Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

The Company produces gold as its primary product and does not have distinct divisional segments in terms of principal business activity, but manages its business on the basis of different geographic segments.This information is consistent with the information used by the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker, defined as the Executive Management team, in evaluating operating performance of, and making resource allocation decisions among operations.

	Six months ended June 30,
	2012	2011
	(unaudited)	(unaudited)
	(in US Dollars, millions)
Revenues by area
South Africa	1,079	1,226
Continental Africa	1,383	1,119
Australasia	234	192
Americas	822	649
Other, including Corporate and Non-gold producing subsidiaries	11	7
	3,529	3,193
Less: Equity method investments included above	(168)	(173)
Total revenues	3,361	3,020

Segment income/(loss)
South Africa	372	458
Continental Africa	545	395
Australasia	58	22
Americas	388	290
Other, including Corporate and Non-gold producing subsidiaries	(83)	(78)
Total segment income	1,280	1,087

The following are included in segment income/(loss):
Interest revenue
South Africa	13	13
Continental Africa	3	1
Australasia	1	2
Americas	3	3
Other, including Corporate and Non-gold producing subsidiaries	1	-
Total interest revenue	21	19

Interest expense
South Africa	2	3
Continental Africa	1	-
Australasia	-	1
Americas	1	2
Other, including Corporate and Non-gold producing subsidiaries	86	85
Total interest expense	90	91

	Six months ended June 30,
	2012	2011
	(unaudited)	(unaudited)
	(in US Dollars, millions)
Equity income/(loss) in associates
South Africa	-	(2)
Continental Africa	29	40
Other, including Corporate and Non-gold producing subsidiaries	(10)	(10)
Total equity income in associates	19	28

Reconciliation of segment income to Net income - attributable to AngloGold Ashanti
Segment total	1,280	1,087
Exploration costs	(163)	(120)
General and administrative expenses	(140)	(136)
Market development costs	(4)	(4)
Non-hedge derivative gain and movement on bonds	180	180
Taxation expense	(439)	(284)
Noncontrolling interests	(13)	(20)
Net income - attributable to AngloGold Ashanti	701	703

		At June 30,	At December 31,
		2012	2011
		(unaudited)
		(in US Dollars, millions)
Segment assets
South Africa (1)		3,229	2,974
Continental Africa		4,665	4,365
Australasia		780	714
Americas		2,671	2,527
Other, including Corporate and Non-gold producing subsidiaries		338	605
Total segment assets		11,683	11,185
(1)	Includes the following which have been classified as assets held for sale:
	Rand Refinery Limited	2	1