21. Employee benefit expense

The following employee benefit expenses are included in cost of products and services sold, administration, exploration, research and development, other income and property, plant and equipment.

	2012	2011
Wages and salaries	$535,159	$513,824
Statutory and company benefits	69,423	62,765
Equity-settled share-based compensation	22,780	24,139
Expenses related to defined benefit plans	55,366	46,524
Contributions to defined contribution plans	16,114	16,663
Cash-settled share-based compensation	677	(10,333)
Total	$699,519	$653,582