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Capitalised finance leases | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure Of Capitalised Finance Leases [Abstract] |
Capitalised finance leases | 23 Capitalised finance leases
|  |  |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
| Note |  | US$m |  | US$m |
Present value of minimum lease payments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total minimum lease payments |  |  |  |  | 57 |  |  | 45 |
Effect of discounting |  |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  | - |
|  | 22 |  |  | 53 |  |  | 45 |
Payments under capitalised finance leases |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Due within 1 year |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 21 |
Between 1 and 3 years |  |  |  |  | 14 |  |  | 8 |
Between 3 and 5 years |  |  |  |  | 28 |  |  | 6 |
More than 5 years |  |  |  |  | 11 |  |  | 10 |
|  |  |  |  | 57 |  |  | 45 |

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