IMPROVING DATA MANAGEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING IN THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY
Environmental reporting is a realistic alternative for mines to prioritise operational changes in crucial environmental areas. Gold mines report to multiple platforms – i.e., integrated reporting. All these platforms have created the need for effective environmental data management. A methodology wa...
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| author | Janse van Rensburg, Hendrika Magdalena Maryke Gous, Andries Gustav Stephanus Vosloo, Jan C. van Heerden, Mariska |
| author_facet | Janse van Rensburg, Hendrika Magdalena Maryke Gous, Andries Gustav Stephanus Vosloo, Jan C. van Heerden, Mariska |
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| description | Environmental reporting is a realistic alternative for mines to prioritise operational changes in crucial environmental areas. Gold mines report to multiple platforms – i.e., integrated reporting. All these platforms have created the need for effective environmental data management. A methodology was developed in which the environmental performance data for numerous operations is centralised. A standardised reporting procedure was developed for each environmental data category that includes the different stakeholders’ needs. Focus was also placed on reducing the data transfer errors due to the importance of data accuracy. The methodology is based on the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle and was implemented at a gold mining company. After implementation, the rate of transfer error that would have been recorded in the data was reduced from 20 percent to four percent. This error rate was recorded before an external audit took place. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d6980b312c641edb0254e7335e0d59a2022-12-22T01:45:47ZengStellenbosch UniversitySouth African Journal of Industrial Engineering1012-277X2224-78902019-11-0130316317310.7166/30-3-2236IMPROVING DATA MANAGEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING IN THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRYJanse van Rensburg, Hendrika Magdalena Maryke 0Gous, Andries Gustav Stephanus 1Vosloo, Jan C. 2van Heerden, Mariska 3North-West UniversityNorth-West UniversityNorth-West UniversityNorth-West UniversityEnvironmental reporting is a realistic alternative for mines to prioritise operational changes in crucial environmental areas. Gold mines report to multiple platforms – i.e., integrated reporting. All these platforms have created the need for effective environmental data management. A methodology was developed in which the environmental performance data for numerous operations is centralised. A standardised reporting procedure was developed for each environmental data category that includes the different stakeholders’ needs. Focus was also placed on reducing the data transfer errors due to the importance of data accuracy. The methodology is based on the plan-do-check-act (PDCA) cycle and was implemented at a gold mining company. After implementation, the rate of transfer error that would have been recorded in the data was reduced from 20 percent to four percent. This error rate was recorded before an external audit took place.http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/2236gold mining industryinvironmental reportingenvironmental data managementstandardised reporting procedure |
| spellingShingle | Janse van Rensburg, Hendrika Magdalena Maryke Gous, Andries Gustav Stephanus Vosloo, Jan C. van Heerden, Mariska IMPROVING DATA MANAGEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING IN THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY South African Journal of Industrial Engineering gold mining industry invironmental reporting environmental data management standardised reporting procedure |
| title | IMPROVING DATA MANAGEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING IN THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY |
| title_full | IMPROVING DATA MANAGEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING IN THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY |
| title_fullStr | IMPROVING DATA MANAGEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING IN THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY |
| title_full_unstemmed | IMPROVING DATA MANAGEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING IN THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY |
| title_short | IMPROVING DATA MANAGEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING IN THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY |
| title_sort | improving data management for environmental reporting in the gold mining industry |
| topic | gold mining industry invironmental reporting environmental data management standardised reporting procedure |
| url | http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/2236 |
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