Shire of Roebourne Local Planning Strategy

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Shire of Roebourne Local Planning StrategyTechnical Report A1: Economic Development Strategy2.5 Pilbara regional economyThe Shire of Roebourne is a significant component of the Pilbara Region. The Pilbara is often describedas the engine room of the nation because of its significant contribution to the national wealth. Its immensereserves of natural resources provide massive direct export sales and also fuel a thriving economy ofsupport services.Resource sectorThe Pilbara's economy is strongly dominated by the mining and petroleum industries and is consideredto be the State's premier mining region. These industries are growing at a considerable rate.The largest export commodity in Australia is iron ore and approximately 95% of this is produced in thePilbara. Demand for iron ore principally comes from Japan, China and other rapidly developing Asiannations. In 2010, approximately 400 million tonnes of iron ore were exported from the Pilbara, worthAU$46.5b. New projects are continually being proposed and developed in the region as extensivegeological research is uncovering more resources.The region also produces 70% of Australia's natural gas. This is sourced from the Carnarvon Basin offshoreand is serviced and processed onshore from the Shire of Roebourne at Dampier.In addition to iron ore and natural gas, 85% of Australia's crude oil and condensate comes from thePilbara.The Pilbara also produces a range of other minerals having a total 2011 value of AU$2.4b. This is led by: gold and silver at $1 billion; copper at $643 million; manganese and salt at $585 million; and other minerals at $131 million.While the Shire of Roebourne is only a small proportion of this, it is one of the region’s major service andextraction hubs where port, rail, government and industry intersect.Value of minerals and energy by LGA region (2012 value)Region Value ($)East Pilbara 29,828,820,725Ashburton 20,002,483,643Roebourne 155,782,451Port Hedland 753,742,294Total 50,740,829,113Offshore Petroleum 24,373,312,323Source: Dept of Mines and Petroleum, Mineral and Petroleum Statistics Digest 2012Other industriesOther industries include manufacturing, tourism, sheep and cattle, fishing and aquaculture. All figureprominently in the economy of the region, providing a diversity of activity - and a range of business23
Shire of Roebourne Local Planning StrategyTechnical Report A1: Economic Development Strategyopportunities. A number of projects aimed at economic diversification are also currently being trialled,including solar energy production at Marble Bar and algae production for biofuel and protein.2.6 The Shire in the Pilbara economyMajor resource projectsThere are three major resource companies operating in the Shire (Rio Tinto, Woodside Energy Ltd andCitic Pacific Mining). Each company is currently operating or rolling out mining and energy extractioninfrastructure investments worth an estimated $69 billion (Table 9). The most significant include theWoodside operated North West Shelf Venture, Woodside’s Pluto project, Rio Tinto’s expansion ofDampier Port, Cape Lambert Port and CP Mining plans for Cape Preston. A total of more than 22,000construction jobs and 4,000 permanent jobs are to be created from these projects.ProjectWest Pilbara - Selected Committed Resource Infrastructure ProjectsDevil Creek Development Project Apache Energy/ Santo gasprocessingCapitalInvestmentConstructionWorkforceOperationalWorkforce$896m 200 20Citic Pacific Mining Sino Iron Ore Project US$5.2b 4500 800Chevron Gorgon Joint Venture offshore gas extraction $43b 3500 600Woodside Pluto offshore gas extraction $12b 4000 300Woodside joint venture gas project $7.9b - -Total $69b 12,200+ 1,720+(Data source: Prospect)In addition to this, some $16.8 billion worth of investment is under consideration or at pre-feasibility stage.It is noteworthy from the table above that the total operational workforce represents only around 14% ofthe construction workforce.ScaleThe Shire contains a very high proportion of the Pilbara economy – around 33 % of all employment andbetween 30% and 60% of most services. It has only 19% of all Pilbara employees in the mining sector.It has a higher proportion than the Pilbara average of employment in the following sectors: Electricity, Gas, Water & Waste Services; Public Administration & Safety; Construction; Professional, Scientific & Technical Services; Retail Trade; Rental, Hiring & Real Estate Services; Financial & Insurance Services; Manufacturing; Transport, Postal & Warehousing; Information Media & Telecommunications; Education & Training; Wholesale Trade; Health Care & Social Assistance; Administrative & Support Services; and Other Services.24
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