zaf-mc-omcr-2021-2023-v1 DataFirst 2024-06-05 Nesstar Publisher Version 3 Operating Mines and their Closure Risks 2021-2023 OMCR 2021-2023 zaf-mc-omcr-2021-2023-v1 Megan Cole Nesstar Publisher Water Research Commission C2021_2023- 00475 DataFirst Support Replication/Reproducibility Data v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution Mining Mine closures Social risk Environmental risk South Africa The data is at the level of local municipality as well as individual mines. Institutions Other Other DataFirst 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 Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License mining-2807460-supplementary.NSDstat 221 55 Nesstar 200801 221 0 1 221 111 63.941 221 0 Agnes 1 Alexander Bay Mining 1 Assen 1 Aviemore 1 Bafokeng Rasimone North Shaft 1 Bafokeng Rasimone South Shaft 1 Bakgatla Ivan Shaft 1 Bakgatla Richard Shaft 1 Bakgatla Spud Shaft 1 Ballengeich 1 Bathopele 1 Beatrix No3 Shaft 1 Beatrix No4 Shaft 1 Beeshoek 1 Belfast 1 Bishop 1 Black Chrome 1 Black Mountain (Deeps, Swartberg) 1 Black Wattle 1 Blyvoor 1 Bokone 1 Booysendal North 1 Booysendal South 1 Bosjesspruit (Secunda) 1 Boskop 1 Buffelsfontein 1 Bultfontein 1 Chelmsford 1 Chilwavhusiku 1 Cooke surface 1 Crocodile River 1 Cullinan 1 Delmas Colliery 1 Demaneng 1 Dishaba 1 Doornkop 1 Dorstfontein 1 Driefontein 1 1 Driefontein 4 1 Driefontein 5 1 Driefontein 8 1 Dwarsrivier 1 ECM Helena 1 ECM Magareng 1 ECM Thorncliffe 1 ECM Winterveld 1 East Manganese 1 Eland 1 Elandsfontein 2 Elandspruit 1 Evander 8 Shaft 1 Fairbreeze 1 Fairview 1 Fentonia 1 Finsch 1 Forzando North 1 Gamsberg 1 Gloria (Black Rock) 1 Glosam 1 Goedehoop 1 Goedgevonden 1 Greenside 1 Grootegeluk 1 Hakhano 1 Helam 1 Horizon 1 Hotazel 1 Impala 1 Shaft 1 Impala 10 Shaft 1 Impala 14 Shaft 1 Impala 16 Shaft 1 Impala 20 Shaft 1 Impala 6 Shaft 1 Impumelelo (Brandspruit) 1 Impumzi complex 1 Isibonelo 1 Ivanplats 1 Iyanga (Klipfontein) 1 Joel 1 Kalgold 1 Kangala 1 Khanye 1 Khanyisa 1 Khomanani 1 Khumani 1 Khuseleka 1 Khutala 1 Khwezela North 1 Khwezela South 1 Kiepersol 1 Kimberley 1 Kliprand 1 Klipspruit 1 Kloof 1 1 Kloof 4 1 Kloof 7 1 Kloof 8 1 Koffiefontein 1 Kolomela 1 Kopanang 1 Kriel 1 Kroondal 1 Kusasalethu 1 Lace 1 Leeuwpan 1 Lomoteng 1 MMS 1 Mafube 1 Magdalena 1 Malahleni 1 Mamatwan 1 Manungu 1 Marikana 4Belt shaft 1 Marikana E3 shaft 1 Marikana K3 shaft 1 Marikana Rowland shaft 1 Marikana Saffy shaft 1 Marula Clapham Shaft 1 Marula Driekop Shaft 1 Mashwening 1 Masimong 5 shaft 1 Matla 1 Mbali 1 Mecklenburg 1 Middelburg Complex 1 Moab Khotsong 1 Moabsvelden 1 Modikwa Merensky Shaft 1 Modikwa South 2 Shaft 1 Moeijelijk 1 Mogalakwena 1 Mokala 1 Mooikraal 1 Mooiplaats 1 Mopani 1 Morokwa 1 Morula 1 Mototolo Lebowa Shaft 1 Mototolo/Der Brochen (Borwa Shaft 1 Mponeng 1 NCC Roodekop 1 Namakwa Sands 1 Nchwaning (Black Rock) 1 New Clydesdale 1 New Consort 1 New Denmark 1 New Largo 1 New Vaal 1 Nkomati 1 Nndanganeni 1 Nokeng 1 Nooitgedacht 1 North Block Complex 1 Ntuane 1 Overlooked 1 Palabora 1 Palesa (Kusela) 1 Pensfontein 1 Perth 1 Phalaborwa 1 Phalanndwa 1 Pilanesberg Platinum 1 Rhovan 1 Rietvlei 1 Ringside 1 Rirhandzu 1 Ruighoek 1 Salene 1 Savmore-Maquasa 1 Sefateng Chrome 1 Sheba 1 Shondoni 1 Singani 1 Siphumelele 1 Sishen 1 Somkhele 1 South Deep 1 Spitsvale 1 Steenkampskraal 1 Stellite 1 Styldrift 1 Syferfontein 1 Target 1 1 Tau Lekoa 1 Thaba 1 Thabazimbi 1 Tharisa 1 Thembelani 1 Tormin 1 Tshepong North 1 Tshepong South 1 Tshipi Borwa 1 Tumela 1 Tweefontein 1 Twistdraai Thubelisha 1 Two Rivers 1 Ubuntu (Brakfontein) 2 Uitkomst 1 Ukufisa / Bekezela 1 Usutu (Vunene) 1 Vametco 1 Vanggatfontein 1 Vele 1 Venetia 1 Vergenoeg 1 Vlakpoort 1 Vlakvarkfontein / Ntshovela 1 Welgemeend 1 Wessels 1 Western Chrome Mines Mooinooi 1 Western Chrome Mines Waterkloof 1 Witkop 1 York 1 Zibulo 1 Zondereinde 1 Zonnebloem 1 Zulti North 1 Zululand Anthracite 1 iMpunzi 1 221 0 Free State 13 Gauteng 18 KwaZulu-Natal 10 Limpopo 39 Mpumalanga 68 North West 40 Northern Cape 29 Western Cape 4 221 0 AEMFC 1 ARM, Impala 1 ARM, Norilsk Nickel 1 AccelorMIttal SA 1 Afarak 2 Afrimat, Diro 1 Alexkor 1 Anglo Platinum 6 Anglo Platinum & BRPM 2 Anglo Platinum, ARM 2 Anker Coal 1 Assmang 2 Assmang, ARM 1 Assore 1 Assore, ARM 1 BCR Holdings 2 BRPM 1 Bathlako (ex-Samancor) 1 Bauba Resources 1 Beryl Coal 1 Bischi PLC 1 Black Royalty Mining 1 Blyvoor Gold 1 Buffalo Coal 2 Bushveld Minerals 1 Canyon Coal 5 Cape26 1 Coal of Africa 1 Cronimet 1 DVD Quality Mining 1 De Beers 1 DiamondCorp 1 Eastern Platinum 1 Exxaro 3 Foskor 1 Future Coal 1 Galaxy Gold 1 Glencore 5 Glencore, ARM 1 Glosam Manganese 1 Goldfields 1 HCI / Hosken 1 HUATIAN SA MINING & INVESTMENT 1 Harmony 10 Horizon Chrome Mine - Merafe Resources 2 Hosken 1 Ichor Coal 3 IchorCoal 1 Ikwezi 1 Impala 8 Ivanhoe Mines 1 Izimbiwa Coal (Glencore) 1 Jindal Mining SA 1 Joe Singh Group 1 Jupiter 1 Kangra Coal 1 Kropz 1 Kudumane Manganese Resources 2 Kumba 1 Kumba, ARM 1 Kuyasa 1 Lindleys 1 Londani Coal 1 MC Mining 1 MCMining 1 Manngwe 1 Menar 1 Minerals Commodities SA 1 Minersa 1 NATIONAL MANGANESE MINES 1 Northam 1 Northam Platinum 3 Ntsimbintle, Glencore 1 Nuberry 1 Overlooked Colliery 4 PMG MINING 1 Palaborwa Mining Co (Rio Tinto, Anglo) 1 Pan African Resources 4 Petra Diamonds 3 Petra Diamonds, Ekapa 1 Puckree Group 1 Richards Bay Minerals Rio Tinto 1 SAIL 1 Sallies 1 Samancor 8 Sasol 6 Sebilo Resources 1 Sedibelo 1 Sefateng 1 Sepfluor 1 Seriti 7 Sibanye Stillwater 2 Sibanye-Stillwater 19 Silver Unicorn 1 Sitatunga 1 Siyanda Resources 3 South32, Anglo 