contents | table of contents | accessibility statement

Share price: XTA.L GBp 1015.50 (-1.60%)

Sustainability / Environment / Climate change

Climate change

[Xstrata SD environment]
We recognises the environmental, social and economic threat posed by climate change and the need for co-ordinated, global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Xstrata is responding proactively to the environmental, social and economic challenges posed by climate change. It is one of the principal risks facing our business.

Mining industry activities contribute to climate change through the direct release of greenhouse gases (GHGs), in particular methane and carbon dioxide (CO2), and through the intensive use of energy from fossil fuels. All Xstrata commodity businesses strive to reduce their operations’ greenhouse gas emissions, with each site following our Group Sustainable Development Framework to improve its energy efficiency and where relevant, capture emissions.

Xstrata’s total Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions in 2009 came to 22.4 million tonnes CO2e. These are the result of:

Scope 1 emissions Direct GHG emissions (from sources that are owned or controlled by Xstrata)
  • Fugitive methane released during coal mining from decayed organic matter in rock strata.
    This is our primary source of direct GHG emissions accounting for 53.9%
  • Fuel, such as diesel and oil, used on site, accounting for 28.5% of our direct GHG emissions
  • Emissions from the use of reductants, such as anthracite and carbon, in ferrochrome smelting
  • On-site waste disposal
Scope 2 emissions Indirect GHG emissions (from the generation of purchased electricity consumed by Xstrata)
  • Purchased electricity used to run our operations, accounting for 41% of our Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions
Scope 3 emissions Other indirect GHG emissions (from sources not owned or controlled by Xstrata)
  • Combustion of coal and methane produced by Xstrata by our customers, estimated as 227 million tonnes CO2e
  • Transport of materials and consumables to our operations
  • Transport of our products from operations to customers
  • Waste sent to off-site landfill

 

Tonnes CO²e
Alloys
Coal
Copper
Nickel
Zinc
Group
SCOPE 1 emissions
Methane released 14 7,155,795 0 0 0 7,155,809
Fossil fuels combusted 201,943 926,857 918,285 737,195 441,786 3,226,066
Reductants combusted 1,571,660 0 44,592 0 158,790 1,775,042
Biomass combusted 564,211 0 459 0 133 564,803
CO² from coal mine ventilation 0 502,863 0 0 0 502,863
On-site waste disposal 3 5,738 19,311 22,212 3,202 50,466
Other minor sources 73 3 4,435 1,147 47 5,705
Total Scope 1 emissions 2,337,905 8,591,255 987,082 760,554 603,957 13,280,753
             
SCOPE 2 emissions            
Electricity purchased 3,893,094 1,192,648 2,079,177 200,372 1,722,130 9,087,420
Total Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions 6,230,998 9,783,903 3,066,259 960,926 2,326,087 22,368,173
             
SCOPE 3 emissions            
Coal combusted by our customers 0 227,300,472 0 0 0 227,300,472
Transport of goods to/from site on land,
i.e. excluding shipping		 2,797,533 2,426,963 4,780,426 679,630 3,354,548 14,039,100
Transport by shipping of products
to our customers		 153,134 11,598,928 169,729 43,266 220,738 12,185,793
Methane used by third party power generator 0 87,183 0 0 0 87,183
Off-site waste disposal 6,877 29,577 13,785 4,493 3,267 58,000
Total Scope 3 emissions 2,957,543 241,443,122 4,963,940 727,390 3,578,553 253,670,548
Total Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions 9,188,542 251,227,026 8,030,199 1,688,315 5,904,640 276,038,722

Emissions

Last Modified on July 5 2010, 15:05:40 PST