Review of the year
|
Summarised group operating results
| |
2005 | 2004(5) |
2003 | 2002 |
2001 |
Operating results | | | | | | |
| Underground operations | |
| | | | |
| Metric tonnes milled | 000 |
13,806 | 13,554 | 13,047 | 13,426 | 17,954 |
| Yield | g/t |
7.31 | 7.50 | 8.03 | 8.27 | 8.20 |
| Produced |
oz 000 |
3,243 |
3,270 | 3,367 |
3,569 | 4,734 |
| Productivity | | | | | | |
| g/employee | target |
286 | 270 | 236 | 247 | 219 |
| | actual |
257 |
254 | 228 | 238 |
214 |
| Surface and dump reclamation | |
| | | | |
| Metric tonnes treated | 000 |
8,061 | 7,102 | 36,822 | 38,366 | 50,355 |
| Yield | g/t |
0.52 | 0.60 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.32 |
| Produced |
oz 000 |
136 |
138 | 320 | 365 |
514 |
| Open-pit operations | | | | | | |
| Metric tonnes mined | 000 |
168,904 | 135,171 | 125,529 | 97,030 | 51,667 |
| Stripping ratio(1) | |
5.02 | 6.34 | 8.95 | 6.18 | 6.93 |
| Metric tonnes treated | 000 |
25,541 | 18,236 | 13,967 | 13,682 | 15,294 |
| Yield | g/t |
2.74 | 3.21 | 3.43 | 3.80 | 2.99 |
| Produced |
oz 000 |
2,246 |
1,883 | 1,540 |
1,673 | 1,469 |
| Heap-leach operations | |
| | | | |
| Metric tonnes mined | 000 |
61,091 | 71,837 | 59,507 | 51,192 | 34,123 |
| Metric tonnes placed(2) | 000 |
22,227 | 22,120 | 18,265 | 13,504 | 11,748 |
| Stripping ratio(1) | |
1.97 | 2.08 | 2.59 | 2.63 | 1.73 |
| Recoverable gold placed(3) | kg |
18,401 | 18,534 | 14,782 | 14,228 | 10,668 |
| Yield(4) | g/t |
0.83 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 1.05 | 0.91 |
| Produced |
oz 000 |
541 |
538 | 389 | 332 |
266 |
| Total gold produced | oz 000 |
6,166 | 5,829 | 5,616 | 5,939 | 6,983 |
| – South Africa | oz 000 |
2,676 |
2,857 | 3,281 | 3,412 |
4,670 |
| – Argentina | oz 000 |
211 | 211 | 209 | 179 |
136 |
| – Australia | oz 000 |
455 | 410 | 432 | 502 |
508 |
| – Brazil | oz 000 |
346 | 334 | 323 | 299 |
305 |
| – Ghana | oz 000 |
680 | 485 | – | – |
– |
| – Guinea | oz 000 |
246 | 83 | – | – |
– |
| – Mali | oz 000 |
528 | 475 | 577 | 710 |
508 |
| – Namibia | oz 000 |
81 | 66 | 73 | 85 |
87 |
| – Tanzania | oz 000 |
613 | 570 | 331 | 290 |
273 |
| – USA | oz 000 |
330 | 329 | 390 | 462 |
496 |
| – Zimbabwe | oz 000 |
– |
9 | – | – |
– |
| Price received | $/oz sold |
439 | 394 | 363 | 303 | 287 |
| Total cash costs | $/oz produced |
281 | 264 | 214 | 150 | 166 |
| Total production costs | $/oz produced |
374 | 332 | 263 | 197 | 205 |
| Capital expenditure |
$m |
722 |
585 | 449 | 337 |
382 |
| Monthly average number of employees |
63,993 | 65,400 | 55,439 | 54,042 | 70,380 |
| LTIFR | | 6.75 | 6.56 | 8.83 | 8.86 | 10.55 |
| FIFR | |
0.14 |
0.19 | 0.29 |
0.31 | 0.25 |
| Rand/dollar average exchange rate |
6.37 | 6.44 | 7.55 | 10.48 | 8.62 |
| Rand/dollar closing exchange rate |
6.35 | 5.65 | 6.67 | 8.58 | 11.96 |
| Australian dollar/dollar average exchange rate |
1.31 | 1.36 | 1.54 | 1.84 | 1.93 |
| Australian dollar/dollar closing exchange rate |
1.36 |
1.28 | 1.33 |
1.79 | 1.96 |
| (1) Stripping ratio = (total tonnes mined – ore tonnes mined)/ore tonnes mined. |
| (2) Tonnes placed onto leach pad. |
| (3) Recoverable gold placed into leach pad inventory. |
| (4) Recoverable gold placed/tonnes placed. |
| (5) 2004 comparatives restated to comply with current year disclosures. |
|
Summarised group
operating results (PDF - 28 KB)