Marseilles

Operations

Animal feed ingredients plant
Annual capacity – 306,000 tons
Products – Dicalcium phosphate and monocalcium phosphate feed supplements

Performance

Significant Events and Achievements

• Completed construction on the first LEED-certified green building in the county.
• Flooding of the Illinois River occurred twice during 2008. We had to sandbag to protect the maintenance building and the potash loadout scale, and pump the water away from these areas. When it receded, the debris had to be cleaned up. The flooding also halted incoming limestone barges, so we had to use our limestone reserve. Extra manpower was required to move the reserve limestone to the mill.
• Exporting to Japan required more manpower to monitor trans-loading at the off-site terminal.
• Met all site production Short-Term Incentive Plan goals.

Safety Milestones and Awards

• Had no lost-time or recordable injuries. June 2008 marked five years since the last lost-time incident. We received PotashCorp's Corporate Award for Excellence in Safety.

Community Relations

• The Prairie River Network raised concerns with the State of Illinois regarding the renewal of our National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. The state provided our permit information, indicating that all requirements were met.
• In response to community survey findings, we increased our local radio advertising and became a sponsor of a program that provides newspapers for local schools. We also increased our contact with the local Chamber of Commerce.

Community Support

• Made cash donations to community organizations in 2008 of $7,425. Top recipients included United Way of Eastern LaSalle County, Seneca Ambulance Service, Seneca Fire Department, Ottawa River Rescue and Marseilles Area Ambulance.
• Made in-kind contributions of $800. The major recipients were the Illinois & Michigan Canal, Securitas, Ottawa Salvation Army and Marseilles Food Pantry.

Local Procurement

• Made local purchases in 2008 of goods, materials and services totaling $4.1 million, or 89 percent of all expenditures (excluding major expansions, raw materials, energy and transportation).

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Annual Production (000 tons)
Dicalcium/monocalcium phosphate	152	140	131	146	129
Employment
# of employees	34	24	25	25	26
# of female employees	3	2	2	2	3
Gender ratio (% female/total employees)	8.8	8.3	8.0	8.0	11.5
Average tenure (years)	14	15	16	17	18
Absenteeism rate (% hours absent)	4.0	1.1	0.7	1.1	1.2
Employee training provided (hrs per employee)	17	35	47	37	29
Safety Performance
Lost-time frequency (per 200,000 hrs)	–	–	–	–	–
Recordable frequency (per 200,000 hrs)	8.94	7.9	–	7.5	–
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
GHG emissions (000 tonnes)	38.4	34.6	32.5	36.4	33.1
Criteria Air Pollutants (tons)
Nitrogen oxides	9.3	8.5	8.0	9.0	8.6
Carbon monoxide	14.5	7.2	6.7	3.6	3.4
Particulates (dust)	18.0	16.6	15.5	17.4	15.5
Water Use (million gallons)
Water withdrawn	17.4	16.2	15.5	12.6	11.8
Recycled water	12.4	11.7	11.0	4.8	4.8
Environmental Expenditures ($ 000)
Operating expenditures	83.3	38.2	44.5	133.8	43.4
Capital expenditures	74.5	–	196.7	–	–
Energy
Energy costs ($ million)	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.4	2.5
Energy use (BBtu)	231	203	191	216	208
Procurement
Local purchasing ($ million)	0.51	0.48	0.86	2.16	4.10
Source: PotashCorp