| TABLE 2 |
| AUSTRALIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
Major operating companies and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities1,2 |
|
capacitye |
| Alumina |
|
|
Queensland Alumina Ltd., operator [Rio Tinto Ltd., 30.3%; |
|
Gladstone alumina refinery, QLD |
|
3,800 |
|
|
|
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. (Australia) Ltd., 28.3%; |
|
|
|
|
|
Alcan South Pacific Pty. Ltd., 21.4%; Pechiney Australia |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 20%] |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Alcan Northern Territory Pty. Ltd., 70%, and Alcan South |
|
Gove alumina refinery, NT |
|
1,900 |
| |
|
|
|
Pacific Pty. Ltd., 30% |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Alcoa World Alumina Australia, 100% |
|
Kwinana alumina refinery, WA |
|
2,100 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Pinjarra alumina refinery, WA |
|
3,400 |
| Do. |
|
|
Alcoa
World Alumina Australia, 60%, and Western Mining |
|
Wagerup alumina refinery
near Waroona, |
|
2,200 |
| |
|
|
|
Corp., 40% |
|
WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Worsley Alumina Pty. Ltd., manager [Billiton Aluminium Australia |
|
Worsley alumina refinery, 20 km NW of |
|
3,200 |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 86%; Billiton Plc, 30%; Kobe Alumina Associates |
|
Collie, WA |
|
|
|
|
|
(Australia) Pty. Ltd., 10%; Nissho Iwai Alumina Pty. Ltd., 4%] |
|
|
| Aluminum |
|
|
Comalco Aluminium (Bell Bay) Ltd., 100% |
|
Bell Bay aluminum smelter, TAS |
|
142 |
| Do. |
|
|
VAW Kurri Kurri Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Kurri Kurri aluminum smelter, NSW |
|
150 |
| Do. |
|
|
Boyne Smelters Ltd., operator (Rio Tinto Ltd., 64%; Sumitomo |
|
Boyne Island aluminum smelter, QLD |
|
490 |
|
|
|
|
Light Metal Industries Ltd., 17%; Ryowa Development Pty. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ltd., 12%, Kobe Steel Ltd., 5%; Sumitomo Chemical Co. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Ltd., 2%) |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Alcoa of Australia, 100% |
|
Point Henry aluminum smelter, VIC |
|
185 |
| Do. |
|
|
Alcoa of Australia, 45% and manager; China International Trust |
|
Portland aluminum smelter, VIC |
|
345 |
|
|
|
|
Investment Co. (a Chinese Government agency), 2.5%; |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marubeni Australia Pty. Ltd., 22.5%; Eastern Aluminum |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Ltd., 10% |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Tomago Aluminium Co. Pty. Ltd., operator (Gove Aluminium |
|
Tomago aluminum smelter, NSW |
|
444 |
|
|
|
Finance Ltd., 36%; Pechiney Australia Pty. Ltd., 36%; |
|
|
|
|
|
Australian Mutual Provident Society, 16%; VAW Australia |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 12%) |
|
|
|
|
| Antimony |
|
|
New England Antimony Mines NL, 100% |
|
Hillgrove underground antimony-gold |
|
4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 25 km E of Armidale, NSW |
|
|
| Bauxite |
|
|
Alcan Inc., 100% |
|
Gove open pit bauxite mine, Gove Peninsula, |
|
7,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NT |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Alcoa World Alumina Australia, 100% |
|
Huntly open pit bauxite mine, 80 km S of |
|
20,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Perth, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Comalco Ltd., operator (Rio Tinto Plc, 100%) |
|
Weipa-Andoom open pit bauxite mine, |
|
12,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Weipa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Willowdale open pit bauxite mine, 130 km S |
|
8,600 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
of Perth, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Worsley Alumina Pty. Ltd., manager [BHP Billiton Ltd., 86%; |
|
Worsley open pit bauxite mine, 50 km |
|
11,000 |
|
|
|
Kobe Alumina Associates (Australia) Pty. Ltd., 10%; |
|
NE of Collie, WA |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Nissho Iwai Alumina Pty. Ltd., 4%] |
|
|
|
|
| Bentonite |
|
|
Arumpo Bentonite Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Arumpo open pit bentonite mine, 95 |
|
10 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km NE of Mildura, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Unimin Australia Ltd., 100% |
|
Cressfield open pit bentonite mine, 20 |
|
12 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km N of Scone, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Miles open pit bentonite mine, 350 |
|
100 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km W of Brisbane, QLD |
|
|
| Cement |
|
|
Blue Circle Southern Cement Ltd., 100% |
|
Berrima Cement Plant, NSW |
|
1,200 |
| Do. |
|
|
Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd., 100% |
|
Birkenhead Cement Plant, SA |
|
1,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
Queensland Cement Ltd., 100% |
|
Darra Cement Plant, QLD |
|
700 |
| Do. |
|
|
Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd., 100% |
|
Geelong Cement Plant, VIC |
|
800 |
| Do. |
|
|
Goliath Cement Holdings Ltd., 100% |
|
Railton Cement Plant, TAS |
|
