| FY14 | FY13 | FY12 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of employees | |||
| – Permanent | 2 836 | 3 238 | 3 294 |
| – Contractors | 736 | 842 | 685 |
| Total | 3 572 | 4 080 | 3 979 |
| Operational | |||
| Volumes milled (000t) | 737 | 1 008 | 928 |
| Gold produced (kg) | 2 603 | 3 631 | 3 075 |
| Gold produced (oz) | 83 687 | 116 738 | 98 863 |
| Grade (g/t) | 3.53 | 3.60 | 3.31 |
| Productivity (g/TEC) | 63.57 | 87.71 | 82.00 |
| Development results | |||
| Total metres (excl. capital metres) | 8 322 | 12 501 | 9 451 |
| Reef metres | 1 475 | 1 625 | 2 034 |
| Capital metres | 0 | 0 | 1 640 |
| Financial | |||
| Revenue (Rm) | 1 126 | 1 615 | 1 284 |
| Average gold price received (R/kg) | 427 728 | 454 937 | 421 026 |
| Production profit/(loss) (Rm) | 28 | 573 | 421 |
| Capital expenditure (Rm) | 238 | 285 | 294 |
| Cash operating cost (R/kg) | 420 617 | 296 714 | 285 269 |
| All-in sustaining cost (R/kg) | 523 839 | 380 935 | 356 917 |
| Safety | |||
| No of fatalities | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Lost-time injury frequency rate per million hours worked | 9.06 | 5.30 | 6.28 |
| Environmental | |||
| Electricity consumption (GWh) | 187 | 216 | 195 |
| Water consumption – primary activities (ML) | 1 010 | 760 | 1 370 |
| greenhouse gas emissions (000t CO2e) | 186 | 214 | 193 |
| Intensity data per tonne treated | |||
| – energy | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.21 |
| – water | 1.37 | 0.75 | 1.45 |
| – greenhouse gas emissions | 0.25 | 0.21 | 1.45 |
| Number of reportable environmental incidents | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Community | |||
| Local economic development (Rm)* | 25 | 7 | 3 |
| Training and development (Rm) | 23 | 17.1 | 13.0 |
* Included in the total for FY14 is an amount of R10 million that was capitalised as part of the hostel upgrades
Doornkop’s operational difficulties during the reporting period were exacerbated by safety-related stoppages following two fatalities earlier in the financial year and by the underground fire in February 2014 which resulted in nine fatalities. The fire necessitated a cessation of underground operations for four weeks while we ensured that working conditions were safe. We also conducted additional safety training to reinforce the importance of safe behaviour.
The scheduled production build-up was delayed and volumes for the year were adversely affected. Work on rehabilitating the area affected and providing alternative access, so as to restore production, continued into the June quarter while alternative lower-grade stoping panels were opened up. In the fourth quarter, more mining took place from the lower grade areas on 202 level which adversely influenced the recovered grade. This work was completed by year-end and the area is fully operational. Mining of the lower-grade Kimberley Reef was suspended during the year, resulting in improved and more consistent recovered grade. The focus now is on ramping up production from the higher-grade South Reef.