Performance data
| Issues | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social | |||
| Employees | 32,000 | 32,000 | 35,000 |
| Fatalities | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) | 0.65 | 0.56 | 0.50 |
| All injury frequency rate (AIFR) | 1.51 | 1.35 | 1.10 |
|
Fines and prosecutions - |
19.2 | 87.9 | 34.8 |
| New cases of occupational illness (per 10,000 employees) |
68* | 47* | 32 |
| Fines and prosecutions - health (US$ '000) |
256.8 | 58.1 | 3.0 |
| Community contributions (US$ million) |
87.8 | 93.4 | 96.4 |
| Environment | |||
| Environmental Management System (EMS) certification (% operations) |
73%* | 90% | 95% |
| Significant environmental incidents | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| Significant spills | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Fines and prosecutions - Environment (US$ '000) |
53.8 | 67.9 | 56.8 |
| Energy use (Petajoules) | 232 | 245* | 258 |
| Greenhouse gas emissions - on-site (million tonnes CO2 equivalent) |
13.4* | 14.1* | 15.3 |
| Greenhouse gas emissions - total (million tonnes CO2 equivalent)1 |
25.3 | 26.8* | 28.3 |
| Freshwater consumption (million litres) |
378* | 370* | 391 |
| Land disturbed (hectares) | 1,068 | 1,083 | 1,112 |
| Land rehabilitated (hectares) | 363 | 376 | 401 |
| Waste generation - mineral (million tonnes) |
1,790 | 1,752* | 1,871 |
| Waste generation - non mineral (thousand tonnes) |
255 | 307* | 321 |
| Economic | |||
| Gross sales revenue (US$ billion)2 | 14.5 | 20.7 | 25.4 |
| Underlying earnings (US$ billion) | 2.3 | 5.0 | 7.3 |
| Cash flow from operations (US$ billion) |
4.5 | 8.3 | 11.2 |
| Dividends paid to shareholders (US$ billion)3 |
0.9 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| Capital expenditure (US$ billion) | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
| Wages and salaries paid (US$ billion)4 |
2.1 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| Taxes and royalties paid (US$ billion)4 |
1.5 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| Total value added (US$ billion) | 7.6 | 12.7 | 14.4 |
| Production by principal commodities | |||
| Alumina ('000 tonnes) | 2,231 | 2,963 | 3,247 |
| Aluminium ('000 tonnes) | 837 | 854 | 845 |
| Bauxite ('000 tonnes) | 12,828 | 15,474 | 16,139 |
| Borates ('000 tonnes) | 565 | 560 | 553 |
| Coal ('000 tonnes) | 157,437 | 153,638 | 162,328 |
| Copper - mined; refined ('000 tonnes) |
753; 333 | 784; 315 | 803; 299 |
| Diamonds - mined ('000 carats) |
25,202 | 35,635 | 35,162 |
| Gold - mined; refined ('000 ozs) |
1,552; 300 | 1,726; 369 | 1,003; 462 |
| Iron ore ('000 tonnes) | 107,757 | 124,494 | 132,780 |
| Lead ('000 tonnes) | 25.1 | 11.9 | 11.9 |
| Molybdenum ('000 tonnes) | 6.8 | 15.6 | 16.8 |
| Pig iron ('000 tonnes) | - | 5 | 53 |
| Salt ('000 tonnes) | 4,792 | 5,507 | 5,405 |
| Silver - mined; refined ('000 ozs) |
14,830; 3,344 | 14,926; 3,538 | 13,968; 4,152 |
| Talc ('000 tonnes) | 1,443 | 1,364 | 1,392 |
| Titanium dioxide feedstock ('000 tonnes) |
1,192 | 1,312 | 1,415 |
| Uranium (tonnes U3O8) | 5,974 | 6,582 | 5,698 |
| Zinc - mined ('000 tonnes) | 73.8 | 37.2 | 33.4 |
* Numbers corrected from those originally published following data verification.
1 Total greenhouse gas emissions include on-site emissions and emissions from net electricity and steam purchases.
2 Equivalent to Total economic contribution pie chart on page 21.
3 Includes special dividend in 2006 of US$ 1.5 billion.
4 Includes our share of equity accounted units.
Investor seminar - November 2007
Tom Albanese, chief executive and Guy Elliott, chief financial officer hosted a Rio Tinto presentation on Monday 26 November 2007
Video
Exploring La Granja
Rio Tinto's commitment to community and environmental concerns at La Granja, Peru

