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Capital and other commitments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Capital and other commitments | 30. Capital and other commitments
|  | 2020 $m |  |  | 2019 $m |
Contracts placed for expenditure not provided for in the Group Financial Statements |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | 17 |  |  |  | 52 |
Intangible assets |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 7 |
|  |  | 19 |  |  |  | 59 |
The Group has also committed to invest a further $6m (2019: $6m) in one of its associates.

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