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	2012		2011		2010		2009		2008
MATERIALS							Kilotonnes
Rock broken – managed operations (100%)	107,235		111,379		102,393		73,4781		128,089
Ore milled – managed operations (100%)	35,431		36,547		37,530		37,604		39,126
Accumulated low-grade stockpiles	24,634		19,626		16,273		16,631		19,709
Coal	138.9		140.0		125.25		127.5		113.7
Liquid petroleum gas (LPG)	6.23		4.48		5.16		4.40		4.62
Grease	0.39		0.54		0.87		0.88		1.18
							Megalitres
Fuels	55.63		59.68		52.31		40.01		77.36
Lubricating and hydraulic oils	6.92		7.91		14.21		12.25		17.48
ENERGY							Terajoules
Energy from electricity purchased	18,362		19,049		18,556		18,550		19,196
Energy from processes and fossil fuels	6,031		6,119		5,600		5,151		6,202
Total energy consumed	24,392		25,168		24,156		23,701		25,398
WATER							Megalitres
Total new water use	34.911		36,340		33,817		40,600		34,944
Water used for primary activities	28,755		31,248		28,874		34,151		28,362
Water used for non-primary activities	6,156		5,092		4,943		6,449		6,582
Potable water from an external source	18,437		18,983		18,483		20,925		23,556
Non-potable water from an external source	1,326		924		935		999		1,144
Waste or second-class water used	9,142		10,638		10,673		11,171		4,170
Surface water used	1,502		1,535		–		–2		1,164
Groundwater used	4,407		4,323		3,636		4,970		8,792
Water recycled in processes	53,731		51,260		53,014		40,0743		25,231
LAND							Hectares
Land under Group charge for current mining activities	91,82710		54,640		39,0494		51,330		51,334
Land utilised for current mining and related activities	14,530		14,791		14,186		14,723		15,634
Total tailings dam area	2,444		2,848		2,555		3,127		2,310
Total waste rock dump area	933		790		772		844
Other land owned
All land owned (new parameter from 2007)	43,212		40,136		40,136		45,855		46,974
EMISSIONS							Kilotonnes
GHG emissions, CO2 equivalent	5,743		5,991		5,611		5,580		5,581
From electricity purchased	5,210		5,450		5,154		5,153		5,087
Internally generated	533		541		457		427		494
Nitrous oxides	NM		NM5		NM		NM		NM
Sulfur dioxide	20.08		1.77		17.65		15.34		15.51
Particulates (point sources)	0.43		0.42		0.46		0.45		0.38
DISCHARGE							Megalitres
Discharge to surface water	765		1,761		3,327		4,456		3,658
							Quality
Surface water quality monitored at all operations?	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Surface water quality deterioration off-site?	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Adverse surface water impact on humans?	No		No		No		No		No
Groundwater quality monitored at all operations?	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Groundwater quality deterioration?	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Adverse groundwater impact on humans?	No		No		No		No		No
WASTE
Mineral waste accumulated in:							Kilotonnes
Tailings dams (active and inactive)	893,600		810,639		869,616		839,142		730,750
Rock dumps	840,266		752,349		715,437		692,799		665,399
Slag dumps	3,985		3,047		5,054		5,162		6
Non-mineral waste generated:
Hazardous to landfill	7.82		18.26		4.83		5.5		13.69
Hazardous incinerated	3.71		0.80		0.01		0.03		0.02
Non-hazardous to landfill	14.26		19.14		15.80		26.63		26.13
Non-hazardous incinerated	–		–		–		–		0.03
ENVIRONMENTAL INCIDENTS AND COMPLAINTS							Number
Level 1 and 2	476		309		477		2,689		3,442
Level 3	–		–		–		3		1
Level 4 and 5	–		–		–		–		–
Formal complaints	10		20		16		18		8
Substandard acts and conditions7	1,175		976		875		–		–
PRODUCTS							Ounces
Total refined PGMs and gold8	4,423,639		4,726,682		4,660,176		4,395,394		4,302,554

1	Large decrease owing to reduced mining at Mogalakwena. Surface stockpiles were processed in 2009. Rock broken at Bokoni only included until 30 June 2009
2	Water reassigned to groundwater rainfall according to latest water model definitions.
3	Increase attributed primarily to better internal measurements of the overall water balance.
4	Reduction is owing to exclusion of BRPM and Bokoni JVs.
5	Not measured.
6	Parameter not reported as final figures for 2008 could not be verified.
7	Substandard acts and conditions reported in 2010.
8	Excludes toll refining from Anglo American Platinum Limited marketing.