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Performance Trends – Cory
  2004 2005 2006 2007

Annual Production (tonnes KCl)

737,000 826,000 772,000 768,000

Employment

       
# of employees 196 207 209 233
# of female employees 7 7 7 7
Gender ratio (% female/total employees) 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.0
Average tenure (years) 14.6 13.1 13.7 12.1
Absenteeism rate (% hours absent) 7.1 6.0 5.7 6.1
Employee training provided (hrs per employee) 80 43 61 35

Safety Performance

       
Lost-time frequency (per 200,000 hrs) 0.5 0.4 0 0.4
Recordable frequency (per 200,000 hrs) 5.6 4.1 2.2 5.4

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

       
GHG emissions (000 tonnes) 39.0 37.1 36.6 35.0
Normalized GHGs (GHGs/tonne production) 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05

NPRI Air Pollutants (tonnes)

       
Nitrogen oxides 120.9 34.9 35.1 34.1
Carbon monoxide 101.7 32.4 29.7 29.4
Particulates (dust) 632.0 527.0 475.0 412.0
Volatile organic compounds 9.72 3.64 4.01 2.48

Waste to Land (000 tonnes)

       
Waste salt to storage 794.2 914.7 653.7 864.3
Clay waste 100.7 107.7 98.9 109.0
Salt in brine injection well 897.9 904.0 1,029.9 847.3

Water Use (000 m3)

       
Water withdrawn 1,586 1,485 1,448 1,442

Environmental Expenditures (CDN $ 000)

       
Operating expenditures 2,842 1,438 2,137 1,662
Capital expenditures 392 407 435 590

Energy

       
Energy costs (CDN $ million) 24.3 29.4 23.9 23.7
Energy use (TJ) 3,143 3,234 3,048 3,218
Energy efficiency (GJ/tonne production) 4.26 3.91 3.95 4.19

Procurement

       
Local purchasing (CDN $ million) 14.8 18.4 15.6 18.2
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