| |
 |
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
Average number of
employees
in thousands – unaudited |
|
82 |
|
47 |
|
48 |
Capital expenditures and business acquisitions
in millions of US$ |
|
1,755 |
|
4,657 |
|
1,073 |
Payroll/Benefits (excluding
Pechiney)
in millions of US$ |
|
3,314 |
|
2,882 |
|
2,575 |
Operating working capital
in millions of US$ |
|
2,733 |
|
2,440 |
|
1,445 |
Capital assets and
goodwill (net)
in millions of US$ |
|
20,019 |
|
20,004 |
|
12,023 |
Total assets as at December 31
in billions of US$ |
|
33.3 |
|
31.9 |
|
17.8 |
Total debt
in millions of US$ |
|
9,405 |
|
9,543 |
|
3,751 |
Preference shares
in millions of US$ |
|
160 |
|
160 |
|
160 |
Common shareholders’
equity
in millions of US$ |
|
10,566 |
|
10,117 |
|
8,132 |
Capital employed
in billions of US$ |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
13 |
Return on capital
employed
in % |
|
5 |
|
4 |
|
6 |
Research and development expenses
in millions of US$ |
|
239 |
|
190 |
|
115 |
Environmental protection
Financial requirements
in millions of US$ |
|
254 |
|
263 |
|
207 |
Cumulative Total Return
Based upon an initial investment of $100 on December 31, 1999
with dividends reinvested
in US$ |
|
130 |
|
123 |
|
75 |
Total energy consumption
in millions of GJ |
|
415 |
|
293.9 |
|
295.1 |
Total energy consumption rate
in GJ/US$ sales |
|
0.017 |
|
0.021 |
|
0.024 |
Alcan historical energy
consumption
Alcan smelters
in kW-h/kg aluminum |
|
14.9 |
|
15.2 |
|
15.1 |
Absolute greenhouse gas emissions
in millions of tonnes of CO2
equivalent |
|
41.2 |
|
21.8 |
|
21.2 |
Tonnes of CO2
equivalent
per thousand US$ sales |
|
1.66 |
|
1.57 |
|
1.70 |
Total direct GHG emissions
in millions of tonnes of CO2
equivalent |
|
23.7 |
|
15.1 |
|
15.0 |
Total direct GHG emissions
per thousand US$ sales |
|
0.95 |
|
1.09 |
|
1.20 |
Total indirect GHG emissions
in millions of tonnes of CO2
equivalent |
|
15.9 |
|
5.3 |
|
5.2 |
Total indirect GHG
emissions
per thousand US$ sales |
|
0.64 |
|
0.38 |
|
0.42 |
PFC emissions
in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per
tonne of hot metal produced |
|
1.8 |
|
1.1 |
|
1.1 |
GHG emissions from
aluminum production
in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per
tonne of hot metal produced |
|
6.8 |
|
4.6 |
|
4.4 |
Total water use
in millions of m3 |
|
254.8 |
|
177.8 |
|
163.56 |
Total water use rate
in millions of m3 of water per
million of US$ sales |
|
0.0102 |
|
0.0128 |
|
0.0131 |
ISO 14001 certification
sites registered in % |
|
60 |
|
60 |
|
49 |
OHSAS 18001 certification
sites registered in % |
|
53 |
|
44 |
|
8 |
Recordable case rate
per 200,000 hours worked |
|
1.79 |
|
2.83 |
|
3.95 |
Lost time injury/illness
rate
per 200,000 hours worked |
|
0.68 |
|
0.88 |
|
1.32 |
Days lost rate
rate per 200,000 hours worked |
|
50.42 |
|
55.87 |
|
48.78 |
| Number of fatalities |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
Number of fatalities rate
per million hours worked |
|
0.021 |
|
0.021 |
|
0.020 |
Environmental events
total number of minor events |
|
324 |
|
256 |
|
259 |
Environmental events rate
minor events per million of hours worked |
|
1.76 |
|
2.24 |
|
2.62 |
Total hazardous waste
in thousands of tonnes |
|
97 |
|
61 |
|
831 |
Total hazardous waste rate
in tonnes of hazardous waste per million US$ sales |
|
3.89 |
|
4.40 |
|
66.57 |
Bauxite residue
in millions of tonnes |
|
4.3 |
|
3.13 |
|
2.78 |
Bauxite residue rate
in tonnes of bauxite residue per tonne of alumina hydrate
produced |
|
0.89 |
|
1.01 |
|
0.84 |
Generated spent potlining
in thousands of tonnes |
|
78.6 |
|
44.5 |
|
47.1 |
Generated spent potlining rate
in kilograms per tonne of hot metal produced |
|
23.2 |
|
20.5 |
|
21.5 |
Primary Metal dust
emissions – smelters only
in kilograms |
|
12,644 |
|
10,685 |
|
9,991 |
Primary Metal dust emissions rate –
smelters only
in kilograms per tonne of hot metal produced |
|
3.74 |
|
3.73 |
|
3.53 |
Primary Metal fluoride
emissions
in kilograms |
|
5,144 |
|
3,694 |
|
3,432 |
Primary Metal fluoride emissions rate
in kilograms per tonne of hot metal produced |
|
1.52 |
|
1.64 |
|
1.57 |
Primary Metal PAH
emissions
(Söderberg smelters only)
in tonnes |
|
523 |
|
621 |
|
574 |
Primary Metal PAH emissions rate
(Söderberg smelters only)
in kilograms per tonne of hot metal produced |
|
1.01 |
|
1.07 |
|
1.09 |
Packaging VOC emissions
in thousands of tonnes |
|
37.9 |
|
26.1 |
|
11.9 |
Packaging VOC emissions rate
in thousands of tonnes per million US$ packaging sales |
|
6.19 |
|
9.11 |
|
5.29 |
Canadian donations
and sponsorships
in millions of CAN$ |
|
9.4 |
|
5.0 |
|
4.9 |
Donations and sponsorships worldwide
in millions of CAN$ |
|
13.1 |
|
8.5 |
|
6.3 |
