction** |  | 1 925 |  | — |  | — |  | 1 925 |
Reduction in rehabilitation provision capitalised |  | (1 | ) | — |  | — |  | (1 | )
Transfer to held for sale liabilities*** |  | (51 | ) | — |  | (3 | ) | (54 | )
Per the income statement |  | 1 095 |  | (440 | ) | (225 | ) | 430 |
additional provisions and changes to existing provisions |  | 415 |  | (440 | ) | 64 |  | 39 |
reversal of unutilised amounts |  | (8 | ) | — |  | (289 | ) | (297 | )
effect of change in discount rate |  | 688 |  | — |  | — |  | 688 |
Notional interest |  | 849 |  | — |  | 8 |  | 857 |
Utilised during year (cash flow) |  | (159 | ) | (397 | ) | (543 | ) | (1 099 | )
Foreign exchange differences recognised in income statement |  | 109 |  | — |  | 18 |  | 127 |
Translation of foreign operations |  | 42 |  | — |  | 6 |  | 48 |
Balance at end of year |  | 18 742 |  | 264 |  | 954 |  | 19 960 |
|  | Environmental |  | Share- based 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 |
*Refer note 34 for accounting policies and areas of judgement used in calculating the share-based payment provision (cash settled). **Increase in rehabilitation capitalised in 2019 relates to a reassessment of our provision based on discount rates and cost estimates. ***Relates to rehabilitation provisions of the explosives business classified as held for sale, refer note 11. ****Reduction in rehabilitation capitalised in 2018 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.
Schedule of expected timing of future cash flows and business segmentation for provisions |
|  |  |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
for the year ended 30 June |  | Note |  | Rm |  | Rm |
Expected timing of future cash flows |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Within one year |  |  |  | 2 338 |  | 2 567 |
One to five years |  |  |  | 3 291 |  | 3 715 |
More than five years |  |  |  | 14 331 |  | 11 445 |
|  |  |  | 19 960 |  | 17 727 |
Short-term portion |  | 32 |  | (2 338 | ) | (2 567 | )
Long-term provisions |  |  |  | 17 622 |  | 15 160 |
Estimated undiscounted obligation |  |  |  | 101 100 |  | 102 952 |
Business segmentation |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Mining |  |  |  | 1 439 |  | 1 324 |
 Exploration and Production International |  |  |  | 6 779 |  | 5 677 |
 Energy |  |  |  | 3 427 |  | 2 909 |
 Base Chemicals |  |  |  | 3 919 |  | 3 321 |
 Performance Chemicals |  |  |  | 2 038 |  | 1 909 |
 Group Functions |  |  |  | 20 |  | 20 |
Total operations |  |  |  | 17 622 |  | 15 160 |
Summary of risk-free rates used to discount the estimated cash flows related to provisions |
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
for the year ended 30 June |  | % |  | % |
South Africa |  | 6,9 to 8,7 |  | 7,3 to 9,2 |
Europe |  | 0,0 to 0,7 |  | 0,0 to 1,5 |
United States of America |  | 1,7 to 2,3 |  | 2,6 to 3,0 |
Canada |  | 1,7 to 2,2 |  | 2,0 to 2,7 |
Schedule of the effect on provisions from changes in the discount rate |
|  | 2019 |  | 2018 |
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 |  | (3 351 | ) | (2 726 | )
amount capitalised to property, plant and equipment |  | (1 930 | ) | (1 434 | )
income recognised in income statement |  | (1 421 | ) | (1 292 | )
Decrease in the discount rate |  | 4 540 |  | 3 786 |
amount capitalised to property, plant and equipment |  | 2 622 |  | 2 058 |
expense recognised in income statement |  | 1 918 |  | 1 728 |

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