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Five year sustainability review

Five year sustainability review – Zondereinde
 20122011201020092008
Social performance
Safety     
Number of fatalities25144
Fatal injury incidence rate (FIIR)0.020.060.010.050.06
Lost time injury incidence rate (LTIIR)1.911.340.831.022.30
Reportable injury incidence rate (RIIR)0.880.740.520.631.01
Health     
New cases of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL)4418984
New cases of tuberculosis (TB)8593127128120
Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) encounters1 6592711 840388698
Employees on anti-retroviral therapy (ART)743577434355325
Employment and human rights     
Average number of employees (including contractors)9 1638 9278 7248 5628 794
Turnover rate (%)778119
HDSAs in management (%)3545333435
Women in mining (%)77744
HDSAs at board level (%)6462626038
Community development     
Total CSI and LED expenditure (Rm)2.84.112.19.65.3
Environmental performance
Rock mined (000t)2 1541 8022 2812 3372 336
Ore milled (000t)1 9341 5922 0382 1052 023
Water usage (000m³):     
Potable water from external sources2 5402 4412 6012 2502 716
Fissure water used1 2732 3921 3851 4452 817
Water recycled in process24 39024 30823 43924 29223 303
% water recycled9191909290
Electricity consumption (MWh):     
Energy from electricity purchased by shafts467 893461 484483 541473 181473 700
Energy from electricity purchased by plant125 548140 406156 199127 831119 900
Total electricity purchased593 441601 890639 740601 012593 600
Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e tonnes):     
Scope 1 (direct) emissions15 40114 36516 79614 755Not measured
Scope 2 (indirect) emissions611 244619 947658 93265 718Not measured
Scope 3 (indirect) emissions8151 0891 388Not measuredNot measured
Total emissions627 460635 401677 166756 140671 939
Land use (hectares)     
Land disturbed by mining-related activities137137137137137
Land leased for farming purposes273273273273273
Land protected for conservation800800800800800
Total land under management (freehold)4 4394 4394 4394 4394 439