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Potash
| Performance Trends – New Brunswick/Cassidy Lake |
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2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Annual Production (tonnes KCl) |
781,761 |
758,684 |
742,821 |
793,225 |
Employment |
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| # of employees |
330 |
340 |
330 |
339 |
| # of female employees |
7 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
| Gender ratio (% female/total employees) |
2.1 |
2.6 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
| Average tenure (years) |
16.8 |
17.1 |
17.6 |
17.6 |
| Absenteeism rate (% hours absent) |
5.8 |
5.3 |
5.6 |
4.3 |
| Employee training provided (hrs per employee) |
51 |
50 |
61 |
57 |
Safety Performance |
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| Lost-time frequency (per 200,000 hrs) |
0 |
0 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
| Recordable frequency (per 200,000 hrs) |
3.6 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
3.8 |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
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| GHG emissions (000 tonnes) |
47.3 |
48.3 |
49.8 |
51.7 |
| Normalized GHGs (GHGs/tonne production) |
0.06 |
0.06 |
0.07 |
0.07 |
NPRI Air Pollutants (tonnes) |
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| Nitrogen oxides |
46.6 |
48.0 |
49.7 |
52.3 |
| Carbon monoxide |
37.6 |
37.3 |
36.4 |
36.9 |
| Particulates (dust) |
166.4 |
222.7 |
155.4 |
167.7 |
| Volatile organic compounds |
163.9 |
166.9 |
166.5 |
190.6 |
Waste to Land (000 tonnes) |
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| Waste salt and clay to mine |
1,692 |
1,514 |
1,551 |
1,675 |
Emissions to Water (000 tonnes) |
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| Salt brine to sea (dry basis) |
264 |
356 |
450 |
750 |
Water Use (000 m3) |
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| Water withdrawn |
417.4 |
388.6 |
417.9 |
443.9 |
Environmental Expenditures (CDN $ 000) |
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| Operating expenditures |
12,636 |
13,572 |
18,161 |
11,813 |
| Capital expenditures |
657 |
659 |
395 |
4,841 |
Energy |
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| Energy costs (CDN $ million) |
13.4 |
15.5 |
16.8 |
18.0 |
| Energy use (TJ) |
1,393 |
1,426 |
1,433 |
1,489 |
| Energy efficiency (GJ/tonne production) |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
Procurement |
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| Local purchasing (CDN $ million) |
23.4 |
31.5 |
49.5 |
40.1 |
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