In terms of GRI guidelines, the direct economic impact of certain economic performance indicators are disclosed below.
| Direct economic impact | Indicator | Details | |
| Customers | Net sales
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Income statements Business operations review Summary of business operations |
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Geographic breakdown of markets
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Business operations review Predominantly South Africa Predominantly outside South Africa Predominantly South Africa Predominantly South Africa Segmental report Summary of business operations |
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| Suppliers | Cost of all goods, materials and services purchased | Note 5 | ||||||||||
| Percentage of contracts paid in accordance with agreed terms | –Supplier base of ±5 000 –Kumba aims to timeously effect >90% of payments to suppliers in accordance with contracts. > 95% of payments meet this target |
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Supplier breakdown per organisation and country – suppliers from whom purchases represent 10% or more of the total purchases in the period |
Approximately 50% of the cost of all goods, materials and services
purchased are procured from Kumba’s 20 main suppliers. Spoornet, a division of Transnet, is being paid in excess of 10% of the total |
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| Employees | Payroll and benefits broken down by region (12 months to December 2004) |
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| Providers of capital | Distributions (interest and capital) to providers of capital | Note 22 and Annexure 1 | ||||||||||
| Increase/decrease in retained earnings | Refer to group statement of changes in equity | |||||||||||
| Public sector | Tax paid per type and per country | Note 9 | ||||||||||
| Subsidies received per country or region | Zero | |||||||||||
| Donations in cash to communities, societies, etc | Social summary | |||||||||||
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