{"doc_desc":{"title":"zaf-mc-omcr-2021-2023-v1","producers":[{"name":"DataFirst","abbreviation":"","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","role":"Metadata producer"}],"prod_date":"2024-06-05","version_statement":{"version":"Version 3"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"zaf-mc-omcr-2021-2023-v1","title":"Operating Mines and their Closure Risks 2021-2023","alt_title":"OMCR 2021-2023"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Megan Cole","affiliation":""}],"production_statement":{"funding_agencies":[{"name":"Water Research Commission","abbreviation":"WRC","role":""}],"grant_no":"C2021_2023- 00475"},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst Support","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"www.support.data1st.org"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Replication\/Reproducibility Data"},"version_statement":{"version":"v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution","version_date":"2024-04-23"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Mining","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Mine closures","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Social risk","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Environmental risk","vocab":"","uri":""}],"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 \nSouth African Mine Closure Risk and Opportunity Atlas https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/f8bbd7f733674b9d99cd320b4f5b98f5\/\nData projection: GCS_WGS_1984\nThe 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","coll_dates":[{"start":"2021","end":"2023","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"South Africa","abbreviation":"zaf"}],"geog_unit":"The data is at the level of local municipality as well as individual mines.","analysis_unit":"Institutions","data_kind":"Other","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:\n\nAbbreviated Name\tFull Name\t\nMineID\t                MineID\t\nMine_Name\tMine name\t\nAlternativ\t                Alternative or previous name\t\nFarms\t                Farms (related to mining right)\t\nOwner\t                Mine Owner\t\nCompanyTyp\tCompany type\t\nCommodity\tCommodity\t\nMining_Met\tMining method (UG = underground, OC = opencast)\t\nLOM\t                Life of Mine\t\nLatitude\t                Latitude\t\nLongitude   \tLongitude\t\nLikelihood\t                Likelihood of closure rating (1-5)\t\nLikeliho_1\t                Likelihood of closure rating (Very low to Very High)\t\nSocial_Rat\tSocial risk rating (1-5)\t\nSocial_R_1\tSocial risk rating (Very low to Very High)\t\nEnviro_Rat\tEnvironmental risk rating (1-5)\t\nEnviro_R_1\tEnvironmental risk rating  (Very low to Very High)"},"method":{"data_collection":{"coll_mode":["Other"]}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"support.data1st.org"}],"cit_req":"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","conditions":"Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License"}}},"schematype":"survey"}