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Britt, A.F.
Abstract
This map shows the locations and status, as at 31 December 2021, of Australian operating mines, mines under development, mines on care and maintenance and resource deposits associated with critical minerals. Developing mines are deposits where the project has a positive feasibility study, development has commenced or all approvals have been received. Mines under care and maintenance and resource deposits are based on known resource estimations and may produce critical minerals in the future. The critical mineral deposits on this map may not be comprehensive for all commodities. For the purposes of this map, critical minerals are defined as minerals and elements (solid and gaseous) that are vital for modern technology and whose supply may be at risk of disruption. The Australian critical minerals list comprises aluminium (high-purity alumina), antimony, beryllium, bismuth, chromium, cobalt, gallium, germanium, graphite, hafnium, helium, indium, lithium, magnesium, niobium, platinum group elements, rare earth elements, rhenium, scandium, silicon (high-purity silica), tantalum, titanium, tungsten, vanadium and zirconium. These commodities are coloured by mineral groupings on the map.
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- theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
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- EARTH SCIENCES
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- Thematic MapGeoscience
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- Mining
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- Critical Minerals
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- Operating Mines
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- Developing Mines
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- Care and Maintenance
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- Critical Mineral Deposits
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- Infrastructure
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2022-05-11T03:53:23
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2022-03-01T01:08:50
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Australian Critical Minerals Map 2021
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Australian Critical Minerals Map 2021
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[-44.00, -10.00, 108.00, 156.00]
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