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Impairments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Details Of Impairment Of Long Lived Assets Held And Used By Asset [Text Block]

	Six months ended June 30,
	2012	2011
	(unaudited)	(unaudited)
	(in US Dollars, millions)

Continental Africa

Write-off of vehicles and mining equipment at Obuasi	1	1

South Africa

Impairment of abandoned shaft pillar development at TauTona	-	9
Write-off of mining assets at Savuka	-	1


	1	11

- Definition

Tabular disclosure for impairment of long-lived assets held and used by an entity which includes a description of the impaired long-lived asset and facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, aggregate amount of the impairment loss and where the loss is located in the income statement, method(s) for determining fair value, and the segment in which the impaired long-lived asset is reported.

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