1,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
Cockburn Cement Ltd., 100% |
|
South Coogee Cement Plant, WA |
|
1,000 |
| Chromite |
|
|
Sylvania Resources Ltd., 100% |
|
Coobina open pit chromite mine, 56 |
|
100 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km ESE of Newman, WA |
|
|
| Coal, black |
|
|
Powercoal Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Angus Place longwall coal mine, |
|
2,200 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
16 km NW of Lithgow, NSW |
|
|
| See footnotes at end of table. |
|
|
|
|
| TABLE 2--Continued |
| AUSTRALIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
Major operating companies and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities1,2 |
|
capacitye |
| Coal,
black--Continued: |
|
|
|
BHP Steel (AIS) Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Appin longwall coal mine, 40 NW of |
|
3,300 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Wollongong, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Powercoal Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Awaba underground coal mine, 30 km |
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
|
SW of Newcastle, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
|
Oakbridge Pty. Ltd., 95%, and Sumitomo Corp., 5% |
|
Baal Bone longwall coal mine, 24 km |
|
3,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
NW of Lithgow, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Billiton Hunter Valley Energy Coal, 100% |
|
Bayswater open pit coal mine, 33 km |
|
5,500 |
|
|
|
|
NW of Singleton, 13 km SSW of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Muswellbrok, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Coal and Allied Industries Ltd., 40%
and manager (Wesfarmers |
|
Bengalla open pit coal mine, 5 km |
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
|
Bengalla Ltd., 40%; MCDA Bengalla Investment Pty. Ltd., |
|
W of Muswellbrook, NSW |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
10%; Taipower Bengalla Pty. Ltd., 10%) |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
|
Berrima Coal Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Berrima underground coal mine, 60 |
|
2,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km NE of Goulburn, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, manager (BHP Billiton Ltd., |
|
Blackwater open pit coal mine (includes |
|
13,500 |
|
|
|
|
50%, and Mitsubishi Development Pty. Ltd., 50%) |
|
South Blackwater), 195 km W of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Rockhamton, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Xstrata Coal Australia Pty. Ltd.,
manager (Oakbridge Pty. |
|
Bulga open pit/longwall coal mine, 16
km |
|
11,000 |
| |
|
|
|
Ltd., 87.5%, and Nippon Steel Australia Pty. Ltd., 12.5% |
|
SW of Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Pacific Coal Pty. Ltd., 57.195% and
manager [Leichhardt Coal |
|
Blair Athol open pit coal mine, 110 km
NW |
|
11000 |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd.,
31.419%; EPDC (Australia) Pty. Ltd., 7.9723%; |
|
of Emerald, 25 km NW of Clermont, QLD |
|
| |
|
|
|
and Japan Coal Development Co. Ltd., 3.416%] |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Bloomfield Collieries Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Bloomfield open pit coal mine, 20 km
NW of |
|
1,300 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Newcastle, 5 km SE of Maitland, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Anglo Coal Holdings Australia Ltd.,
100% |
|
Boundary Hill open pit coal mine |
|
7,250 |
|
|
|
|
(includes Callide), 115 km to 140 km W of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Gladstone, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
RAG Australia Pty. Ltd., manager
(Burton Coal Pty. Ltd., |
|
Burton open pit coal mine, 150 km SW
of |
|
5,800 |
| |
|
|
|
95%, and Thiess Pty. Ltd., 5%) |
|
Mackay, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Camberwell Coal Pty. Ltd., manager
[Toyota Tsusho Mining |
|
Camberwell open pit coal mine, 10 km |
|
4,000 |
|
|
|
|
(Australia) Pty. Ltd., 90%, and Dia Coal Mining (Australia) |
|
NW of Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 10%] |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
LakeCoal Pty. Ltd., 80%, manager;
Catherine Hill Resources |
|
Chain Valley underground coal mine, 48 |
|
3,000 |
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 20% |
|
km S of Newcastle, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Centennial Coal Co. Ltd., 85%,
manager; SK Australia |
|
Clarence underground coal mine, 10 km
E |
|
2,200 |
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 15% |
|
of Lithgow, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Roche Mining Pty. Ltd., operator
(Millmerran Power |
|
Commodore open pit coal mine, 80 km S
of |
|
3,600 |
| |
|
|
|
Partners, 100%) |
|
Toowoomba, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Xstrata Coal Australia Pty. Ltd., 50%;
Centennial Coal Co. |
|
Cook underground coal mine, near |
|
1,000 |
| |
|
|
|
Ltd., 45%; Tokyo Boeki Ltd., 5% |
|
Blackwater, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Powercoal Pty. Ltd., 100%, manager |
|
