Environmental Data (Consolidated values unless otherwise stated)
| Production Data (GRI EN1) |
Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Gold Sales |
Million Ounces |
6.2 |
6.3 |
6.24 |
6.45 |
| Copper Sales |
Million Pounds |
428.0 |
284.5 |
284.47 |
600.44 |
| Ore Mined |
Million Tonnes |
189.1 |
235.8 |
259.96 |
205.18 |
| Ore to Leach Pad |
Million Tonnes |
115.8 |
121.7 |
134.12 |
68.88 |
| Ore Milled |
Million Tonnes |
84.3 |
79.2 |
87.29 |
1161.15 |
| Waste Rock |
Million Tonnes |
|
|
492.55 |
455.81 |
| Total Rock Moved (Ore Mined + Waste Rock) |
Million Tonnes |
779.9 |
682.7 |
752.51 |
660.99 |
| Mercury (GRI EN26) |
Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Elemental Mercury (Hg) Produced |
Tonnes |
55.4 |
97.8 |
131.35 |
71.76 |
| Water Consumption (GRI EN8, EN21) |
Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Water Withdrawn |
Thousands kL |
545,295 |
555,796 |
553,518 |
505,707 |
| Surface Water |
Thousands kL |
41,376 |
61,679 |
54,614 |
57,085 |
| Ground Water |
Thousands kL |
109,583 |
123,316 |
137,132 |
130,548 |
| Precipitation |
Thousands kL |
47,810 |
108,548 |
127,979 |
97,9011 |
| Municipal Water |
Thousands kL |
2,773 |
1,681 |
1,679 |
1,639 |
| Ocean Water used for processing |
Thousands kL |
80,953 |
65,572 |
68,104 |
59,166 |
| Ocean Water used for cooling |
Thousands kL |
262,800 |
195,000 |
164,011 |
159,368 |
| Total Water Consumed (Withdrawn minus direct discharges) |
Thousands kL |
520,655 |
513,397 |
509,342 |
461,530 |
| Total Water Recycled |
Thousands kL |
276,528 |
276,771 |
258,050 |
277,736 |
| Total Water Used (Consumed + Recycled) |
Thousands kL |
797,183 |
790,169 |
767,391 |
739,266 |
| Water Discharges (GRI EN21) |
Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Water Discharge |
Thousands kL |
24,639.5 |
42,398.52 |
44,176 |
43,089 |
| Direct Discharge - Reused by external organization |
Thousands kL |
- |
184.22 |
291 |
282 |
| Direct Discharge - Surface Waterr |
Thousands kL |
20,444.8 |
36,787.7 |
38,781 |
37,966 |
| Direct Discharge - Groundwater |
Thousands kL |
4,195 |
5,427 |
5,105 |
4,834 |
| Direct Discharge - Ocean |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Direct Discharge - External Treatment Facility |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
0 |
0 |
| Direct Discharge - Sewers |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
0 |
7 |
| Total Discharge of Used Water |
Thousands kL |
413,010.9 |
346,488.29 |
416,827 |
306,058 |
| Discharge of Used Water- Reused by external organization |
Thousands kL |
4,549.6 |
3,969.54 |
4,600 |
3,629 |
| Discharge of Used Water - Surface Water |
Thousands kL |
17,608.9 |
31,680.93 |
31,334 |
35,193 |
| Discharge of Used Water - Groundwater |
Thousands kL |
18,101.8 |
3.1 |
4,547 |
4 |
| Discharge of Used Water - Ocean |
Thousands kL |
372,660.6 |
310,800.38 |
376,309 |
267,196 |
| Discharge of Used Water - External Treatment Facility |
Thousands kL |
90.0 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
0.0 |
| Discharge of Used Water - Sewers |
Thousands kL |
- |
33.1 |
35 |
37 |
| Total Discharges |
Thousands kL |
437,650.4 |
38,886.81 |
461,003 |
349,147 |
| Total Treated Water |
Thousands kL |
419,050.6 |
89,940.09 |
92,013 |
89,137 |
| Water Treated by Acid Water Treatment Plant |
Thousands kL |
12,441.2 |
18,154.37 |
20,257 |
21,808 |
| Water Treated by Reverse Osmosis Plant |
Thousands kL |
4,355.6 |
9,180.08 |
11,538 |
9,993 |
| Water Treated by Sewage Treatment Plant |
