Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2000

In 1999, Australia's economic demonstrated resources (EDR) of bauxite, diamond, gold, iron ore, manganese ore, magnesite, mineral sands (ilmenite, rutile, and zircon), nickel, phosphate rock and tantalum rose, while those of copper, coal (black and brown), lead, lithium, silver, uranium and zinc fell. The reductions in EDR were due mainly to ongoing high levels of production; commodity prices were a subsidiary factor. EDR of all other commodities remained effectively unchanged.


EDR of bauxite and manganese ore increased by 16% and over 22% respectively, following reviews of resources information that became available during the year. Increases in EDR of both gem/near gem and industrial diamond resulted from delineation of additional resources in Western Australia. EDR of nickel and tantalum again reached record levels. Gold increased by 14%, surpassing the previous EDR high established in 1996.


Australia continues to rank highly 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, copper, cobalt, copper, gold, iron ore, lithium, manganese ore, rare earth oxides, gem/near gem diamond and vanadium.

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Identification info

Date (Publication)
2000-01-01T00:00:00
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/69311

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Author

McKay, W.J.

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Author

Huleatt, M.B.

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Author

David, L.J.

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Author

Towner, R.

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Author

Girvan, S.W.

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Author

Perkin, D.J.

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Author

McKay, A.D.

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Name

Australia's Identified Mineral Resources (AIMR)

Issue identification

2000

Purpose

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.

Status
Completed
Point of contact
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
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

N
S
E
W


Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Protocol

FILE:DATA-DIRECTORY

Name of the resource

Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Description

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

Keywords

  • GA Publication

  • Report

  • AIMR_151352

Theme

  • resource assessment

  • geoscience

  • commodities

  • mineral deposits

  • mineral exploration

Keywords

  • AU

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

  • Earth Sciences

Keywords

  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title

CC-BY

Edition

4.0

Website

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

Access constraints
License
Use constraints
License
Other constraints

© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2000

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Associated resource

Association Type
Larger work citation
Title

Australia's Identified Mineral Resources (AIMR) Collection

Website

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
OnLine resource

Related Product

Australian Atlas of Mineral Resources, Mines, and Processing Centres

OnLine resource

Download the file (pdf)

Download the file (pdf)

Distribution format

  • pdf

Resource lineage

Statement

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

Title

Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/a05f7892-ecce-7506-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice

Type of resource

Resource scope
Document
Name

GA Report

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/69311

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/a05f7892-ecce-7506-e044-00144fdd4fa6

Date info (Creation)
2026-09-28T02:25:01.099Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-09-28T04:24:19.22Z
Date info (Creation)
2009-07-17T00:00:00

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

Spatial extent

N
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W


Keywords

commodities geoscience mineral deposits mineral exploration resource assessment

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