| Issues |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| Social |
|
|
|
| Employees |
36,000 |
32,000 |
32,000 |
| Fatalities |
6 |
1 |
2 |
| Lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) |
0.73 |
0.65 |
0.56 |
| All injury frequency rate (AIFR) |
1.63 |
1.51 |
1.35 |
| New cases of occupational illness (per 10,000 employees) |
107 |
73 |
54 |
| Community standard |
Development |
Implementation |
4 site managed
assessments completed |
| Leadership panels |
Safety |
Safety, SD |
Safety, SD and
Climate change |
| Environment |
|
|
|
Environmental Management System (EMS ISO 14001 or equivalent)
certification (% operations) |
64 |
72 |
90 |
| Significant environmental incidents |
16 |
16 |
8 |
| Significant spills |
8 |
4 |
2 |
| Energy use (PJ) |
229 |
232 |
246 |
| Energy use efficiency (% improvement from base year (2003)) |
Base year (0) |
0.2 |
2.7 |
| Total greenhouse gas emissions (MT CO2–e)* |
24.6 |
25.3 |
27.1 |
| Onsite greenhouse gas emissions (MT CO2–e)** |
12.8 |
13.3 |
14.0 |
| Greenhouse gas emission efficiency (% improvement from base year (2003)) |
Base year (0) |
-0.7 |
0.9 |
| Freshwater withdrawn (GL) |
411 |
379 |
373 |
| Freshwater withdrawn efficiency (% improvement from base year (2003)) |
Base year (0) |
-0.7 |
12.5 |
| Land disturbed (hectares) |
1,081 |
1,068 |
1,083 |
| Land rehabilitated (hectares) |
328 |
363 |
376 |
| Waste generation – mineral (million tonnes) |
1,642 |
1,790 |
1,737 |
| Waste generation – non mineral (thousand tonnes) |
301 |
255 |
303 |
| Economic*** |
|
|
|
| Gross turnover ($ billion) |
11.8 |
14.5 |
20.7 |
| Underlying earnings ($ billion) |
1.4 |
2.3 |
5.0 |
| Capital expenditure ($ billion) |
1.7 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
| Total value added ($ billion) |
6.3 |
7.6 |
12.7 |
| Wages and salaries paid ($ billion) |
1.8 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
| Taxes and royalties paid ($ billion) |
1.2 |
1.5 |
3.1 |
| Dividends declared for year($ billion)**** |
0.9 |
1.1 |
2.5 |
| Community contributions ($ million) |
70.4 |
87.8 |
93.4 |
| Fines and prosecutions (HSE) ($ ‘000) |
286 |
330 |
214 |
| Production by principal commodity |
|
|
|
| – Alumina (‘000 t) |
2,014 |
2,231 |
2,963 |
| – Aluminium (‘000 t) |
817 |
837 |
854 |
| – Bauxite (‘000 t) |
12,316 |
12,828 |
15,474 |
| – Borates (‘000 t) |
559 |
565 |
560 |
| – Coal (‘000 t) |
148,750 |
157,437 |
153,638 |
| – Copper – mined; refined (‘000 t) |
867; 349 |
753; 333 |
784; 315 |
| – Diamonds mined (‘000 carats) |
33,272 |
25,202 |
35,635 |
| – Gold – mined; refined (‘000 ozs) |
2,731; 308 |
1,552; 300 |
1,726; 369 |
| – Iron ore (‘000 t) |
102,613 |
107,757 |
124,494 |
| – Lead (‘000 t) |
3.18 |
11.2 |
11.9 |
| – Molybdenum (‘000 t) |
4.6 |
6.8 |
15.6 |
| – Salt (‘000 t) |
4,633 |
4,792 |
5,507 |
| – Silver – mined; refined (‘000 ozs) |
18,311; 2,963 |
14,830; 3,344 |
14,926; 3,538 |
| – Talc (‘000 t) |
1,357 |
1,443 |
1,412 |
| – Titanium Dioxide Feedstock (‘000 t) |
1,192 |
1,192 |
1,312 |
| – Uranium (t U3O8) |
5,158 |
5,974 |
6,582 |
| – Zinc (‘000 t) |
113 |
73.8 |
37.2 |
*Forty eight per cent due to indirect emissions from off site energy purchases (ie purchased electricity and steam) (based on the World Business Council
for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) greenhouse gas protocol, Scope 2 emissions)
**The onsite emissions are those over which Rio Tinto has management control
***2003 data stated under UK GAAP, 2004/05 data stated under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). All figures are US$.
****Under IFRS, dividends are accounted on a cash basis. Dividends paid in the year have been as follows (2003: $0.8 billion, 2004: $0.9 billion,
2005: $1.1 billion)
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