Thousands kL |
932.1 |
499.94 |
513 |
440 |
| Water Treated by Process Water Treatment Plant |
Thousands kL |
23,154.9 |
11,877.00 |
7,965 |
5,114 |
| Water Treated by Other Process |
Thousands kL |
378,166.8 |
50,228.7 |
51,741 |
51,782 |
| Effluent Discharge Parameter Exceedances (VOLUME) (GRI EN21) |
Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Antimony |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Arsenic |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| BOD |
Thousands kL |
4.8 |
11 |
0.21 |
0.00 |
| Cadmium |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Coliform |
Thousands kL |
4.0 |
15.6 |
3.02 |
0.00 |
| Copper |
Thousands kL |
- |
1.5 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Cyanide |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Lead |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Manganese |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
0.00 |
176.55 |
| Mercury |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
39,763.10 |
0.00 |
| Nitrates |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
140.7 |
124.04 |
| pH |
Thousands kL |
44.8 |
311,485.12 |
2.56 |
0.00 |
| Selenium |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Sulfates |
Thousands kL |
- |
- |
78.08 |
35.20 |
| TDS |
Thousands kL |
- |
0.005 |
0.01 |
324.33 |
| TSS |
Thousands kL |
10.1 |
136.02 |
0.46 |
0.00 |
| Free Chlorine |
Thousands kL |
37.7 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Land Disturbance - MM Sector Supplement |
Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total disturbed and not yet rehabilitated at beginning of reporting period |
Thousand Hectares |
29.9 |
30.7 |
28.4 |
28.4 |
| New disturbance during reporting period |
Thousand Hectares |
1.4 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| Total reclamation in progress |
Thousand Hectares |
2.9 |
3.9 |
5 |
5.3 |
| Achieved Reclamation (to agreed upon end use) during reporting period |
Thousand Hectares |
0.6 |
0.43 |
0.4 |
0.009 |
| Total disturbance not yet reclaimed to "agreed upon end use" at end of reporting period |
Thousand Hectares |
30.7 |
31.4 |
28.4 |
28.8 |
| Biodiversity (GRI EN11) |
Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Sites in which biodiversity is covered in EIA or similar document |
Number |
11 of 15 |
12 of 15 |
9 of 13 |
9 of 13 |
| Mine Lease Area |
Thousand Hectares |
211.2 |
210.3 |
467.5 |
484.2 |
| Potential Area of Impact |
Thousand Hectares |
242.3 |
253.5 |
241 |
185.9 |
| IUCN Management Areas within Area of Potential Impact |
Thousand Hectares |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
| RAMSAR Wetlands within Area of Potential Impact |
Thousand Hectares |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0 |
0 |
| Alliance For Zero Extinction area within Area of Potential Impact |
Number of Sites |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
| Key Biodiversity areas within Area of Potential Impact |
Number of Sites |
- |
- |
2 |
2 |
| Important Bird Areas within Area of Potential Impact* |
Thousand Hectares |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
| Total IUCN Listed Wildlife Mortalities |
Number |
371 |
214 |
297 |
228 |
*Boddington was previously reported as overlapping an Important Bird Area KBA when, in fact, BirdLife International designates the entire region of Southwest Australia an Endemic Bird Area and does not include the area around Boddington as a specific KBA.
