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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2013  

Five-year sustainability review

FIVE-YEAR SUSTAINABILITY REVIEW – ZONDEREINDE
  F2013 F2012 F2011 F2010 F2009
Social performance
Safety          
Fatal injury incidence rate (FIIR) 0.01 0.02 0.06 0.01 0.05
Lost time injury incidence rate (LTIIR) 1.50 1.91 1.34 0.83 1.02
Reportable injury incidence rate (RIIR) 0.83 0.88 0.74 0.52 0.63
Number of fatalities 1 2 5 1 4
Health          
New cases of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) 43 44 18 9 8
New cases of tuberculosis (TB) 70 85 93 127 128
Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) encounters 1 088 1 659 271 1 840 388
Employment and human rights          
Average number of employees 9 148 9 163 8 927 8 724 8 562
Turnover rate (%) 1 7 7 8 11
HDSAs in management (%) 37 35 45 33 34
Women in mining (%) 7 7 7 7 4
HDSAs at board level (%) 56 64 62 62 60
Community development          
Total CSI and LED expenditure (Rm) 3.0 2.8 4.1 12.1 9.6
Environmental performance
Rock mined (000t) 2 276 2 154 1 802 2 281 2 337
Ore milled (000t) 2 116 1 934 1 592 2 038 2 105
Water usage (000m3)          
Potable water from external sources** 2 633 2 540 2 441 2 601 2 250
Fissure water used 1 492 1 273 2 392 1 385 1 445
Water recycled in process** 25 909 24 390 24 308 23 439 24 292
% water recycled** 91 91 91 90 92
Electricity consumption (MWh)          
Energy from electricity purchased by shafts 485 654 467 893 461 484 483 541 473 181
Energy from electricity purchased by plant 101 732 125 548 140 406 156 199 127 831
Total electricity purchased 587 386 593 441 601 890 639 740 601 012
Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e tonnes)          
Scope 1 (direct) emissions 15 509 15 401 14 365 16 796 14 755
Scope 2 (indirect) emissions 605 008 611 244 619 947 658 932 65 718
Scope 3 (indirect) emissions 665 815 1 089 1 388 NM*
Total emissions 621 183 627 460 635 401 677 166 756 140
Land use (hectares)          
Land disturbed by mining-related activities 137 137 137 137 137
Land leased for farming purposes 273 273 273 273 273
Land protected for conservation 800 800 800 800 800
Total land under management (freehold) 4 439 4 439 4 439 4 439 4 439