Cooranbong underground coal mine, 35
km |
|
1,600 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
SW of Newcastle, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Australian Premium Coals Pty. Ltd.,
manager (Macarthur Coal Ltd., |
|
Coppabella open pit coal mine, 150 km
SW |
|
4,700 |
|
|
|
|
45%; QCR
No. 2 Pty. Ltd., 20%; CPB Coals Pty., 10%; Citic |
|
of Mackay, QLD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australia
Coal Ltd., 5%; Marubeni Coal Pty. Ltd., 7.5%; Nissho |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Iwai Australia Ltd., 7.5%; Kawasho Group, 3%; Nittetsu Shoji,
2%) |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance, manager (BHP Billiton Ltd., |
|
Crinum longwall coal mine, 45 km NE of |
|
4,000 |
| |
|
|
|
50%, and Mitsubishi Development Pty. Ltd., 50%) |
|
Emerald, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Cumnock No. 1 Colliery Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Cumnock No. 1 open
pit/longwall coal, |
|
2,750 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
28 km NW of Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Curragh Queensland Mining Ltd., 100% |
|
Curragh open pit coal mine, 70 km E of |
|
5,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Emerald, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Anglo Coal Holdings Australia Ltd.,
93%, and Ssangyong |
|
Dartbrook longwall coal mine, 70 km N
of |
|
3,750 |
| |
|
|
|
Resources Ltd., 7% |
|
Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Billiton Ltd., 100% |
|
Dendrobium longwall coal mine, 15 km |
|
5,200 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
SW of Wollongong, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Anglo Coal Holdings Australia Ltd.,
88.2% and manager; Mitsui |
|
Drayton open pit coal mine, 35 km NW
of |
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
|
Coal Development Australia Pty. Ltd., 3.8%; Mitsui Mining |
|
Singleton, NSW |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Australia) Pty. Ltd., 3%; Daesung Australia Pty. Ltd., 2.5%; |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
and Hyundai (Australia) Pty. Ltd., 2.5% |
|
|
|
|
| See footnotes at end of table. |
|
| TABLE 2--Continued |
| AUSTRALIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
Major operating companies and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities1,2 |
|
capacitye |
| Coal, black--Continued: |
|
|
|
Ebenezer Mining Co., 100% |
|
Ebenezer open pit coal mine, 40 km SW |
|
1,500 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
of Brisbane, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
|
BHP Steel (AIS) Pty. Ltd. |
|
Elouera longwall coal mine, 15 km SW of |
|
2,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Wollongong, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd., 85%; EPDC
(Australia) Pty. Ltd., |
|
Ensham-Yongala open pit coal mine, 40 |
|
5,500 |
|
|
|
|
10%; LG International (Australia) Pty. Ltd., 5% |
|
km NE of Emerald, QLD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Griffin Coal Mining Co. Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Ewington II open pit coal mine, 8 km E of |
|
1,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Collie, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
CAML Resources
Pty. Ltd., 63%; Itochu Corp., 20.6%; |
|
Foxleigh open pit coal mine, Bowen
Basin, |
|
2,300 |
| |
|
|
|
Bowen Basin Investments Pty. Ltd., 16.4% |
|
QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Anglo Coal Holdings Australia Ltd.,
100% of German Creek |
|
German Creek and German Creek East |
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
|
and 75.04% of German Creek East; Marubeni Coal Pty. |
|
open pit/longwall coal mines, 275 km |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Ltd., 24.96% of German Creek East |
|
WNW of Rockhampton, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Console Energy Inc., 50% and Namoi
Hunter Pty. Ltd., 50% |
|
Glennies Creek longwall coal mine, 12
km N |
|
2,500 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
of Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Billiton Ltd., 80% at Riverside
and 50% at Goonyella; |
|
Goonyella-Riverside open pit coal
mines, |
|
11,000 |
|
|
|
|
Mitsubishi Corp., 50% at Goonyella; BHP Mitsui Coal |
|
140 km SW of Mackay, QLD |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 20% at Riverside |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance,
manager (BHP Billiton Ltd., |
|
Gregory open pit coal mine, 60 km N of |
|
5,500 |
| |
|
|
|
50%, and Mitsubishi Development Pty. Ltd., 50%) |
|
Emerald, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Coal and Allied Industries Ltd., 100%
and manager |
|
Hunter Valley Operations (includes
Carrington |
|
15,000 |
|
|
|
Chestnut,
Howick, Hunter Valley No. 1, |
|
|
|
|
|
Lemington, Riverview open pit coal mines), |
|
|
|
|
|
10 km W to 25 km N of Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
New Hope Corp. Ltd., 100% |
|
Jeebropilly open pit coal mine, 35 km SW |
|
1,500 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
of Brisbane, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Queensland Coal Mine Management Pty.
