Environmental
Performance

Environment data summary table

Indicator Performance1
Significant (level 4) environmental incidents2 1
Significant (level 3) environmental incident2 2
Regulatory reportable environmental incident 1
Spills or discharges 40
Regulatory water discharge exceedance 0
Regulatory non-compliances 0
Fines and prosecutions – environment None received
Energy use (2009) 2.06 petajoules
Total greenhouse gas emissions (2009) 263 thousand tonnes CO2-e
Water input 5,253 megalitres
Water recycled Not currently measurable
Water discharge 3,922 megalitres
Waste rock mined 35 million tonnes
Tailings produced 6.5 million tonnes
Hazardous waste generated 234 tonnes
Total land holding 5,500 square kilometres
Footprint 19.09 square kilometres
Land disturbance 1,908 hectares
Land rehabilitation 1 hectare

1 Covers an overall ‘reporting period’ that includes Prominent Hill and Exploration from January 1 to December 31.

2 Refer to OZ Minerals SHEC Consequence Severity Table for definition of level 3 and level 4 internally classified significant incidents.

 

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