| Air Emissions (GRI EN16, EN19, EN20)2 |
Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| SOx (SO2) |
Thousand Tonnes |
172.1 |
179.3 |
176.8 |
171.9 |
| NOx (NO2) |
Thousand Tonnes |
5.0 |
5.4 |
6.5 |
6.0 |
| PM10 |
Thousand Tonnes |
8.8 |
10.2 |
11.7 |
17.9 |
| Carbon Monoxide (CO) |
Thousand Tonnes |
2.0 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
| Mercury (Hg) |
Tonnes |
7.4 |
4.5 |
7.3 |
5.4 |
| Arsenic (As) |
Tonnes |
1.7 |
3 |
4.7 |
4.4 |
| Lead (Pb) |
Tonnes |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
| Selenium (Se) |
Tonnes |
3.3 |
3.9 |
6.0 |
3.9 |
| Wastes (GRI EN22) |
Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Waste Rock Generated |
Million Tonnes |
590.8 |
552.7 |
377.4 |
419.2 |
| Potentially Acid Generating Waste Rock |
Million Tonnes |
291.1 |
192.5 |
128.0 |
179.9 |
| Non-Potentially Acid Generating Waste Rock |
Million Tonnes |
299.7 |
360.2 |
249.4 |
239.4 |
| Total Tailings |
Million Tonnes |
99.8 |
99.07 |
109.4 |
137.5 |
| Tailings to Surface |
Million Tonnes |
53.7 |
64.18 |
68.5 |
93.2 |
| In-Pit Tailings |
Million Tonnes |
4.4 |
1.08 |
1.1 |
1.8 |
| Sub-Surface Tailings |
Million Tonnes |
- |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Sub-Sea Tailings |
Million Tonnes |
41.6 |
33.81 |
39.7 |
42.5 |
| Total Hazardous Waste3 |
Thousand Tonnes |
10.5 |
17.9 |
19.3 |
28.3 |
| Total Hazardous Waste sent off site but not recycled |
Thousand Tonnes |
1.1 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
3.7 |
| Total Hazardous Waste treated/disposed of on-site |
Thousand Tonnes |
4.3 |
7.3 |
2.5 |
11.4 |
| Total Hazardous Waste recycled |
Thousand Tonnes |
5.1 |
8.92 |
14.9 |
13.2 |
| Total Non-Hazardous Waste |
Thousand Tonnes |
100.9 |
163.34 |
83.2 |
68.7 |
| Total Non-Hazardous waste to landfill (househould and industrial waste) |
Thousand Tonnes |
33.4 |
82.83 |
38.2 |
31.9 |
| Total Non-hazardous waste sent to other locations |
Thousand Tonnes |
46.9 |
24.69 |
22.1 |
16.9 |
| Total Non-hazardous recycled wastes removed from site |
Thousand Tonnes |
20.5 |
19.01 |
22.7 |
19.2 |
| Total Non-hazardous wasted incinerated |
Thousand Tonnes |
0.1 |
36.8 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
| Releases4 (GRI EN23)* |
Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Releases On-site |
Number |
83 |
81 |
192 |
152.00 |
| Total Releases Off-site |
Number |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0.00 |
| Total Releases |
Number |
92 |
81 |
193 |
152.00 |
| Cyanide Releases |
Number |
71 |
69 |
86 |
88.00 |
| Mercury Releases |
Number |
- |
3 |
2 |
0.00 |
| Hydrocarbon Releases |
Number |
6 |
2 |
50 |
37.00 |
| Chemical Releases |
Number |
2 |
1 |
15 |
7.00 |
| Other Releases |
Number |
13 |
6 |
39 |
20.00 |
| Total Level 3 Releases |
Number |
26 |
12 |
6 |
8.00 |
| Total Level 4 Releases |
Number |
- |
- |
0 |
0.00 |
| Total Level 5 Releases |
Number |
- |
- |
0 |
0.00 |
| Total Cyanide Release Volume |
kL |
99.5 |
1,233.08 |
1,141.85 |
254.97 |
| Total Mercury Release Mass |
kL |
- |
12.83 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Total Hydrocarbon Release Volume |
kL |
14.7 |
0.60 |
22.32 |
0.00 |
| Total Chemical Release Volume |
kL |
1.9 |
100.00 |
1.72 |
0.00 |
| Total Other Release Volume |
kL |
33.2 |
15.3 |
9.25 |
0.00 |
*All 88 Cyanide releases were on-site and likely of low concentration CN content, contained within the site boundaries and remediated according to applicable regulations.
