australia's identified mineral resources 2005 - Geoscience Australia
australia's identified mineral resources 2005 - Geoscience Australia
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AUSTRALIA’S IDENTIFIED MINERAL RESOURCES <strong>2005</strong><br />
TABLES<br />
Table 1: <strong>Australia</strong>’s <strong>resources</strong> of major <strong>mineral</strong>s and world figures as at December 2004<br />
Table 2: <strong>Australia</strong>n gold production 2000 to 2004<br />
Table 3: Correlation of resource classification schemes for uranium<br />
Table 4: <strong>Australia</strong>n production and exports of selected <strong>mineral</strong> products 2004<br />
Table 5: <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>mineral</strong> exploration expenditure by commodity, 2003 and 2004 (Source ABS)<br />
Table 6: <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>mineral</strong> exploration expenditure by State, 2003 and 2004 (Source ABS)<br />
FIGURES<br />
Figure 1: Trends in Economic Demonstrated Resources (EDR) for major commodities since 1975<br />
Figure 2: <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>mineral</strong> exploration expenditures by commodity in constant 2003–04 dollars<br />
(Based on ABS data deflated by Consumer Price Index series)<br />
Figure 3: <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>mineral</strong> exploration expenditures, excluding gold and base metals,<br />
in constant 2003–04 dollars (Based on ABS data deflated by Consumer Price Index series)<br />
Figure 4: <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>mineral</strong> exploration spending by commodity (Source ABS)<br />
Figure 5: <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>mineral</strong> exploration spending by State (Source ABS)<br />
Figure 6: <strong>Australia</strong>n <strong>mineral</strong> exploration expenditures by State in constant 2003–04 dollars<br />
(Based on ABS data deflated by Consumer Price Index series)<br />
Figure 7: Distribution of world non-ferrous <strong>mineral</strong> exploration budgets, 2004 (Source Metals<br />
Economics Group)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHS<br />
Front cover: Iron ore train from West Angeles mine, Western <strong>Australia</strong> (Pilbara Iron Pty Ltd)<br />
Commodity Review cover: Headframe at the Osborne underground mine, Queensland<br />
(Placer Dome Inc.)<br />
Photo 3: Moorvale coal mine, Bowen Basin, Queensland (Macarthur Coal Ltd)<br />
Photo 4: Hay Point and Dalrymple Bay coal export terminals, Queensland (Prime Infrastructure<br />
Management Ltd)<br />
Photo 5: Underground blast-hole drilling, Golden Grove mine, Western <strong>Australia</strong><br />
(Newmont <strong>Australia</strong> Ltd)<br />
Photo 6: <strong>Australia</strong>’s largest diamond weighing 104.73 carats recovered from the Gareth pipe,<br />
Merlin (NT) and valued at US$525 000 in 2002 (Striker Resources NL)<br />
Photo 7: Mine portal (centre) and surface facilities Cracow gold mine, Queensland (Sedimentary<br />
Holdings Ltd)<br />
Photo 8: Gold ore stockpile at Kanowna Belle mine, Western <strong>Australia</strong> (Placer Dome Inc.)<br />
Photo 9: Iron ore stockpiles at East Intercourse Island, Western <strong>Australia</strong> (Pilbara Iron Pty Ltd)<br />
Photo 10: Crushing plant at Tallering Peak iron ore mine northeast of Geraldton, Western <strong>Australia</strong><br />
(Mount Gibson Iron Ltd)<br />
Photo 11: Road train transportation of manganese ore from Woodie Woodie mine, Western <strong>Australia</strong><br />
(Consolidated Minerals Ltd)<br />
Photo 12: Exploration for <strong>mineral</strong> sands in the Eucla Basin, South <strong>Australia</strong> (Iluka Resources Ltd)<br />
Photo 13: Nickel briquettes at the Kwinana nickel refinery, Western <strong>Australia</strong> (WMC Resources Ltd)<br />
Photo 14: Sally Malay open cut nickel mine, Western <strong>Australia</strong> (Sally Malay Mining Ltd)<br />
Photo 15: Beverley’s uranium extraction plant and main trunklines (pipelines), which carry solutions<br />
from the wellfield to the plant (Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd)<br />
Photo 16: Drums of Beverley’s uranium oxide concentrates being loaded into shipping containers<br />
ready for export (Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd)<br />
Photo 17: Wellfield at Beverley in situ leach uranium mine, South <strong>Australia</strong> (Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd)<br />
Production and Resource Life cover: Uranium extraction plant using ion exchange technology<br />
at Beverley mine, South <strong>Australia</strong> (Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd)<br />
Exploration cover: Exploration drilling south of the Beverley mine, South <strong>Australia</strong> (Heathgate<br />
Resources Pty Ltd)<br />
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