Ltd., 70%; Winnin |
|
Jellinbah East open pit coal mine, 90
km E |
|
3,000 |
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 15%; Marubeni Coal Pty. Ltd., 15% |
|
of Emerald, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Pacific Coal Pty. Ltd., 80%, and
Kestrel Coal Investment Pty. |
|
Kestrel longwall coal mine, 40 km NNE
of |
|
3,300 |
| |
|
|
|
Ltd., 20% |
|
Emerald, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Xstrata Coal Australia Pty. Ltd., 67%,
and Mitsui |
|
Liddell open pit coal mine, 25 km NW
of |
|
4,000 |
| |
|
|
|
Matushima Australia Pty. Ltd., 32.5% |
|
Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Burragorang Valley Coal Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Metropolitan longwall coal mine, 30 km |
|
1,400 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
N of Wollongong, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
LakeCoal Pty. Ltd., 80%, and Catherine
Hill Resources Pty. |
|
Moonee longwall coal mine, 37 km S of |
|
1,200 |
| |
|
|
|
Ltd., 20% |
|
Newcastle, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Anglo Coal Holdings Australia Ltd.,
88%; Nippon Steel |
|
Moranbah North longwall coal mine, 150 |
|
5,700 |
|
|
|
|
Australia Pty. Ltd., 5%; Tomen Coal Resources Pty. Ltd., |
|
km SW of Mackay, QLD |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
3.75%; private interests, 3.25% |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Hunter Valley Coal Corp., 100% |
|
Mount Owen open pit coal mine, 20 km
NW |
|
8,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
of Singleton, near Ravensworth, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Coal and Allied Industries Ltd., 80%,
and Pohang Steel |
|
Mount Thorley open pit coal mine, 14
km |
|
6,500 |
| |
|
|
|
Australia Pty. Ltd., 20% |
|
SW of Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Mitsui & Co. (Australia) Ltd.,
100% |
|
Moura open pit coal mine, 185 km W of |
|
4,400 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Gladstone, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
The Griffin Coal Mining Co. Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Muja open pit coal mine, 18 km SE of |
|
2,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Collie, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Powercoal Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Munmorah underground coal mine, 55 km |
|
7,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
S of Newcastle, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Muswellbrook Coal Co., 100% |
|
Muswellbrook No. 2 open pit coal mine,
4 km |
|
1,700 |
|
|
|
|
NE of Muswellbrook, Hunter Valley NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Powercoal Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Myuna underground coal mine, 35 km S of |
|
1,500 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Newcastle, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Nardell Coal Corp., 100% |
|
Nardell underground coal mine, 18 km
NW |
|
1,200 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
of Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
MIM Holdings Ltd., manager
(Collinsville Coal Co. Pty. Ltd., |
|
Newlands-Collinsville-Abbot Point open |
|
7,000 |
|
|
|
|
75%, and Itochu Coal Resources Australia Pty. Ltd., 25%) |
|
pit/longwall coal mine, 130 km west of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Mackay, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Powercoal Pty. Ltd., 100% and manager |
|
Newstan longwall coal mine, 30 km SW
of |
|
2,700 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Newcastle, NSW |
|
|
| See footnotes at end of table. |
|
| TABLE 2--Continued |
| AUSTRALIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
Major operating companies and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities1,2 |
|
capacitye |
| Coal,
black--Continued: |
|
|
Rag Coal International AG, 40%, and
Thiess Pty. Ltd., 40% |
|
North Goonyella longwall coal mine,
180 km |
|
3,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
W of Mackay, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Billiton Ltd., 50%, and Mitsubishi
Corp., 50% |
|
Norwich Park open pit coal mine, 85 km |
|
4,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
NNE of Emerald, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Oaky Creek Coal Pty. Ltd., 75%;
Sumitomo Coal Australia |
|
Oaky Creek longwall and Alliance open |
|
9,500 |
|
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 15%; Itocho Coal Resources Australia Pty. |
|
pit coal mines, 300 km WNW of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ltd., 10%, of Oaky Creek;
Namoi Highwall Pty. Ltd., 50%, |
|
Rockhampton, QLD |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
and Sumitomo Coal
Australia Pty. Ltd., 50%, of Alliance |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Billiton Ltd., 50%, and Mitsubishi
Development Pty. Ltd., |
|
Peak Downs open pit coal mine, 145 km
N |
|
7,500 |
| |
|
|
|
50% |
|
of Emerald, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Wesfarmers Premier Coal Ltd., 100% |
|
Premier open pit coal mine, 10 km SE
of |
|
4,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Collie, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Xstrata Coal Australia Pty. Ltd., 100%
of Ravensworth and 50% |
|
Ravensworth-Narama open pit coal mine |
|
6,200 |
|
|
|
|
at Narama; Iluka Resources Ltd., 50% at Narama |
|
(includes Ravensworth East), at |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Lemington, 20 km NW of Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Bloomfield Colliers Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Rixs Creek open pit coal mine, 5 km NW
of |
|
2,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Mitsui Coal Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
South Walker Creek open pit- |
|
3,500 |
|
|
|
|
underground coal mine, 90 km SW of |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Mackay, 20 km W of Nebo, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Billiton Ltd., 50%, and Mitsubishi
Development Pty. |
|
Saraji open pit coal mine, 125 km N of |
|
5,000 |
| |
|
|
|
Ltd., 50% |
|
Emerald, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Southland Coal Pty. Ltd., 90%, and
Thiess Pty. Ltd., 10% |
|
Southland longwall coal mine, 40 km W
of |
|
2,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Newcastle, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
G.C. Springvale Pty. Ltd., 50%, and
Samsung Development |
|
Springvale longwall coal mine, 16 km
NW |
|
2,000 |
| |
|
|
|
(Australia) Pty. Ltd., 50% |
|
of Lithgow, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Austral Coal Ltd., 100% |
|
Tahmoor longwall coal mine (includes |