| Fines & Sanctions (GRI EN28)
| Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Number of Fines |
Number |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| Monetary Value of Fines |
USD |
$20,000.00 |
$38,000.00 |
$4,969,546.21 |
$100,583.93 |
| Total Number of Sanctions |
Number |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Materials Usage (GRI EN1)
| Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Cement |
Thousand Tonnes |
116.9 |
87.6 |
107.7 |
15.6 |
| Cyanide (CN) |
Thousand Tonnes |
21.5 |
21.6 |
43.0 |
47.8 |
| Grinding Media |
Thousand Tonnes |
86.9 |
78 |
95.5 |
72.8 |
| Lime |
Thousand Tonnes |
515.2 |
532.3 |
538.3 |
74.4 |
| Tires (by weight) |
Thousand Tonnes |
11.6 |
13.9 |
15.4 |
9.6 |
| Lubes |
Thousand kL |
13.0 |
12.7 |
12.9 |
5.4 |
| Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) |
Thousand kL |
- |
4.3 |
8.5 |
5.0 |
| Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4) |
Thousand kL |
40.8 |
2.8 |
33.6 |
1.6 |
| Coal |
Thousand Tonnes |
506.4 |
523.7 |
1093.1 |
1240.4 |
| Diesel |
Thousand kL |
613.9 |
673.4 |
674.9 |
668.3 |
| Waste Oil |
Thousand kL |
2.3 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
10.4 |
| Gasoline |
Thousand kL |
6.1 |
5.3 |
4.7 |
4.92 |
| Natural Gas |
Thousand Gigajoules (GJ) |
2,709.6 |
2,700.58 |
2,094.52 |
1,900.02 |
| Propane |
Thousand kL |
14.5 |
11.3 |
12.3 |
1949.7 |
| Heavy Fuel Oil |
Thousand kL |
3.7 |
3.7 |
4.7 |
187.7 |
| Aviation Fuel |
Thousand kL |
0.1 |
0.14 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| ANFO5 |
Thousand Tonnes |
66.5 |
8.5 |
1.4 |
62.9 |
| Heavy ANFO5 |
Thousand Tonnes |
25.5 |
17 |
17.3 |
13.0 |
| Emulsion |
Thousand Tonnes |
67.5 |
68.2 |
88.1 |
102.8 |
| Recycled Input Materials (GRI EN2)
| Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Recycled Cement |
Percentage |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Recycled Sodium Cyanide (NaCN) |
Percentage |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Recycled Grinding Media |
Percentage |
92.10% |
86.12% |
64.76% |
20.71% |
| Recycled Lime |
Percentage |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Recycled Tires |
Percentage |
0.30% |
0.40% |
0.73% |
0.00% |
| Recycled Lubes |
Percentage |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Recycled Sulfuric Acid (H2SO4) |
Percentage |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Recycled Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) |
Percentage |
0.00% |
0.00% |
100.00% |
0.00% |
| Direct Energy Consumption6 - Energy Value (GRI EN3, EN4)
| Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Direct Energy Consumption (Energy Value of Primary Sources) |
Million GJ |
37.2 |
39.8 |
40.05 |
40.17 |
| Direct Non-Renewable Energy Consumption |
Million GJ |
37.2 |
39.8 |
39.96 |
40.09 |
| Coal |
Million GJ |
10.0 |
10.3 |
10.12 |
10.41 |
| Diesel |
Million GJ |
23.7 |
26 |
26.08 |
25.82 |
| Waste Oil |
Million GJ |
0.1 |
0.16 |
0.18 |
0.14 |
| Gasoline |
Million GJ |
0.2 |
0.18 |
0.16 |
0.17 |
| Natural Gas |
Million GJ |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.90 |
3.04 |
| Propane |
Million GJ |
0.4 |
0.29 |
0.31 |
0.31 |
| Heavy Fuel Oil |
Million GJ |
0.2 |
0.17 |
0.00 |
0.19 |
| Aviation Fuel |
Million GJ |
0.0 |
0.005 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Direct Renewable Energy Consumption |
Million GJ |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.09 |
0.08 |
| Electricity Consumption - Energy Value (GRI EN3, EN4)
| Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Site Generated Electricity (Direct Energy Generation) |
Million GJ |
4.18 |
4.16 |
9.11 |
9.88 |
| Diesel power |
Million GJ |
0.60 |
0.5 |
0.00 |
0.60 |
| Waste Oil |
Million GJ |
0.00 |
- |
0.00 |
0.06 |
| Coal-fired power |
Million GJ |
3.24 |
3.3 |
10.12 |
8.88 |
| Natural-gas fired power |
Million GJ |
0.34 |
0.31 |
0.00 |
0.35 |
| LPG/Propane Power |
Million GJ |
0.00 |
- |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Total Site Generated Electricity Sold |
