australia's identified mineral resources 2005 - Geoscience Australia

AUSTRALIA’S IDENTIFIED MINERAL RESOURCES 2005
TABLE 4. Australian production and exports of selected mineral products 2004.
76
Commodity Production Exports Export value
$ million
Aluminium
Bauxite (Mt) 56.6 126
Alumina (Mt) 16.7 13.6 4 092
Aluminium (Mt) 1.9 1.5 3 615
Coal
Black raw (Mt) 375
Black saleable (Mt) 295 224 13 379
Brown raw (Mt) 68
Copper
Ores and concentrates (kt) 2 532 1 185 1 380
Refined primary (kt) 490 322 1 202
Diamond (Mc) 21 23 456
Gold
Mine production (t) 259
Refined (t) (a) 371 312 5 551
Iron and Steel
Ore and Pellets (Mt) 234 210 6 167
Iron and steel (Mt) 8.4 2.9 2 122
Lead
Ores and concentrates (kt) 981 406 444
Refined (kt) 232 211 250
Bullion (kt) 140 151 214
Manganese
Ores and concentrates (Mt) 3.4 2.8 398
Mineral sands
Ilmenite concentrates (kt) 1934 756 76
Rutile concentrates (kt) 162 147 98
Synthetic rutile (kt) 720 487 270
Titanium dioxide pigment (kt) 202 178 424
Zircon concentrates (kt) 441 420 276
Nickel
Concentrate (kt Ni) 187
Refined (kt) 228 (b) 206 3 323 (c)
Uranium (kt U 3 O 8 ) 10.6 9.7 411
Zinc
Ores and concentrates (kt) 2 497 1 884 751
Refined (kt) 473 325 475
Notes for Table 4
Source: Australian Mineral Statistics, ABARE, December quarter 2004
t = tonnes; kt = 10 3 t; Mt = 10 6 t; Mc = 10 6 carats
(a) Includes primary and secondary gold of Australian and overseas origin
(b) Sum of products in the Intermediate nickel, 99% Ni categories
(c) Sum of all nickel product export values.