Improving data management for environmental reporting in the gold mining industry
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2019Author
Janse van Rensburg, H.M.
Gous, A.G.S.
Vosloo, J.C.
Van Heerden, M.
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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 Omgewingsverslagdoening is ʼn realistiese alternatief vir myne om
operasionele veranderinge in kritiese omgewings te prioritiseer.
Goudmyne lewer verslag aan verskeie platforms, dit is dus ʼn geval
van geïntegreerde verslagdoening. Al hierdie platforms skep die
behoefte vir doeltreffende omgewingsdatabestuur. ʼn Metodologie
is ontwikkel waarbinne die omgewingvertoning data vir verskeie
bedrywighede gesentraliseer is. ʼn Gestandaardiseerde
verslagdoeningsprosedure is ontwikkel vir elke data kategorie. Die
vermindering van data oordrag foute het ook spesifieke aandag
gekry. Die metodologie is gegrond op die beplan-doen-kontroleerdoen siklus en is by ʼn goudmyn geïmplementeer. Na implementering
is die oordrag fout koers verlaag van 20 persent na vier persent. Dié
syfers is bepaal voor ʼn eksterne oudit plaasgevind het
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http://hdl.handle.net/10394/34317http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/2236/958
https://doi.org/10.7166/30-3-2236