Anglo American Annual Report 2012

OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW NICKELNICKELWalter De SimoniCEOUNDERLYING OPERATING PROFIT(2011: $57 m)$26 mSHARE OF GROUP UNDERLYINGOPERATING PROFIT(2011: 1%)0.4%UNDERLYING EBITDA(2011: $84 m)$50 mKey financial and non-financial performance indicators$ million (unless otherwise stated) 2012 2011Underlying operating profit 26 57Underlying EBITDA 50 84Net operating assets 2,509 2,535Capital expenditure 100 398Share of Group underlying operating profit 0.4% 1%Share of Group net operating assets 5% 6%01Non-financial indicators 2012 2011Number of fatal injuries 1 –Lost-time injury frequency rate 0.11 0.23Total energy consumed in 1,000 GJ 19,154 15,364Total greenhouse gas emissions in 1,000 tonnes CO 2e 1,421 1,423Total water used for primary activities in 1,000 m 3 7,090 7,13801 Risk engineer Renner Ferreira deFreitas on the observatory of theBarro Alto ferronickel plant, which issteadily ramping up to full capacity.72 Anglo American plc Annual Report 2012