ANNUAL REPORT 2001 - Anglo Platinum

R E V I E W O F O P E R A T I O N S(continued)Sustainable DevelopmentEnvironmental ReviewEnvironmental incidentsThe following environmental incidents wererecorded during 2001.Environmental incidents2001Level 1 (minor impact) 337Level 2 (intermediate impact) 8Level 3 (major impact) 0Legal complianceEnvironmental registers, to enable compliancewith environmental laws and regulations, arein place at business units.Acid plant operational problems and ceramicfilter candle failures at the Waterval Smeltercaused it to transgress its Scheduled ProcessRegistration Certificate during the year. This ledto emissions of sulphur dioxide and particulatesin excess of permit conditions. The relevantauthorities, as well as local communities, werekept abreast of the problems and efforts toimprove the situation. The new state-of-the-artACP project, which is being constructed at theWaterval Smelter, will ensure that the Smelterwill remain within its permit conditions.Commissioning will commence in the secondquarter of 2002.Anglo Platinum is not aware of any pendingenvironmental litigation and no fines orpenalties have been imposed during 2001for non-compliance with environmentalregulations and permits. Any infringementsof permits are reported to the relevantregulators and corrective action is takenas soon as practicable in all circumstances.EVALUATIONAudits and assessmentsEnvironmental audits and performanceassessments are key elements of evaluatingenvironmental performance. Anglo Platinumuses a mix of in-house audits and externalauditors to assess its environmentalperformance. As the environmental audit andassessment programme stretches over twoyears, it is appropriate to give an overview forboth 2000 and 2001.Audits and assessmentsBusiness unit Internal Externalassessments assessments2001 2000 2001 2000RustenburgUnion √ √Amandelbult √ √BRPM √ √√PPRust √ √LeplatsWatervalRBMRPMR √ √The above assessments and audits includestatutory EMPR Performance Assessments interms of Regulation 108 of the Minerals Act,legal compliance audits as well as IRCA andMARSH audits where applicable and the initialreviews in terms of ISO 14001 implementation.Formal reports with findings and recommendationswere compiled for each assessment.ReportsEnvironmental reports are compiled on aquarterly basis. A consolidated environmentalreport is given to the Group SHE Manager forconsolidation into the quarterly SHE Report,which is distributed to the Anglo Platinum Boardand to the Anglo American plc SHE Policy Unit.√√√76