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Operating Mines and their Closure Risks 2021-2023

South Africa, 2021 - 2023
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Reference ID
zaf-mc-omcr-2021-2023-v1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25828/2c2f-s119
Producer(s)
Megan Cole
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African Research Replication and Reproducibility Data
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May 14, 2024
Last modified
Jun 05, 2024
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    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-mc-omcr-2021-2023-v1
    Title
    Operating Mines and their Closure Risks 2021-2023
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    Replication/Reproducibility Data
    Abstract
    South Africa has 230 operating mines located in diverse natural and social settings. Over 6 million people live in urban and rural mining host communities who will be significantly affected by mine closure. The national, provincial and local governments need guidance in identifying high-risk areas and relevant policy and programmatic interventions. This dataset includes data collected on mines in South Africa for the development of a quantitative mine closure risk rating system that assesses the likelihood of mine closure, the risk of social impact and the risk of environmental impact of mine closure for every operating mine in the country. The rating system was tested with 10 mines and 19 mining experts. The shape files for maps resulting from the research are also included in the dataset.The data is also available for viewing on the
    South African Mine Closure Risk and Opportunity Atlas https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/f8bbd7f733674b9d99cd320b4f5b98f5/
    Data projection: GCS_WGS_1984
    The data provides evidence for the research publication Cole, M.J. A Mine Closure Risk Rating System for South Africa. Mining 2024, 4, 58-78. https://doi.org/10.3390/mining4010005
    Kind of Data
    Other
    Unit of Analysis
    Institutions

    Version

    Version Description
    v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
    Version Date
    2024-04-23

    Scope

    Notes

    The data covers basic information on each mine, as well as information on the likelihood of mine closure, and the risk of social impact and the risk of environmental impact of mine closure for every operating mine in South Africa. The scope, as shown in the column headings in the Attribute Table for the map data includes:

    Abbreviated Name Full Name
    MineID MineID
    Mine_Name Mine name
    Alternativ Alternative or previous name
    Farms Farms (related to mining right)
    Owner Mine Owner
    CompanyTyp Company type
    Commodity Commodity
    Mining_Met Mining method (UG = underground, OC = opencast)
    LOM Life of Mine
    Latitude Latitude
    Longitude Longitude
    Likelihood Likelihood of closure rating (1-5)
    Likeliho_1 Likelihood of closure rating (Very low to Very High)
    Social_Rat Social risk rating (1-5)
    Social_R_1 Social risk rating (Very low to Very High)
    Enviro_Rat Environmental risk rating (1-5)
    Enviro_R_1 Environmental risk rating (Very low to Very High)

    Keywords
    Mining Mine closures Social risk Environmental risk

    Coverage

    Geographic Unit
    The data is at the level of local municipality as well as individual mines.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Megan Cole
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    Water Research Commission

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2021 2023
    Data Collection Mode
    • Other

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License
    Citation requirements
    Cole, Megan. Operating Mines and their Closure Risks 2021-2023 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: Megan Cole [producer], 2024. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/2c2f-s119

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Support University of Cape Town support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2024-06-05

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 3

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