dataset · Wales

Inventory of Closed Mining Waste Facilities

The European Mining Waste Directive (2006/21/EC) requires Member States to create an inventory of closed or abandoned mine waste facilities causing serious environmental impacts, and to make this inventory available to the public. A waste facility means any area designated for the accumulation or deposit of extractive waste.

Source details

Licence: ["There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.", "\u00a9 CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is

Evidence quality: 33.6

Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z

Evidence

• https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/inspire-nrw:NRW_MINING_WASTE_CLOSED_SITES
• https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/2ef4a3e6-cf06-4d85-a373-2aa3866f58cc/inventory-of-closed-mining-waste-facilities5

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