1.5 Gold Fields annual performance dashboard
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Financial
Catergory | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||
Gold price received (US$/oz) | 1,140 | ![]() |
1,249 | 1,386 | |||||
Revenue (US$m) | 2,545 | ![]() |
2,869 | 2,906 | |||||
Operating profit (US$m) | 1,089 | ![]() |
1,191 | 1,239 | |||||
Headline earnings/(loss) (US$m) | (28) | ![]() |
27 | (81) | |||||
Normalised earnings (US$m) | 45 | ![]() |
85 | 58 | |||||
Capital expenditure (US$m) | 634 | ![]() |
609 | 739 | |||||
Net cash flow (US$m)1 | 123 | ![]() |
235 | (235) | |||||
Free cash flow margin (%) | 8 | ![]() |
13 | N/A | |||||
Dividend (SA cents/share) | 25 | ![]() |
40 | 22 | |||||
Total net debt (US$m) | 1,380 | ![]() |
1,453 | 1,735 | |||||
Debt/EBITDA2 ratio | 1.38 | ![]() |
1.30 | 1.50 |
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2015 Performance drop against 2014 | ![]() |
2015 Performance on par with 2014 | ![]() |
2015 Performance improvement on 2014 or achievement in line with strategy |
1 | Net cash flow from operating activities after taking account of net capital expenditure and environmental payments |
2 | EBITDA – Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation |
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Business optimisation
Catergory | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||
TRIFR (rate per million) | 3.40 | ![]() |
4.04 | 4.14 | |||||
Fatalities | 43 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | |||||
Gold produced – attributable (Moz) | 2.16 | ![]() |
2.22 | 2.02 | |||||
All-in Sustaining Cost (US$/oz) | 1,007 | ![]() |
1,053 | 1,202 | |||||
All-in Cost (US$/oz) | 1,026 | ![]() |
1,087 | 1,312 | |||||
Attributable Gold Mineral Resources (Moz) | 102.210 | ![]() |
108.843 | 113.398 | |||||
Attributable Gold Mineral Reserves (Moz) | 46.064 | ![]() |
48.123 | 48.608 | |||||
Attributable Copper Mineral Resources (Mlb) | 910 | ![]() |
1,001 | 1,119 | |||||
Attributable Copper Mineral Reserves (Mlb) | 532 | ![]() |
620 | 708 | |||||
Brownfields exploration (US$m) | 72 | ![]() |
58 | 32 | |||||
Brownfields exploration – metres drilled | 651,189 | ![]() |
349,511 | 250,138 |
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2015 Performance drop against 2014 | ![]() |
2015 Performance on par with 2014 | ![]() |
2015 Performance improvement on 2014 or achievement in line with strategy |
3 | Three of the four fatalities were workplace accidents, while the fourth fatality was a member of the protection services team at South Deep who was shot and killed during a robbery at the mine |
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People
Catergory | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||
Total employees | 9,052 | ![]() |
8,954 | 10,167 | |||||
Contractors | 7,798 | ![]() |
6,486 | 6,685 | |||||
HDSA employees in SA (%)1 | 71 | ![]() |
71 | 70 | |||||
Female employees (%) | 14 | ![]() |
14 | 11 | |||||
Employee wages and benefits (US$m) | 435 | ![]() |
468 | 595 | |||||
Ratio of basic salary men to women | 1.09 | ![]() |
1.10 | 1.20 | |||||
Employee turnover (%) | 8 | ![]() |
20 | 10 |
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2015 Performance drop against 2014 | ![]() |
2015 Performance on par with 2014 | ![]() |
2015 Performance improvement on 2014 or achievement in line with strategy |
1 | In terms of the Employment Equity definition, which includes white women as HDSA’s (Historically Disadvantaged South Africans) |
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Licence/Social licence to operate
Catergory | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | ||||||
Total value distribution (US$m) | 2,425 | ![]() |
2,650 | 2,980 | |||||
SED spending (US$m) | 13.7 | ![]() |
17.42 | 17.22 | |||||
Workforce from host communities (%) | 59 | ![]() |
57 | – | |||||
In-country procurement (US$bn) | 1.27 | ![]() |
1.44 | 1.44 | |||||
Host community procurement (US$m) | 514 | ![]() |
600 | 430 | |||||
Environmental incidents (Level 3 and above) | 5 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | |||||
Water withdrawal (Mℓ) | 35,247 | ![]() |
30,207 | 30,302 | |||||
Water recycled/reused (Mℓ) | 43,120 | ![]() |
42,409 | 33,453 | |||||
Electricity (MWh) | 1,322,353 | ![]() |
1,338,075 | 1,382,106 | |||||
Diesel (TJ) | 6,930 | ![]() |
6,066 | 5,509 | |||||
CO2 emissions (’000 tonnes)3 | 1,753 | ![]() |
1,694 | 1,731 | |||||
Mining waste (’000 tonnes) | 167,357 | ![]() |
138,522 | 190,007 | |||||
Closure costs provisions (US$m) | 353 | ![]() |
391 | 355 |
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2015 Performance drop against 2014 | ![]() |
2015 Performance on par with 2014 | ![]() |
2015 Performance improvement on 2014 or achievement in line with strategy |
2 | Restated to include spending from the South Deep Community and Education Trusts |
3 | Scope 1, 2, 3 emissions |