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
|
Tahmoor North and Bargo), near Picton, |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
about 70 km SW of Sydney, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Pacific Coal Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Tarong-Meandu open pit coal mine, 85
km |
|
5,500 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
N of Toowoomba, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Steel (AIS) Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Tower longwall coal mine, 32 km NW of |
|
2,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Wollongong, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Ulan Coal Mines Ltd., 10%, and
Mitsubishi Development |
|
Ulan open pit-longwall coal mine, 45 km |
|
12,000 |
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 10% |
|
NW of Mudgee, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Xstrata Coal Australia Pty. Ltd., 95%,
and United Mine |
|
United Collieries underground coal
mine, 15 |
|
1,600 |
| |
|
|
|
Workers, 5% |
|
km W of Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Wambo Coal Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Wambo longwall coal mine, 15 km W of |
|
3,100 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Coal and Allied Industries, Ltd., 55.574%; Mitsubishi Coal |
|
Warkworth open pit coal mine, 11 km SW |
|
6,400 |
|
|
|
|
Development Pty. Ltd., 28.898%; Nippon Steel Australia |
|
of Singleton, NSW |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 9.528%; Mitsubishi Corp., 6% |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Steel (AIS) Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
West Cliff longwall coal mine, 43 km
NW of |
|
3,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Wollongong, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Oceanic Coal Australia Ltd., 70%;
Marubeni Coal Pty. |
|
West Wallsend longwall coal mine, 25
km |
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
|
Ltd., 17%; Ocal Macquarie Pty. Ltd., 10%; Kokan |
|
SW of Newcastle, NSW |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Kogyo (Australia) Pty. Ltd., 3% |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Powercoal Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Wyee longwall coal mine, 40 km S of |
|
1,200 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Newcastle, NSW |
|
|
| Coal,
brown |
|
|
Alcoa World Alumina Australia, 100% |
|
Anglesea open pit lignite mine, 97 km
SW |
|
1,200 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
of Melbourne, near Geelong, VIC |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Hazelwood Power, 100% |
|
Hazelwood open pit lignite mine at
Morwell, |
|
19,500 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
150 km SE of Melbourne, VIC |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Loy Yang Power Ltd., 100% |
|
Loy Yang open pit lignite mine at
Traralgon, |
|
32,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
165 km E of Melbourne, VIC |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Auspower Pty. Ltd., 73.6%; Powergen
Plc., 18.4%; |
|
Yallourn open pit lignite mine, 140 km
SE |
|
18,500 |
| |
|
|
|
Deutsche Asset Management, 8% |
|
of Melbourne, VIC |
|
|
| Cobalt |
|
|
Preston Resources Ltd., 100% |
|
Bulong open pit nickel-cobalt mine, 30 |
|
0.1 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km E of Kalgoorlie, WA |
|
|
| See footnotes at end of table. |
|
|
| TABLE 2--Continued |
| AUSTRALIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
Major operating companies and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities1,2 |
|
capacitye |
| Cobalt--Continued: |
|
|
OM Group Inc., 100% |
|
Cawse open pit nickel-cobalt mine, 50 |
|
0.2 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km NW of Kalgoorlie, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Anaconda Nickel Ltd., 60%, manager;
Glencore |
|
Murrin Murrin open pit nickel-cobalt |
|
0.1 |
| |
|
|
|
Australia Pty. Ltd. International AG, 40% |
|
mine, 60 km E of Leonora, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Australian Nickel Mines NL, 100% |
|
Radio Hill underground nickel-cobalt |
|
0.2 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 100 km ESE of Karratha, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
QNI Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Yabulu nickel-cobalt refinery, |
|
2 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Townsville, QLD |
|
|
| Copper |
|
|
|
Newcrest Mining Ltd., 100% |
|
Cadia Hill open pit gold-copper mine, |
|
25 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
21 km SSW of Orange, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Glencore Australia Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Cobar underground copper mine, 10 km |
|
30 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
NW of Cobar, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Amalg Resources NL, 100% |
|
Eloise underground copper mine, 60 km |
|
70 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
SE of Cloncurry, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
MIM Holdings Ltd., 51%, and Westpac
Banking Corp., 49% |
|
Ernest Henry open pit copper-gold |
|
105 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 35 km NE of Cloncurry, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Murchison Zinc Co. Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Golden Grove underground zinc-copper |
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
mine (includes Gossan Hill and |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Scuddles), 225 km E of Geraldton, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Thalanga Copper Mines Pty. Ltd., 70%,
and BML Holdings Pty. |
|
Highway-Reward open pit and |
|
185 |
| |
|
|
|
Ltd., 30% |
|
underground copper mine, 37 km S of |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Western Metals Ltd., 100% |
|
Hellyer underground zinc-lead-copper- |
|
1 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
silver mine, 80 km SSW of Burnie, TAS |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Copper Refineries Pty. Ltd., operator
(MIM Holdings Ltd., 100%) |
|
MIM copper refinery, Townsville, QLD |
|
270 |
| Do. |
|
|
MIM Holdings Ltd., 100% |
|
MIM copper smelter, QLD |
|
250 |
| Do. |
|
|
Matrix Metals Ltd., 100% |
|
Mount pithbert open pit mine
(includes |
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
Mount Watson), 90 km NW of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Cloncurry, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Western Metals Ltd., 100% |
|
Mount Gordon open pit copper mine |
|
46 |
|
|
|
|
(includes Esperanza and Mammoth), |
|
|
|
|
|
|
125 kilometers N of
