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Performance Trends – Augusta
  2004 2005 2006 2007

Annual Production (000 tons)

Ammonia 733 722 698 672
Urea solids 406 397 356 344
Urea liquid 493 489 440 439
Nitrogen solutions 248 267 217 263
Nitric acid/ammonium nitrate (liquid) 1,299 1,239 1,280 1,051

Employment

# of employees 111 119 118 118
# of female employees 9 10 10 10
Gender ratio (% female/total employees) 8.0 8.4 8.5 8.5
Average tenure (years) 18.3 16.7 16.9 16.5
Absenteeism rate (% hours absent) 1.6 1.9 2.4 2.0
Employee training provided (hrs per employee) 498 192 24 23

Safety Performance

Lost-time frequency (per 200,000 hrs) 0.7 0 0.7 0
Recordable frequency (per 200,000 hrs) 0.7 0 0.7 1.5

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

GHG emissions (000 tons) 1,224 1,234 1,216 1,206
Normalized GHGs (GHGs/ton N production) 2.13 2.15 2.21 2.21

Criteria/Significant Air Pollutants (tons)

Nitrogen oxides 2.43 2.25 2.53 2.26
Carbon monoxide 4.71 0.80 0.82 0.82

Emissions to Water (tons)

Ammonia as N 180.7 97.0 213.0 170.4
Total nitrogen as N 395.3 190.6 410.6 410.6

Water Use (million gallons)

Water withdrawn 2,055 1,992 1,462 940
Recycled water 757 757 757 447

Environmental Expenditures ($ million)

Operating expenditures 4.3 4.8 4.0 10.0
Capital expenditures 0.4 2.4 0.8 1.4

Energy

Energy costs ($ million) 177 228 202 189
Energy use (BBtu) 25,633 24,939 24,843 26,352
Energy efficiency (MMBtu/ton NH3) 31.6 31.0 31.5 31.8

Procurement

Local purchasing ($ million) 14.8 22.8 24.4 30.6

Source: PotashCorp

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