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Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2002
In 2001, Australia's economic demonstrated resources (EDR) of bauxite, copper, gold, lead, magnesite, ilmenite, zircon, nickel, phosphate, PGM, tantalum, silver, vanadium and zinc increased, while those of black coal, diamonds, iron ore, lithium, manganese ore and uranium decreased. EDR of brown coal was maintained at levels similar to those reported in 2000. The
reductions in EDR were due mainly to ongoing high levels of production; with low commodity prices a subsidiary factor.
EDR of gold, nickel and mineral sands reached record levels. Gold EDR rose by 4% and was over 80% of total demonstrated resources, this increase in resources continuing the established long-term growth trend for gold. In recent years that trend has continued despite falling exploration expenditure reflecting an increasing trend to concentrate exploration efforts in brownfields regions in response to the sustained period of depressed gold price.
Australia, continues to rank as one of the world's leading mineral resource nations. It has the world's largest EDR of lead, mineral sands, nickel, silver, tantalum, uranium and zinc. In
addition, its EDR is in the top six worldwide for bauxite, black coal, brown coal, cobalt, copper, gold, iron ore, lithium, manganese ore, rare earth oxides and gem/near gem diamond.
Mineral exploration expenditure rose by 1% to $683.3 million in 2000-01, which was the first increase in annual exploration spending since 1996-97. However spending for calendar year 2001, based on the sum of ABS four-quarter figures, was down by $12 million to $664.4 million.
Production of many mineral commodities again reached record levels in 2000-01, and overall mine production is projected by ABARE to rise in the five years to 2006-07 with the exception
of gold which they forecast will fall by 6%. ABARE have projected a very high growth of some 60% for mine production of nickel in this period. Increases are also forecast for mine
production of coal (+17%), copper (4%), lead (3%), zinc (12%), bauxite (17%) and iron ore (19%).
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Identification info
- Date (Publication)
- 2002-01-01T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/41116
- Cited responsible party
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Author McKay, W.J.
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Australia's Identified Mineral Resources (AIMR)
- Issue identification
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2002
- ISBN
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1327-1466
- Purpose
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An annual national assessment that provides a long-term view of Australia’s mineral resources, including inventories, trends, world rankings and the distribution of resources geographically and at operating mines and deposits.
The report supports government policy and planning decisions for the minerals sector, including the sustainable development of Australia's mineral resources.
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- Completed
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Resource provider Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division
Internal Contact Point of contact Bouma, M.
MEG Internal Contact
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- Geoscientific information
Extent
))
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
Resource format
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Product data repository: Various Formats
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FILE:DATA-DIRECTORY
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Data Store directory containing the digital product files
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Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes
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GA Publication
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Report
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AIMR_151352
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resource assessment
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commodities
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mineral deposits
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mineral exploration
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AU
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- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
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Earth Sciences
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Published_External
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Resource constraints
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
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CC-BY
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4.0
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- License
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© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2002
Resource constraints
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
Associated resource
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- Distributor contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Distributor Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice
- OnLine resource
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Related Product
Australian Atlas of Mineral Resources, Mines, and Processing Centres
- OnLine resource
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Download the file (pdf)
Download the file (pdf)
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pdf
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Resource lineage
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Prior to 1997, AIMR resources were as at 31 December of the year stated in the title
From 1997, AIMR resources were as at 31 December of the year prior to that stated in the title.
Metadata constraints
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
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urn:uuid/a05f7892-b771-7506-e044-00144fdd4fa6
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GeoNetwork UUID
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice
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GA Record
Alternative metadata reference
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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with uuid
- Citation identifier
- eCatId/41116
- Date info (Creation)
- 2026-09-28T02:25:04.916Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2026-09-28T04:26:35.719Z
- Date info (Creation)
- 2002-09-09T00:00:00
Metadata standard
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-3
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
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Version 2.0, September 2018
- Citation identifier
- https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551