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Phosphate
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Performance Trends – White Springs
  2004 2005 2006 2007
Annual Production (tons)
Phosphate rock 3,026,000 3,512,000 3,433,000 3,556,000
Phosphoric acid 852,000 953,000 971,000 1,020,000
Employment
# of employees 943 882 886 901
# of female employees 62 56 64 64
Gender ratio (% female/total employees) 6.6 6.3 7.2 7.1
Average tenure (years) 22 23.8 21.8 22.5
Absenteeism rate (% hours absent) 2.7 4.5 3.6 3.8
Employee training provided (hrs per employee) 34 31 40 35
Safety Performance
Lost-time frequency (per 200,000 hrs) 0.37 0.74 0.20 0
Recordable frequency (per 200,000 hrs) 1.61 1.95 1.18 0.97
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
GHG emissions (000 tons) 266 247 214 232
Normalized GHGs (GHGs/ton production) 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Criteria/Significant Air Pollutants (tons)
Nitrogen oxides 229 223 199 259
Carbon monoxide 70 65 56 11
Particulates (dust) 348 371 263 55
Sulfur dioxide 3,701 4,193 4,465 4,902
Ammonia 390 284 168 288
Waste to Land (000 tons)
Gypsum 5,008 5,247 5,246 5,505
Water Use (million gallons)
Water withdrawn 12,483 10,943 8,570 6,949
Recycled water 118,464 111,510 99,704 99,130
Environmental Expenditures ($ million)
Operating expenditures 25.4 31.1 29.6 30.8
Capital expenditures 0.7 0.2 1.0 12.2
Energy
Energy costs ($ million) 37.6 37.4 38.1 35.4
Energy use (BBtu) 3,912 2,951 2,616 2,171
Energy efficiency (MMBtu/ton production) 5.1 3.4 3.0 2.1
Procurement
Local purchasing ($ million) 61.6 62.6 56.7 63.5
Source: PotashCorp
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