Xstrata Copper North Queensland.pdf - Mount Isa Mines
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Environmental performance<br />
Environmental performance<br />
Townsville operations<br />
Elizabeth Hunnam – Environmental Advisor, checks the ambient real time dust monitor for shipping activities at <strong>Xstrata</strong> <strong>Copper</strong>’s Townsville port operations<br />
Environmental challenges<br />
The key environmental challenges<br />
of our Townsville operations include:<br />
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improving dust and stormwater<br />
management practices at our port<br />
operations<br />
improving stormwater management at<br />
our copper refinery and port operations<br />
integrating energy conservation practices<br />
within our operations to minimise our<br />
carbon intensity and carbon footprint<br />
minimising fresh water consumption and<br />
maximising process water reuse<br />
minimising waste generation and<br />
maximising materials recycling<br />
managing impacts on the surrounding<br />
environment in conjunction with<br />
continual growth.<br />
In 2010, the Townsville operations invested<br />
almost $1.6 million on environmental<br />
protection, management and initiatives.<br />
Environmental incidents<br />
and compliance<br />
In 2010 there were no fines, penalties or<br />
prosecutions received by our Townsville<br />
operations, and we were fully compliant with<br />
government licence conditions. Our port<br />
operations achieved its 2010 target of zero<br />
Category 2 environmental incidents. At the<br />
copper refinery we did not achieve this<br />
target, recording two Category 2 (minor)<br />
environmental incidents during the year<br />
(detailed below).<br />
Townsville copper refinery<br />
The first Category 2 incident involved the<br />
failure of the lining within a process wash<br />
water bund, which allowed process wash<br />
water to leak into communication conduits,<br />
and then feed into a sediment pit within<br />
the site’s internal drainage system. The<br />
process water was contained within the<br />
internal drainage system and no off-site<br />
discharge occurred. There was no regulatory<br />
exceedance resulting from this incident.<br />
Environmental protection expenditures<br />
and investments by type – Townsville<br />
operations<br />
Expenditure/investment<br />
category 2010<br />
Capital $989,841<br />
Environmental personnel –<br />
employees<br />
$250,001<br />
Licences/liability insurance $27,676<br />
Rehabilitation and<br />
decommissioning costs<br />
Treatment and disposal of<br />
waste<br />
Monitoring and analysis<br />
equipment<br />
$17,756<br />
$38,284<br />
$222,289<br />
Operating costs $39,395<br />
Total $1,585,242<br />
104 XSTRATA COPPER NORTH QUEENSLAND
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