Mount Isa |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
MIM Holdings Ltd., 100% |
|
Mount Isa underground copper-lead-zinc- |
|
275 |
|
|
|
|
silver mine (also includes Enterprise, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
George Fisher, and Hilton mines) at |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Copper Mines of Tasmania Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Mount Lyell underground copper-gold
mine, |
|
35 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
2 km NE of Queenstown, TAS |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Straits (Nifty) Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Nifty open pit copper mine, 200 km SE
of |
|
22 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Marble Bar, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Rio Tinto Ltd., 80%;
Sumitomo Metal Mining Oceania Pty. |
|
Northparkes open pit/underground
copper- |
|
55 |
| |
|
|
|
Ltd., 13.3%; SC Mineral Resources Pty. Ltd., 6.7% |
|
gold mine, 27 km N of Parkes, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
WMC Olympic Dam Operations Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Olympic Dam underground copper-silver- |
|
220 |
|
|
|
|
gold-uranium mine at Roxby Downs. 80 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km N of Woomera, SA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Olympic Dam copper refinery, SA |
|
220 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Olympic Dam copper smelter, SA |
|
70 |
| Do. |
|
|
Placer Dome Asia Pacific Ltd., 100% |
|
Osborne underground copper-gold mine, |
|
50 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
195 km SE of Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Peak Gold Mines Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Peak underground
gold-zinc-lead-copper- |
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
silver underground mine (includes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Cobar, New Occidental, and |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Perseverance), 8 km S of Cobar, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Furukawa Co. Ltd., 52.5%; Nittetsu
Mining Co., 20%; Nissho |
|
Port Kembla copper refinery, NSW |
|
120 |
| |
|
|
|
Iwai Corp., 17.5%; Itochu Corp., 10% |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Port Kembla copper smelter, NSW |
|
120 |
| Do. |
|
|
Newcrest Mining Ltd., 100% |
|
Ridgeway underground gold-copper |
|
30 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 25 km S of Orange, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Pasminco Ltd., 100% |
|
Rosebery underground zinc-lead-silver- |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
copper-gold mine, 35 km N of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Queenstown, TAS |
|
|
| See footnotes at end of table. |
|
| TABLE 2--Continued |
| AUSTRALIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
Major operating companies and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities1,2 |
|
capacitye |
| Copper--Continued: |
|
|
Selwyn Mines Ltd., 100% |
|
Selwyn underground copper-gold mine, |
|
17 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
150 km SE of Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Diamond |
thousand carats |
|
Rio Tinto Ltd., 100% |
|
Argyle Mine (AK-1 lamproite pipe and |
|
26,000 |
|
|
|
alluvial diamond mines), 120 km SW of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Kununurra, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
do. |
|
Merlin open pit diamond mine, 80 km S of |
|
55 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Borroloola, NT |
|
|
| Diatomite |
|
|
Australian Diatomite Mining Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Barraba open pit diatomite mine, 85 km |
|
25 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km NNW of Tamworth, NSW |
|
|
| Dolomite |
|
|
OneSteel Ltd., 100% |
|
Ardrossan metallurgical dolomite
quarry, |
|
650 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Northern York Peninsula, SA |
|
|
| Feldspar |
|
|
Minerals Corp. Ltd., 100% |
|
Triple Chance open pit feldspar mine |
|
15 |
|
|
|
(includes Lady Beryl, Bakers, and Spar |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Ridge), 42 km SW of Broken Hill, NSW |
|
|
| Garnet |
|
|
GMA Garnet Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Port Gregory open pit industrial
garnet mine, |
|
200 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
100 km N of Geraldton,
WA |
|
|
| Gas,
condensate |
thousand |
|
Woodside Petroleum Pty. Ltd., manager
[BHP Petroleum Pty. |
|
North West Shelf gas operations, 130
km |
|
60 |
|
42-gallon barrels per day |
|
Ltd., BP Australia Holdings Ltd., Chevron Asiatic Ltd., Japan |
|
offshore from Dampier, WA |
|
|
|
|
Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty. Ltd., Shell Development (Australia) |
|
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., and Woodside Petroleum Ltd., 16.67% each] |
|
|
|
|
| Gas,
natural |
million cubic |
|
Woodside Petroleum Pty. Ltd., manager
[BHP Petroleum Pty. |
|
North West Shelf gas operations, 130
km |
|
20 |
|
meters per day |
|
Ltd., BP Australia Holdings Ltd., Chevron Asiatic Ltd., Japan |
|
offshore from Dampier, WA |
|
|
|
|
|
Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty. Ltd., Shell Development (Australia) |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., and Woodside Petroleum Ltd., 16.67% each] |
|
|
|
|
| Gas,
liquefied natural |
|
|
do. |
|
Three-train liquefaction plant, Burrup |
|
8 |
| |
|
million tons |
|
|
|
Peninsula, WA |
|
|
| Gold |
kilograms |
|
Gold Fields Ltd. (South Africa), 100% |
|
Agnew open pit-underground gold mine, |
|
5,600 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
23 km W of Leinster, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
New Hampton Goldfields Ltd., 100% |
|
Big Bell Consolidated open
pit/underground |
|
7,000 |
|
|
|
|
gold mine
(includes Big Bell, Black Swan, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cuddingwarra,
Great Fingall, Golden Crown, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
and Tuckabianna): Big Bell, 30 km WNW |
|
|
|
|
|
|
of Cue; Cuddingwarra, 10 km WNW of Cue; |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Golden Crown, 7 km S of Cue, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Worsley
Alumina Pty. Ltd., operator (Newmont Mining Corp., |
|
Boddington open pit/underground gold |
|
12,000 |
|
|
|
|
44.45%; AngloGold Ltd., 33.33%; Newcrest Mining |
|
mine (includes Wandoo and Hedges), 150 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Ltd., 22.22%) |
|
km SE of Perth, WA 3/ |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Normandy Yandal Operations Ltd., 100% |
|
Bronzewing underground gold mine |
