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| Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
| 43. |
Financial instruments (continued) |
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Financial risk management (continued) |
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Metal price risk (continued) |
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The carrying amount of the Group's financial assets and liabilities at balance sheet date that are subject to metal price risk
are as follows: |
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Subject to
metal price
movement
Rm |
Not impacted
by metal price
movements
Rm |
Total
Rm |
|
2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
Financial assets |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable |
|
626 |
3,620 |
4,246 |
|
Financial liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
|
(1,904) |
(1,604) |
(3,508) |
|
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
Financial assets |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable |
|
580 |
4,025 |
4,605 |
|
Financial liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
|
(1,229) |
(2,944) |
(4,173) |
|
Metal price sensitivity |
|
The Group is exposed primarily to movements in platinum, palladium, rhodium and nickel prices. The following table indicates
the Group's sensitivity at year end to the indicated movements in metal prices on financial instruments. The rates of sensitivity
are the rates used when reporting the currency risk to the Executive Committee of the Group and represents management's
assessment of the possible changes in metal price movements. |
|
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2007 |
2006 |
|
|
Rm
10% increase |
Rm
15% decrease |
Rm
10% increase |
Rm
10% decrease |
|
Platinum |
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss)/profit |
(58) |
87 |
(26) |
26 |
|
Financial assets |
18 |
(27) |
31 |
(31) |
|
Financial liabilities |
(76) |
114 |
(57) |
57 |
|
|
10% increase |
10% decrease |
25% increase |
10% decrease |
|
Palladium |
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss)/profit |
(8) |
8 |
(13) |
6 |
|
Financial assets |
2 |
(2) |
11 |
(4) |
|
Financial liabilities |
(10) |
10 |
(24) |
10 |
|
|
5% increase |
20% decrease |
15% increase |
35% decrease |
|
Rhodium |
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss)/profit |
(18) |
72 |
(21) |
49 |
|
Financial assets |
7 |
(27) |
35 |
(81) |
|
Financial liabilities |
(25) |
99 |
(56) |
130 |
|
|
20% increase |
5% decrease |
20% increase |
20% decrease |
|
Nickel |
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss)/profit |
(12) |
3 |
(24) |
24 |
|
Financial assets |
1 |
— |
4 |
(4) |
|
Financial liabilities |
(13) |
3 |
(28) |
28 |
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