2 Southern Coal 1 Steenkampskraal Monazite Mine 1 Stibium 1 Tendele Coal Mining 1 Thari Resources 1 Tharisa 1 Thungela 8 Tronox 2 Universal Coal 6 Vedanta Zinc, Exxaro 2 Village Main Reef 3 WIDE 1 WMA Chrome 1 Wescoal 3 Wescoal / Salungano 1 221 0 Emerging miner 63 Junior 24 Major 134 221 0 Iron ore 3 PGMs 42 chromium 20 copper 1 diamonds 8 fluorspar 3 gold 31 iron ore 4 lead-zinc 2 manganese 19 met coal 6 nickel 1 phosphate 1 phosphate rock 1 rare earths 1 thermal coal 72 titanium 4 vanadium 2 221 0 OC 41 OC, UG 11 UG 65 UG block cave 1 UG longhole stoping 1 UG mechanised 3 UG mechanised bord-and-pillar 1 UG open stoping 1 UG, OC 1 UG, open pit 5 conventional UG 7 deep conventional UG 4 deep conventional grid UG 2 deep level conventional UG 12 deep level mechanised & conventional UG 1 dredging 2 mechanised UG 2 mini pit 1 open pit 44 open pit, UG 2 opencast, UG 4 shallow UG 1 shallow UG mechanised 2 strip 5 surface 1 waste processing 1 153 68 0 100 22.157 20.594 108 113 0 6399.023 356.345 713.732 221 0 1 5 3.081 1.478 1 28 2 76 3 39 4 6 5 72 221 0 1 5 3.244 1.696 1 57 2 36 3 13 4 26 5 89 221 0 1 5 3.747 1.665 1 44 2 21 3 13 4 12 5 131 221 0 1 5 3.253 1.317 1 11 2 74 3 47 4 26 5 63 221 0 1 5 2.357 1.78 1 134 3 24 5 63 221 0 6 23 15.683 4.152 6 1 7 2 8 4 9 12 10 7 11 23 12 6 13 7 14 16 15 37 16 8 17 22 18 16 19 19 20 4 21 10 22 21 23 6 221 0 High 61 Low 48 Medium 68 Very Low 7 Very high 37 221 0 1.15 4.8 3.208 1.108 221 0 High 44 Low 62 Medium 49 Very Low 34 Very high 32 221 0 Aggeneys 2 Alcockspruit (Ingwe, Zamokhule) 1 Allanridge 1 Alldays, Musina 1 Amandelbult 3 Badplaas 1 Barberton 4 Belfast 2 Bethal 1 Bethal, Emzinoni 1 Bethanie 1 Brits 6 Bronkhorstspruit 2 Burgersfort 8 Cooke Mine 1 Cullinan 2 Dannhauser, Newcastle 1 Delmas 4 Delmas, Botleng 5 Doornfontein, Khutsong, Welverdiend, Carletonville 1 Doornkop 1 Driefontein villages 4 Dundee, Sibongile 1 Elandsridge, Elandsrand, Deelkraal 1 Elsburg Gold Mine, Seberuberung 1 Ermelo 1 Ermelo, Wesselton 1 Evander 2 GaPhasha, GaMampa, Jibeng 1 Glencoe, Sithembile 1 Gravelotte 1 Hopefield 1 Hotazel 13 Kathu 2 Kimberley 1 Klerksdorp, Orkney 2 Koffiefontein 1 Komati 3 Kroonstad 1 Kuruman 1 Lephalale, Marapong 1 Lime Acres 1 Lutzville 2 Lydenburg 2 Mahikeng, Mareetsane 1 Marikana 6 Middelburg, Mhluzi 13 Mokopane, Kekane 1 Mokopane, Mapela, Kekane, GaPila 1 Mooinooi 2 Mtunzini 1 Musina 1 Newcastle 1 Newcastle, Utrecht 1 Ngema Tribal Trust, Piet Retief 2 Northam 2 Nuwerus 1 Odendaalsrus, Welkom 2 Ogies, Phola 7 Orkney 1 Phalaborwa 2 Pilanesberg Pt village cluster 1 Port Nolloth, Alexander Bay 1 Postmasburg 8 Rasimone 4 Reedstream Park, Blesboklaagte 1 Richards Bay 1 Richards Bay, Mbonambi 1 Ruighoek, Mabeleleng 3 Rust de Winter 2 Rustenburg 12 Sasolburg 1 Secunda, Embalenhle 