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Phosphate
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Performance Trends – Aurora
  2004 2005 2006 2007
Annual Production (tons)
Phosphate rock 4,370,000 4,869,000 5,045,000 4,504,000
Phosphoric acid 1,122,000 1,155,000 1,190,000 1,194,000
Employment
# of employees 1,045 1,034 1,039 1,071
# of female employees 41 46 48 51
Gender ratio (% female/total employees) 3.9 4.4 4.6 4.8
Average tenure (years) 16.8 18.0 19.1 16.2
Absenteeism rate (% hours absent) 3.5 4.0 3.5 3.5
Employee training (hrs per employee) 66 36 34 67
Safety Performance
Lost-time frequency (per 200,000 hrs) 0.09 0.27 0.38 0.38
Recordable frequency (per 200,000 hrs) 1.33 1.44 1.61 1.37
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
GHG emissions (000 tons) 525 634 629 811
Normalized GHGs (GHGs/ton production) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7
Criteria/Significant Air Pollutants (tons)
Nitrogen oxides 618 699 688 742
Carbon monoxide 409 410 436 537
Particulates (dust) 257 309 286 732
Sulfur dioxide 5,780 6,142 5,127 4,785
Ammonia 492 504 552 715
Hydrogen sulfide 1,510 1,403 1,426 1,315
Waste to Land (000 tons)
Gypsum 6,185 6,381 6,578 6,561
Water Use (million gallons)
Water withdrawn 21,941 20,427 21,973 23,525
Recycled water 121,557 130,893 135,333 127,052
Environmental Expenditures ($ million)
Operating expenditures 29.8 39.1 42.7 45.1
Capital expenditures 1.7 2.4 0.8 3.3
Energy
Energy costs ($ million) 29.3 35.7 43.1 49.3
Energy use (BBtu) 4,874 5,209 4,982 4,901
Energy efficiency (MMBtu/ton production) 4.8 5.0 4.6 4.1
Procurement
Local purchasing ($ million) 61.6 79.2 122.7 148.4
Source: PotashCorp
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