Million GJ |
0.00 |
- |
4.17 |
5.10 |
| Total Site Generated Electricity Consumed |
Million GJ |
4.18 |
4.16 |
4.94 |
4.78 |
| Total Grid Electricity (Indirect Energy Generation) |
Million GJ |
8.78 |
9.54 |
10.83 |
13.07 |
| Grid Electricity from Renewable Sources |
Million GJ |
2.37 |
0.70 |
0.70 |
3.26 |
| Grid Electricity from Non-Renewable Sources |
Million GJ |
6.41 |
8.84 |
10.13 |
9.80 |
| Total Electricity Consumption (Direct + Indirect) |
Million GJ |
12.96 |
13.7 |
19.94 |
22.95 |
| Greenhouse Gas Emissions7,8,9 - CO2-e (GRI EN16)
| Units |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| Total Direct Emissions |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
2.89 |
2.88 |
2.97 |
2.95 |
| Emissions from Coal |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.98 |
0.95 |
0.93 |
1.02 |
| Emissions from Diesel |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
1.55 |
1.7 |
0.11 |
1.58 |
| Emissions from Waste Oil |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.00 |
| Emissions from Gasoline |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.00 |
0.01 |
| Emissions from Natural Gas |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.14 |
0.13 |
0.06 |
0.15 |
| Emissions from Propane |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.02 |
0.01 |
0.00 |
0.01 |
| Emissions from Heavy Fuel Oil |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
| Emissions from Aviation Fuel |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.00 |
0.001 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Emissions from ANFO |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.00 |
0.001 |
0.00 |
0.01 |
| Emissions from Heavy ANFO |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.00 |
0.001 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Emissions from Emulsion |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
| Emissions from Roasters |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.11 |
0.052 |
0.07 |
0.09 |
| Emissions from Quick Lime Production |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.04 |
- |
0.00 |
0.03 |
| Total Indirect Emissions |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
0.98 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.65 |
| Total Emissions |
Million Tonnes of CO2-e |
3.87 |
4.45 |
4.17 |
4.6 |
Footnotes:
1 Nevada Number corrected in 2010 to reflect precipitation falling only on active facilities where precipitation could be captured.
2Our Australia sites operated by Newmont report air emissions on a fiscal year basis (July 1 to June 30), while Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM) reports their air emissions on a calendar year basis (January 1 to December 31).
3 Hazardous waste consists mostly of waste oil (which is recycled or burned for energy recovery) and fly ash from Batu Hijau coal fired power plant (30% of which is recycled for concrete applications)
4 Newmont utilizes a risk matrix to determine severity of releases/incidents at sites. Per GRI, releases are reported for Levels 3 - 5 (Significant Releases) with the exception of Mercury & Cyanide for which all levels of releases are reported.
5 50% of Newmont sites purchase only Ammonium Nitrate and then mix it with fuel oil on site to create ANFO and Heavy ANFO. Emulsion is purchased pre-mixed.
6 Energy consumption is the total energy value (GJ per unit) from primary sources consumed on site.
7 2007-2010 CO2 calculations use country specific emission factors such as Australia Dept. of Climate Change - National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) Factors, US and Canada default emission factors as derived and approved by The Climate Registry General Reporting Protocol and those published by the International Energy Agency Data Services.
8 Newmont does not track nor differentiate Other Indirect Emissions (Scope 3)
9GHG emissions from the KCGM operation are 100% reported by KCGM co-owner, Barrick Gold Corporation
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