4 Springs 1 Standerton, sAkhile 1 Steelpoort 8 Stilfontein 1 Swartklip 3 Swartruggens 1 Thabazimbi 2 Theunissen, Virginia 1 Thubelihle, Kriel 6 Ulundi, Emakhalathini 1 Viljoensdrif, Vereeniging 1 Virginia, Meloding 2 Welkom 1 Western Deep villages, Carletonville 1 Westonaria 4 Wilge 2 Wolvekrans 1 Zeerust 1 eMalahleni 5 221 0 105 568792 104845.919 145825.512 221 0 2.2 8.3 6.353 1.075 221 0 Albert Luthuli 1 Ba-Phalaborwa 3 Bela Bela 2 City of Johannesburg 1 City of Matlosana 4 City of Mbombela 1 City of Tshwane 3 Dannhauser 1 Ekhuruleni 1 Elias Motsoaledi 2 Emakhazeni 1 Emalahleni 23 Endumeni 2 Fetakgomo Tubatse 2 Ga-Segonyana 1 Gamagara 9 Govan Mbeki 8 Greater Tubatse 15 Joe Morolong 11 Kgatelopele 1 Kgetlengrivier 1 Khâi-Ma 2 Lekwa 1 Lephalale 1 Letsemeng 1 Madibeng 8 Mahikeng 1 Masilonyana 1 Matjhabeng 4 Matzikama 3 Merafong City 7 Metsimaholo 4 Mkhondo 2 Mogalakwena 2 Moqhaka 1 Moses Kotana 4 Msukaligwa 2 Musina 2 Newcastle 2 Ramotshere Moiloa 1 Rand West City 6 Richtersveld 1 Rustenburg 17 Rustenburg & Madibeng 6 Saldanha Bay 1 Sol Plaatjie 1 Steve Tshwete 14 Thabazimbi 10 Thembisile 1 Tsantsabane 3 Ulundi 1 Umjindi - City of Mbombela 3 Victor Khanye 10 eMakhazeni 1 uMhlatuze 2 uMlalazi 2 221 0 16 73909 17806.602 21792.239 221 0 42 83.7 54.648 10.762 219 2 0 610 78.096 91.013 221 0 Adverse 9 Clean 21 Disclaimed 16 Not finalised 14 Qualified 116 Unqualified 45 221 0 1 5 3.213 1.249 1 4 2 81 3 60 4 16 5 60 221 0 1 5 3.118 1.34 1 27 2 58 3 45 4 44 5 47 221 0 1 5 2.968 1.428 1 47 2 33 3 75 4 12 5 54 221 0 1 5 2.887 1.462 1 47 2 63 3 24 4 42 5 45 221 0 1 5 2.692 1.497 1 65 2 52 3 34 4 26 5 44 221 0 1 5 2.919 1.08 1 21 2 45 3 116 4 9 5 30 221 0 11 26 17.796 2.903 11 1 13 11 14 22 15 15 16 27 17 28 18 36 19 17 20 29 21 14 22 4 23 8 24 6 25 1 26 2 221 0 High 33 Low 49 Medium 137 Very high 2 221 0 1.8 4.6 2.981 0.68 221 0 High 45 Low 46 Medium 48 Very Low 37 Very high 45 221 0 0 55.23 13.699 13.33 220 0 EN 40 LC 115 VU 65 221 0 0 131.652 18.296 20.144 221 0 1 148 43 35.357 221 0 II 39 III 81 IV 33 V 8 VI 17 VII 28 VIII 15 221 0 1 4 2.814 0.867 1 11 2 74 3 81 4 55 221 0 1 4 2.638 0.887 1 22 2 75 3 85 4 39 221 0 1 5 3.611 1.211 1 22 2 5 3 74 4 56 5 64 221 0 3 13 9.054 2.364 3 1 5 18 6 12 7 19 8 42 9 57 10 11 11 18 12 13 13 30 221 0 1 5 3.348 1.199 1 18 2 40 3 49 4 75 5 39 221 0 0 4 1.833 1.114 0 1 1 115 2 65 4 40 221 0 1 5 3.163 1.362 1 27 2 56 3 44 4 42 5 52 221 0 1 5 2.226 1.23 1 76 2 75 3 29 4 26 5 15 221 0 1 5 3.344 1.213 1 15 2 53 3 33 4 81 5 39 221 0 1 4 2.692 0.882 1 19 2 73 3 86 4 43 221 0 10 24 16.606 2.982 10 2 11 10 12 4 13 22 14 13 15 28 16 32 17 31 18 21 19 17 20 16 21 13 22 6 23 5 24 1 221 0 High 25 Low 77 Medium 117 Very Low 2 221 0 1.5 3.7 2.717 0.491 221 0 High 35 Low 61 Medium 54 Very Low 29 Very high 42