australia's identified mineral resources 2004 - Geoscience Australia

AUSTRALIA’S IDENTIFIED MINERAL RESOURCES 2004
TABLES
Table 1: Australia’s resources of major minerals and world figures as at December 2003
Table 2: Australian gold production 1999 to 2003
Table 3: Correlation of resource classification schemes for uranium
Table 4: Australian production and exports of selected mineral products 2003–04
Table 5: Australian mineral exploration expenditure by commodity, 2001–02 and 2002–03
Table 6: Australian mineral exploration expenditure by State, 2001–02 and 2002–03
FIGURES
Figure 1: Trends in Economic Demonstrated Resources (EDR) for major commodities since 1975
Figure 2: Australian mineral exploration expenditure by commodity since 1992–93 (Source: ABS)
Figure 3: Australian mineral exploration expenditure by State since 1992–93 (Source: ABS)
Figure 4a: Australian mineral exploration expenditures in constant 2002–03 dollars (Based on ABS
data deflated by Consumer Price Index)
Figure 4b: Australian mineral exploration expenditures excluding gold and base metals, in constant
2002–03 dollars (Based on ABS data deflated by Consumer Price Index)
Figure 5: Distribution of world mineral exploration budgets, 2003 (Source: Metals Economics
Group, Canada)
PHOTOGRAPHS
Front Cover: Reclaiming Marra Mamba iron ore from stockpiles at Mining Area C, Pilbara Region
of Western Australia (BHP Billiton Iron Ore)
Commodity Review cover: Construction of the Broadmeadow punch longwall coal mine, BHP
Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Bowen Basin, Queensland Inset: Broadmeadow punch longwall mine
entrance (main gate) (Geoscience Australia, Bill McKay)
Photo 3: Goonyella coal mine owned by BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, Bowen Basin, Queensland
(Geoscience Australia, Bill McKay)
Photo 4: Loading a coal haul truck at the Moura mine, Bowen Basin, Queensland (Anglo Coal Australia)
Photo 5: Satellite guided D11R dozers using the radial sector method to push coal to a feeder-breaker
at the Yallourn brown coal mine, Victoria (Yallourn Mine Alliance, Roche Theiss Linfox Joint Venture)
Photo 6: Possible mining methods being studied for the proposed expansion of operations at
Olympic Dam mine, South Australia. The current and proposed areas to be mined by sub-level open
stoping (SLOS) methods are shown in the northern portion of the orebody. Sub-level caving (SLC)
and open pit mining methods are being considered for the southern portion of the orebody as part
of the proposed expansion of operations (WMC Resources Ltd)
Photo 7: Exploration drilling for gold in the Cracow region, Queensland (Newcrest Mining Ltd)
Photo 8: Mining Area C iron ore project, Pilbara Region of Western Australia (BHP Billiton Iron Ore)
Photo 9: Loading manganese ore at the Woodie Woodie mine, Western Australia (Consolidated
Minerals Ltd)
Photo 10: Beverley in situ leach uranium mine, South Australia. Ion exchange plant with main
trunkline (pipeline) which extends from the plant to the in situ leach wellfield (top right corner of
photo). Recently constructed evaporation ponds are blue areas adjacent to the plant (Heathgate
Resources Pty Ltd)
Photo 11: Wellfield at Beverley in situ leach uranium mine. Main trunkline with injection wells
and recovery wells (Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd)
Production and resource life cover: Pouring copper anodes, Olympic Dam operations,
South Australia (WMC Resources Ltd)
Exploration cover: Exploration for manganese ore in the East Pilbara region, Western Australia
(Consolidated Minerals Ltd)
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