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Performance Trends – Rocanville
  2004 2005 2006 2007

Annual Production (tonnes KCl)

1,833,787 2,573,308 1,897,128 2,647,000

Employment

       
# of employees 328 340 343 354
# of female employees 21 22 24 26
Gender ratio (% female/total employees) 6.4 6.4 7.0 7.3
Average tenure (years) 17.1 17.4 15.2 14.8
Absenteeism rate (% hours absent) 3.5 2.9 4.5 5.2
Employee training provided (hrs per employee) 92 32 72 78

Safety Performance

       
Lost-time frequency (per 200,000 hrs) 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.3
Recordable frequency (per 200,000 hrs) 2.0 2.8 3.0 6.0

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

       
GHG emissions (000 tonnes) 61.8 75.9 58.7 71.6
Normalized GHGs (GHGs/tonne production) 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03

NPRI Air Pollutants (tonnes)

       
Nitrogen oxides 52.5 57.6 49.3 61.0
Carbon monoxide 172.4 222.2 63.5 83.0
Particulates (dust) 305.6 465.0 425.0 449.0
Volatile organic compounds 4.42 7.2 5.2 7.0

Waste to Land (000 tonnes)

       
Waste salt to storage 2,543 3,986 2,799 3,910
Salt in brine injection well 694 665 642 786

Water Use (000 m3)

       
Water withdrawn 1,000 1,161 1,058 1,109

Environmental Expenditures (CDN $ 000)

       
Operating expenditures 7,265 7,359 6,508 8,996
Capital expenditures 389 489 3,823 11,145

Energy

       
Energy costs (CDN $ million) 19.1 23.9 17.3 22.6
Energy use (TJ) 1,863 2,364 1,871 2,239
Energy efficiency (GJ/tonne production) 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.8

Procurement

       
Local purchasing (CDN $ million) 53.8 40.5 20.3 26.0
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