AA Sust Report 2006 - Rio Tinto

Welcome to the 2005 Anglesey Aluminium Metal Limited (AAM)
Sustainable Development Report. With this report we seek to provide
information to all our stakeholders on our Health, Safety, Environment and
Business performance.
2005 was a year of change at AAM. We implemented new Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE), reached an agreement with our employees to change the way
we work and initiated Project 2010, an improvement programme to prepare us
for the increasing costs of our future energy. We achieved this against a
backdrop of solid metal production and value-added product results.
Finding a new electricity supply that will sustain the business going forward
after 2009 remains our critical issue. During 2006 we will put every effort to
work with stakeholders and Government to seek a solution.
Unfortunately our safety performance equalled that of 2004 and failed to meet the
improvement targets we had set for ourselves. I am pleased to note that the
Carbon Department reached 1000 days without a Lost Time Injury, a significant
achievement. Our stated aim of zero Injuries remains the goal of our team.
Our health programme has made significant progress during 2005. Additional
resources have been employed to improve testing and monitoring and to
understand the health issues in our working environment. These activities
2005 PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
MESSAGE FROM THE
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Contribution to local community in salaries/contracts Approximately £20 million
Frequency of Lost Time Injuries (time away from work) One every two months
Energy efficiency of the reduction process 95 per cent current efficiency
Production Approximately 144,000 tonnes
Energy use per unit of aluminium produced 76.6 GJ/t Al
Greenhouse gas emissions 2.51 t CO2-e/t Al
Freshwater consumption 1.6 ML/kt Al
Fluoride emissions 1.12 (kg/t Al)
Environment incidents (category two or above) 2
“I invite you to work with us in 2006 as we continue on our
journey of continuous improvement to secure a long-term
sustainable future for AAM and our employees in partnership
with the community.”
RON DOUGLAS
Managing Director, Anglesey Aluminium Metal Limited
supplement the performance of the medical centre and this work will continue
into 2006.
Environmentally we reported several fluoride emission permit exceedances to
the Environmental Agency during the year, however with some focussed
operational improvement by the Carbon Department we are now below fluoride
permit levels.
We continued to perform well despite reducing metal production due to
extraordinary energy costs in November and December.
A very successful Open Day provided an opportunity for the local community to
visit the smelter and view our operation first hand. We took the opportunity to
share some of the issues facing the smelter and the Project 2010 programme we
have put in place to address these.
2005 has been challenging, however the commitment of our employees and
their families together with the support of the community and other stakeholders
has enabled the ongoing success of our business.
RON DOUGLAS
Managing Director,
Anglesey Aluminium Metal Limited
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