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Annual Report 2003 - Antofagasta plc

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11 Tangible Fixed AssetsLand Buildings Wagons Machinery Assetsand and and equipment undermining infra- Railway rolling and conpropertystructure track stock others struction TotalGroup US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$mCost or valuation1 January <strong>2003</strong> 440.1 962.7 29.0 60.8 764.4 48.0 2,305.0Acquisition – 64.0 – – 3.1 1.2 68.3Additions – 0.6 0.5 2.9 12.4 76.5 92.9Reclassifications 1.3 21.6 – 0.1 43.2 (66.2) –Disposals – (1.0) – (3.7) (5.5) (1.8) (12.0)Foreign currency exchange difference 0.7 0.1 0.4 1.4 10.3 – 12.931 December <strong>2003</strong> 442.1 1,048.0 29.9 61.5 827.9 57.7 2,467.1Depreciation1 January <strong>2003</strong> (52.3) (152.2) (3.0) (24.3) (242.9) – (474.7)Charge for the year (22.7) (45.0) (1.0) (4.9) (63.2) – (136.8)Disposals – 0.2 – 2.2 4.4 – 6.8Foreign currency exchange difference – 0.1 – 0.7 – – 0.831 December <strong>2003</strong> (75.0) (196.9) (4.0) (26.3) (301.7) – (603.9)Net book value31 December <strong>2003</strong> 367.1 851.1 25.9 35.2 526.2 57.7 1,863.231 December 2002 387.8 810.5 26.0 36.5 521.5 48.0 1,830.3The railway track (excluding lineside equipment) and the freehold land in <strong>Antofagasta</strong> were both revalued in December1985. On the implementation of FRS 15 “Tangible Fixed Assets” in 1999, the Group elected to retain the book amountsof this previous revaluation without adopting a policy of regular revaluation going forward. The net book value of therevalued track at the year-end was US$11.3 million (2002 – US$9.7 million).The freehold land in <strong>Antofagasta</strong> was also valued in 1985 at its market value in Chilean pesos, at the equivalent ofUS$4.8 million (2002 – US$4.0 million) based on year-end exchange rates. This also represents the net book valueof the revalued land at the end of each respective year.ANTOFAGASTA PLC <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> and Financial Statements <strong>2003</strong>67

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