Profile Disclosure |
Description |
Response/Location Online |
Location in PDF documents |
EN1 |
Materials used by weight or volume |
2009 Data Tables
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EN2 |
Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials |
Recycled materials and/or scrap are not used in primary metal mining. |
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EN3 |
Direct energy consumption by primary energy source |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
2009 Data Tables |
60-62 |
EN4 |
Indirect energy consumption by primary source |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
2009 Data Tables
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60-62 |
EN5 |
Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report |
61 |
EN6 |
Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based
products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as
a result of these initiatives |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report |
61-62 |
EN7 |
Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report |
61 |
EN8 |
Total water withdrawal by source |
2009 Data Tables
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EN9 |
Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water |
Kinross’ water withdrawals do not significantly affect any known water source. |
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EN10 |
Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused |
Water recycling and reuse is practised at all Kinross operations.
Total water recycling within processing facilities (where most water is used)
was 75% in 2009. During 2009, 108.7 million cubic metres of water was
reused. For more information regarding water conservation and recycling
see 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report |
57 |
EN11 |
Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent
to protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside
protected areas |
Certain ancillary facilities for the Lobo-Marte project will be located inside a Ramsar site,
and the water extraction facilities for the Maricunga operation are located inside Ramsar sites. The design and operation of these facilities will be conducted consistent with the objectives of the Ramsar Convention. |
EN12 |
Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services
on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity
value outside protected areas |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
Activities, products and services have no known significant impacts on
biodiversity in protected areas or areas of biodiversity outside protected areas.
There are no material impacts on biodiversity from resettlement. |
66-67 |
EN13 |
Habitats protected or restored |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
2009 Data Tables
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65-66 |
EN14 |
Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts
on biodiversity |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
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66-67 |
EN15 |
Number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations, by level of extinction risk |
None of Kinross’ operations has a significant impact on endangered plant or
animal species or their habitats.
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EN16 |
Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight |
2009 Data Tables
Kinross’ Carbon Disclosure Report at www.cdproject.net. |
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EN17 |
Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight |
2009 Data Tables
Kinross’ Carbon Disclosure Report at www.cdproject.net. |
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EN18 |
Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
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60-62 |
EN19 |
Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight |
Emissions of ozone-depleting substances are minimal as Kinross’ operations
restrict their use, except for a limited number of fire extinguishers, refrigerants
and special solvents. |
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EN20 |
NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type and weight |
Emissions of NOx and SOx are primarily from mobile equipment and are not
considered significant.
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
2009 Data Tables
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60
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EN21 |
Total water discharge by quality and destination |
2009 Data Tables |
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EN22 |
Total weight of waste by type and disposal method |
2009 Data Tables |
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EN23 |
Total number and volume of significant spills |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
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60 |
EN24 |
Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed
hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III,
and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally |
Verification of waste types was not possible for this report.
No hazardous waste was transported internationally by Kinross.
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EN25 |
Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies
and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting
organization’s discharges of water and runoff |
Kinross’ discharges of water and runoff do not significantly affect
any water body or related habitat. |
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EN26 |
Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services
and extent of impact mitigation |
Kinross’ precious metal products are not known to have significant
environmental impacts.
Mercury is a naturally occurring mineral in some of the ore we mine.
Because all mercury compounds are toxic, Kinross takes considerable
care to collect by-product mercury production and prevent its release into
the environment. We have management systems in place at all of our
operations, regulated under state and federal permits specific to each
jurisdiction, to safely collect and transport mercury. We currently sell all
the mercury we produce to a responsible mercury recycler. In 2009,
Kinross produced 52.2 tonnes of mercury, all of which was sold to
Bethlehem Apparatus Company in Pennsylvania. The majority of
Kinross’ mercury production is from La Coipa in Chile. In response to
growing concern about mercury in the environment (e.g. U.S. Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008), Kinross is developing a revised strategy for the
disposal of by-product mercury from its operations. |
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EN27 |
Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that
are reclaimed by category |
Due to the precious nature of our products, very large percentages
are known to be recycled. Packaging associated with these products
is negligible. |
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EN28 |
Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary
sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
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56 |
EN29 |
Environmental impacts of transportation |
Environmental impacts of transportation are comprehensively assessed in
environmental planning documents and are monitored over the life of each
Kinross operation. Transportation corridors are selected based upon risk
assessment and transport controls and mitigation implemented as needed.
Emergency response plans include collaboration with local emergency
response agencies. Potential impacts are mitigated in various ways, including
risk assessment of transportation corridors and mitigation, contractual
arrangements with shippers to control potential impacts, and emergency
response plans and preparation. |
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EN30 |
Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type |
This spending is part of Kinross’ operating costs and capital expenditures and
is not disclosed separately. |
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MM1 |
Amount of land (owned or leased and managed for production
activities or extractive use) disturbed or rehabilitated |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
2009 Data Tables |
65 |
MM2 |
The number and percentage of total sites identified as requiring biodiversity management plans according to stated criteria, and the number (percentage) of those sites with plans in place |
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report
90% of Kinross’ sites have biodiversity strategies in place. At two sites
where biodiversity issues have been identified, we have biodiversity
management plans in place.
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66-67 |
MM3 |
Total amounts of overburden, rock, tailings, and sludges and
their associated risks
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2009 Data Tables
2009 Corporate Responsibility Report |
62-63 |