australia's identified mineral resources 2005 - Geoscience Australia
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AUSTRALIA’S IDENTIFIED MINERAL RESOURCES <strong>2005</strong><br />
TABLE 1. <strong>Australia</strong>’s <strong>resources</strong> of major <strong>mineral</strong>s and world figures as at 31 December 2004.<br />
COMMODITY<br />
UNITS<br />
AUSTRALIA<br />
WORLD<br />
Demonstrated Resources<br />
Economic<br />
(EDR)<br />
Subeconomic<br />
Paramarginal<br />
Submarginal<br />
Inferred Accessible<br />
Resources EDR(b)<br />
(a) (AEDR)<br />
JORC<br />
Reserves(c)<br />
(% of<br />
AEDR)<br />
Mine<br />
Production(d)<br />
2004<br />
Economic<br />
Demonstrated<br />
Resources(e)<br />
Mine<br />
Production(f)<br />
2004<br />
Antimony kt Sb 80 31 52 54 80 46.3 (58%) – 1 800 112<br />
Asbestos<br />
Chrysotile ore<br />
Crocidolite fibre<br />
es<br />
kt<br />
kt<br />
es<br />
–<br />
–<br />
es<br />
46.2<br />
0.4<br />
es<br />
–<br />
–<br />
Bauxite Gt 5.7 0.6 1.4 1.1 5.3 2.1 (40%) 0.057 23 0.156 (e)<br />
Black coal<br />
in situ<br />
recoverable<br />
Brown coal<br />
in situ<br />
recoverable<br />
B<br />
Gt<br />
Gt<br />
B<br />
Gt<br />
Gt<br />
B<br />
57.4<br />
40.4<br />
B<br />
41.7<br />
37.5<br />
B<br />
5.1<br />
2.7<br />
43.4<br />
39.0<br />
B<br />
12.6<br />
8.7<br />
B<br />
18.1<br />
16.3<br />
es<br />
75<br />
2<br />
85.5<br />
52.7<br />
B<br />
112<br />
100.8<br />
es<br />
–<br />
–<br />
B<br />
40.3<br />
B<br />
30.0<br />
es<br />
–<br />
–<br />
B<br />
es<br />
–<br />
–<br />
es<br />
large<br />
large<br />
es<br />
2.3 (g)<br />
13.1 (h) (33%) 0.375 (i) 743 (j) 4.1 (j)(k)<br />
B<br />
2.1 (h) (7%)<br />
B B<br />
0.068 (j) 156 (j) 0.84 (j)<br />
Cadmium kt Cd 65.5 9.5 19.4 1.3 65.5 53.9 (82%) 0.35 569 17.2<br />
Cobalt kt Co 1 253 219 140 1 395 1 253 403 (32%) 4.55 6 798 44.5<br />
Copper Mt Cu 42.1 3.6 1.3 29.9 42.1 19.6 (47%) 0.854 490 14.5<br />
Diamond<br />
gem & near gem<br />
industrial<br />
D<br />
Mc<br />
Mc<br />
D<br />
53.4<br />
55.6<br />
D<br />
201.5<br />
209.7<br />
D<br />
0.2<br />
0.3<br />
D<br />
15.9<br />
16.6<br />
D<br />
53.4<br />
55.6<br />
D<br />
51.9 (97%)<br />
54 (97%)<br />
Fluorine Mt F – 0.2 23.7 21.3 – – – 112 (l) 2.4<br />
Gold t Au 5 589 1 102 107 4 058 5 570 3 330 (60%) 259 42 000 2 489<br />
Iron ore Gt 14.6 0.2 1.9 16.9 14.6 4.6 (32%) 0.234 160.0 1.25<br />
Lead Mt Pb 22.9 2.9 9.3 21.6 22.9 9.9 (43%) 0.677 70 3.15<br />
Lithium kt Li 170 54 26 7 170 145 (85%) 0.59 4 110 14.5 (m)<br />
Magnesite Mt MgCO 3 344 22 35 931 344 37.5 (11%) 0.586 7 629 12.3 (m)<br />
Manganese ore Mt 133 28 167 135 133 95 (71%) 3.4 1 175 25<br />
D<br />
10.1<br />
10.5<br />
D<br />
–<br />
580<br />
D<br />
81.8<br />
70.0<br />
Mineral sands<br />
Ilmenite<br />
Rutile<br />
Zircon<br />
M<br />
Mt<br />
Mt<br />
Mt<br />
M<br />
217.2<br />
20.2<br />
30<br />
M<br />
51<br />
12<br />
19<br />
M<br />
0.1<br />
0.1<br />
0.1<br />
M<br />
119<br />
29<br />
33<br />
M<br />
180.7<br />
14.5<br />
21.8<br />
M<br />
42.4 (23%)<br />
3.85 (27%)<br />
5.7 (26%)<br />
M<br />
1.93<br />
0.162<br />
0.441<br />
1 088<br />
52<br />
74<br />
M<br />
8.97<br />
0.4 (m)<br />
1.07<br />
Molybdenum kt Mo 0.4 6.3 3.7 411 0.4 0 (–) – 8 600 139<br />
Nickel Mt Ni 22.6 2.8 1.3 19.5 22.6 7 (31%) 0.187 61.8 1.4<br />
Niobium kt Nb 194 115 0 1 838 194 21 (11%) (n) 4 565 29.8<br />
Phosphate rock Mt 86 981 – 1 125 86 86 0.884 (o)<br />
0.586 (p) 18 000 138<br />
PGM<br />
(Pt,Pd,Os,Ir,Ru,Rh)<br />
t metal 18.5 152.9 5.4 65.2 14.6 0.6 (4%) 1.04 71 000 n/a (q)<br />
8<br />
Rare earths<br />
(REO & Y 2 O 3 )<br />
Mt 0.5 2 12.2 12 0.1 0 (–) – 89 0.1<br />
Shale oil GL 4.6 202 3 719 41 425 4.6 4.6 (100%)
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