keY statistiCs 2011
 
 
 
 
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    F2011   FY10  
Operating performance        
Ore milled   000t   19 280   17 963  
– Underground   000t   7 170   8 519  
– Surface   000t   12 110   9 444  
Gold produced1   kg   40 535   44 433  
   000oz   1 303   1 429  
– Underground   kg   33 627   38 799  
   000oz   1 081   1 248  
– Surface   kg   6 908   5 634  
   000oz   222   181  
Operating cost   R/kg   226 667   195 162  
   000oz   1 009   801  
Yield   g/t   2.07   2.39  
– Underground   g/t   4.60   4.54  
– Surface   g/t   0.57   0.44  
Financial performance        
Revenue   R million   12 445   11 284  
   US$ million   1 781   1 489  
Production costs   R million   9 170   8 358  
   US$ million   1 313   1 103  
Operating profit2   R million   3 275   2 926  
   US$ million   468   386  
Operating margin   %   26   26  
Net profit/(loss) for the year3   R million   617   (192) 
   US$ million   86   (24) 
Total basic earnings/(loss) per share3   SA cents   144   (46) 
   US cents   20   (6) 
Total headline earnings/(loss) per share3   SA cents   223   (7) 
   US cents   31   (1) 
Capital expenditure4   R million   3 144   3 353  
   US$ million   450   445  
Market performance        
Average gold price received   R/kg   307 875   266 009  
   US$/oz   1 370   1 092  
Exchange rate   R/US$   6.99   7.58  
Value-added performance        
Total payments to employees   R million   5 543   4 193  
Dividends paid to shareholders   R million   214   213  
Payments to government (taxation and royalties)5   R million   938   836  
BBBEE procurement expenditure in South Africa   R million   2 267   2 036  
Occupational health and safety        
FIFR – fatal injury frequency rate        
– South Africa   Per million hours worked   0.17   0.21  
– PNG   Per million hours worked   0.22   0.20  
LTIFR – lost-time injury frequency rate          
– South Africa√   Per million hours worked   8.32   7.73  
– PNG   Per million hours worked   0.20   0.70  
South Africa        
– Shifts lost due to occupational illness and injury 
   27 539   27 254  
– Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) cases identified  
Per 1 000 employees   11   11  
– Silicosis cases identified   Per 1 000 employees   19   21  
– New TB cases reported   Per 100 000 employees   3 061   3 638  
– Number of people on HAART      2 902   3 226  
People        
Number of employees and contractors        
– Total      39 440   40 226  
– South Africa      39 266   40 119  
– South-east Asia      174   107  
Employment equity (percentage of previously disadvantaged South Africans in management)    42   40  
Community        
South Africa        
– Corporate social responsibility projects   R million   14   23  
– Local economic development√   R million   70   59  
PNG   US$ million   1.5   1.1  
Environment        
Total electricity use          
– South Africa√   000MWh   3 429   3 659  
– PNG   000MWh   105   105  
Total CO2 emissions         
– South Africa   000t CO2e   3 570   4 402*  
– PNG   000t CO2e   145   128  
Total water used for primary activities          
– South Africa√   000m3   36 074   44 339  
– PNG   000m3   1 534   1 843  
Total cyanide use          
– South Africa   t   8 333   7 884  
– PNG   t   3 300   3 429  
Funding and guarantees for rehabilitation and closure          
– South Africa   R million   2 215   1 987  
– PNG   US$ million   37   53  
1  621kg (19 967oz) capitalised (2010: 1 588kg/51 046oz).
2  Operating profit is comparable to the term production profit in the segment report in the annual financial statements and not the operating profit line item in the income statement.
3  Includes discontinued operations.
4  Includes non-operational capital expenditure relating to PNG (R63 million, US$8 million) and exploration capitalised of R45 million (US$6 million). 
5  Excludes value-added tax/general sales tax.
√  Indicates assurance by independent auditors.
*  Scope 1 data in FY10 was over-estimated due to a unit discrepancy.

Note: All statistics are for continuing operations unless otherwise stated.

Strategic scorecard  

  Generate free cash flow

  Actions     Key steps  
  Optimise asset portfolio     Improve cash costs
Review operational performance  
  Increase production    
Safety is key 
Correctly targeted development
Introduced short-term interval controls
  Improve productivity     Focus on training, motivation, safety, health, environment, labour relations  
  Improve quality ounces    
Four projects in build-up 
One project to be built
Steady-state operations
  Explore     PNG – Wafi-Golpu  
Resource growing
Drilling continuing
Transfer structure exploration 
PNG tenements 100% owned  
Further gold-copper-molybdenum exploration
  Build future mines     PNG – Wafi-Golpu  
  Acquire     Only quality ounces with healthy margins in south-east Asia and Africa  
 
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