The Mosaic Company, 2012 Sustainability Report
to reduce its leach water usage, which, together with
increased plant availability, increased productivity by
53
tons per operating day, or about 15,000 tons per
year. The financial savings was approximately
$4.5 million per year.
These are just a few examples of the measurable
results that are being achieved on behalf of the
Momentum project in our Potash business unit. All
activities are ultimately aimed at improving efficiency
and reducing the energy intensity of our operations,
which directly translates to the reduction of Mosaic’s
carbon footprint.
ROICworks!
ROICworks! was launched in August 2009 with
the goal of making our Phosphates business
more ef ficient and ef fective. We have been
pursuing this goal in a variet y of ways — by
ensuring that our people are deployed usefully,
by reducing costs and by eliminating waste. The
program has already seen impressive results. As
of December 2011, annualized savings and cost
avoidance reached $188 million.
Specific examples of how these results were
achieved abound. Maintenance productivit y at
our River view facilit y has improved from
25
percent to close to 60 percent in just
two years. Mining productivit y at Four Corners
has also increased significantly — from
41
percent to over 65 percent. And new
potential annualized waste and cost reduction
targets at New Wales have been identified in
excess of $50 million. A flange recycling program
is saving approximately $600,000 annually. This
straight forward recycling ef for t was born from
a project that focused on pipe transpor tation
systems at Mosaic. Another way the business
unit is reducing waste is by transpor ting excess
power between operating facilities. For example,
a tie-line from New Wales to Four Corners is
currently saving Mosaic about $3.7 million
a year by of fset ting the price paid for
purchased power.
Brine
32
%
Tailings
(
salt)
68
%
Potash
Clay
6
%
Overburden
72
%
Tailings
13
%
Phosphogypsum
9
%
Phosphate
Byproducts of
mining operations
Information displayed in summary is available
in full form in GRI:
and
Environment
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