|
9,000 |
|
|
|
|
(includes Mount McClure), 65 km NE of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Leinster, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Newcrest Mining Ltd., 100% |
|
Cadia Hill open pit gold-copper mine, |
|
11,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
21 km SSW of Orange, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
MIM Holdings Ltd., 51%, and Westpac
Banking Corp., 49% |
|
Ernest Henry open pit copper-gold |
|
3,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 35 km NE of Cloncurry, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines
Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Gidji Roaster gold smelter,
Kalgoorlie, WA |
|
24,250 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
Normandy NFM Ltd., 100% |
|
Granites-Dead Bullock Soak open pit/ |
|
7,000 |
|
|
|
|
underground gold mine, 550 km NW of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Alice Springs, in the Tanami Desert, NT |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Placer Dome Asia Pacific Ltd., manager
(Placer Dome Inc., |
|
Granny Smith open pit gold mine |
|
16,000 |
|
|
|
|
60%, and Delta Gold Ltd., 40%) |
|
(includes Sunrise and Wallaby), 20 km |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
S of Laverton, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
AuironGold Ltd., 100% |
|
Henty underground gold-silver mine, |
|
3,700 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
30 km N of Queenstown, TAS |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Thalanga Copper Mines Pty. Ltd., 70%,
and BML Holdings Pty. |
|
Highway-Reward open pit and |
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
|
Ltd., 30% |
|
underground copper mine, 37 km S of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Charters Towers, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
New England Antimony Mines NL, 100% |
|
Hillgrove underground antimony-gold |
|
1,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 25 km E of Armidale, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Newmont Yandal Operations Ltd., 100% |
|
Jundee-Nimary open pit/underground |
|
12,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
gold mine, 45 km NE of Wiluna, WA |
|
|
| See footnotes at end of table. |
|
| TABLE 2--Continued |
| AUSTRALIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
Major operating companies and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities1,2 |
|
capacitye |
| Gold--Continued: |
kilograms |
|
AuironGold Ltd., 100% |
|
Kanowna Belle underground gold mine, |
|
7,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
18 km NE of Kalgoorlie, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Barrack Gold Corp., 100% |
|
Lawlers underground gold mine, 30 km |
|
3,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
SW of Leinster, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Sons of Gwalia Ltd., 100% |
|
Marvel Loch Operations open pit- |
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
|
underground gold mines approximately |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
30 km SE of Southern Cross, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Saint Barbara Mines Ltd., 100% |
|
Meekatharra open pit mine-underground |
|
4,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
gold mine, 20 km S of Meekatharra, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Copper Mines of Tasmania Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Mount Lyell underground copper-gold
mine, |
|
1,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
2 km NE of Queenstown, TAS |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd., 100% |
|
Mount Magnet open pit/underground |
|
8,500 |
|
|
|
|
gold mine (includes Hill 50 and Star), |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
2 km from Mount Magnet, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
do. |
|
Australian Gold Refineries, 100%
(State of WA agency) |
|
Newburn gold refinery, WA |
|
246,000 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
Croesus Mining NL, 100% |
|
Norseman underground gold mine at |
|
3,700 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Norseman, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Rio Tinto Ltd., 80%;
Sumitomo Metal Mining Oceania Pty. |
|
Northparkes open pit/underground
copper- |
|
155,000 |
| |
|
|
|
Ltd., 13.3%; SC Mineral Resources Pty. Ltd., 6.7% |
|
gold mine, 27 km N of Parkes, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Placer Dome Asia Pacific Ltd., 100% |
|
Osborne underground copper-gold mine, |
|
1,500 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
WMC Olympic Dam Operations Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Olympic Dam underground copper-silver- |
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
gold-uranium mine at Roxby Downs. 80 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km N of Woomera, SA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
do. |
|
MIM Holdings Ltd., 100% |
|
Pacific precious metals refinery, NSW |
|
1,900 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
Paddington Gold Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Paddington open pit gold-silver mine, 35 |
|
2,800 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km NW of Kalgoorlie, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Newmont Pajingo Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Pajingo underground gold mine
(includes |
|
6,400 |
|
|
|
|
Vera-Nancy), 60 km SSE of Charters |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Towers, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Peak Gold Mines Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Peak underground
gold-zinc-lead-copper- |
|
350,000 |
|
|
|
|
silver underground mine (includes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Cobar, New Occidental, and |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Perseverance), 8 km S of Cobar, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Alkane Exploration Ltd., 100% |
|
Peak Hill open pit gold mine, 50 km N
of |
|
700,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Parkes, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Australian Gold Refineries, 100%
(State of WA agency) |
|
Perth Refinery (Newburn), WA |
|
95,000 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
Homestake Mining Co., 100% |
|
Plutonic open pit/underground gold
mine, |
|
8,000 |
|
|
|
|
(includes Freshwater), 180 km NE of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Meekatharra, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Carpentaria Gold Pty. Ltd., 50.1%, and
Haoma Mining |
|
Ravenswood open pit mine (includes |
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
