1.0Reporting Suite 2024 | AngloGold Ashantihttps://reports.anglogoldashanti.com/24rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="s2HUgTexKV"><a href="https://reports.anglogoldashanti.com/24/ar/financials/cost-of-sales/">Cost of sales</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://reports.anglogoldashanti.com/24/ar/financials/cost-of-sales/embed/#?secret=s2HUgTexKV" width="600" height="338" title="“Cost of sales” — Reporting Suite 2024 | AngloGold Ashanti" data-secret="s2HUgTexKV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://reports.anglogoldashanti.com/24/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Operating costs include salaries and wages, stores and other consumables, fuel, power and water, mining contractors, labour, contractors and consultants, and other expenses. The 1% decrease in operating costs is mainly due to cost control initiatives to combat inflation. The biggest decreases were seen in the Brazilian operations achieved through insourcing services and process improvements, which reduced contractor costs, savings from lower legal compliance activities, a non-recurrence of a plant stoppage, and reduced technical consulting expenses, further aided by the […]https://reports.anglogoldashanti.com/24/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/p52-total-cash-cost.png47142370