|
NL, 49.9% |
|
Nolans, Sarsfield, and Mount Wright), |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
100 km S of Townsville, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Newcrest Mining Ltd., 100% |
|
Ridgeway underground gold-copper |
|
10,800 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 25 km S of Orange, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Pasminco Ltd., 100% |
|
Rosebery underground zinc-lead-silver- |
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
|
copper-gold mine, 35 km N of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Queenstown, TAS |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Gold Fields Ltd., 100% |
|
Saint Ives open pit/underground gold |
|
15,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 75 km SSE of Kalgoorlie, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Selwyn Mines Ltd., 100% |
|
Selwyn underground copper-gold mine, |
|
700 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
150 km SE of Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Sons of Gwalia Ltd., 100% |
|
Sons of Gwalia open pit/underground |
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
|
gold mine (includes Red October, Harlech, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
McGraths, Kailis, and Anchor), 5 km |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
W of Leonora, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
MPI Gold Pty. Ltd., 50%, and Pittston
Mineral Ventures |
|
Stawell underground gold mine, 240 km |
|
3,000 |
| |
|
|
|
of Australia Pty. Ltd., 50% |
|
W of Melbourne, VIC |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
AngloGold Ltd., 100% |
|
Sunrise Dam open pit mine gold
(includes |
|
8,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Cleo), 55 km S of Laverton, WA |
|
|
| See footnotes at end of table. |
|
|
| TABLE 2--Continued |
| AUSTRALIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
Major operating companies and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities1,2 |
|
capacitye |
| Gold--Continued: |
kilograms |
|
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines
Pty. Ltd., manager |
|
Super Pit open pit gold mine (includes |
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
|
(Barrick Gold Corp., 50%, and Newmont Mining Ltd., 50%) |
|
Fimiston), SE corner of the |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Township, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Otter Gold Mines Ltd., 60%, and
AngloGold Ltd., 40% |
|
Tanami open pit gold mine (includes |
|
2,800 |
|
|
|
|
Central Desert Joint Venture), 650 km |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
NW of Alice Springs, NT |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
PacMin Mining Corp., 100% |
|
Tarmoola open pit gold mine, 29 km NW |
|
6,500 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
of Leonora, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
AngloGold Ltd., 100% |
|
Union Reefs open pit gold mine, 12 km |
|
3,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
N of Pine Creek, NT |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Wiluna Mines Ltd., 100% |
|
Wiluna open pit/underground gold mine,
7 |
|
3,300 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km S of Wiluna, WA |
|
|
| Gypsum |
|
|
Gypsum Resources Australia Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Lake MacDonnell open pit gypsum mine, |
|
1,400 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
near Point Thevenard, SA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Dampier Salt Ltd., 100% |
|
Lake MacLeod salt and gypsum solar |
|
900 |
|
|
|
evaporation ponds, 65 km N of Carnarvon, |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
WA |
|
|
| Iron
ore |
|
|
Hamersley Iron Pty. Ltd., 60%, and
China Iron and Steel |
|
Channar open pit iron ore mine, 70 km
S |
|
11,000 |
|
|
|
Industry & Trade Group Corp. (a Chinese |
|
of Tom Price, WA |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Government agency), 40% |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Billiton Ltd., 100% |
|
Cockatoo Island open pit iron ore
mine, |
|
1,050 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
130 km NNE of Derby, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Hamersley Iron Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Hamersley Operations (includes |
|
60,000 |
|
|
|
Brockman No. 2, Marandoo, Mount |
|
|
|
|
Tom Price, Nammuldi, Paraburdoo, and |
|
|
|
|
Yandicoogina
open pit iron ore mines), |
|
|
|
|
30 km to 85 km NE, NW, and S of Tom |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Price, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Minerals Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Jimblebar open pit iron ore mine, 40
km |
|
6,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
E of Newman, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Portman Ltd., 100% |
|
Koolyanobbing Central open pit iron
ore |
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
|
mine, 50 km NNE of Southern Cross, |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Iron Ore Pty.
Ltd., 85%, manager; CI Minerals |
|
Mount Goldsworthy open pit iron ore |
|
8,000 |
|
|
|
|
Australia Pty. Ltd., 8%; Mitsui Iron Ore Corp. |
|
mine (includes Yarrie), 180 km E of Port |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 7% |
|
Hedland, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Imdex Ltd., 100% |
|
Mount Gould open pit iron ore mine, |
|
6,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
160 km W of Meekatharra, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Iron Ore Pty. Ltd.; 85% Mitsui
Itochu Iron Pty. |
|
Mount Newman (includes Mount |
|
25,000 |
|
|
|
|
Ltd., 10%; CI Minerals Australia Pty. Ltd., 5% |
|
Whaleback, Orebody 23-25, Orebody |
|
|
|
|
|
|
29, and Orebody 30-35) open pit iron ore |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mines, within 13 km of Newman, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Robe River Iron Associates, manager
(Rio Tinto Ltd., 53%; |
|
Pannawonica (includes Mesa J) open pit |
|
31,000 |
|
|
|
|
Mitsui & Co. (Australia). Ltd., 33%; Nippon Steel |
|
iron ore mine, 130 kim SSW of Dampier |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australia Pty. Ltd., 10.5%; Sumitomo Metal Australia |
|
WA |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Pty. Ltd., 3.5%) |
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
ABM Mining Ltd., 100% |
|
Savage River open pit iron ore mine |
|
2,400 |
|
|
|
|
(includes Long Plains), 100 km SW of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Burnie, TAS |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
OneSteel Ltd., 100% |
|
Whyalla open pit iron ore mines, 270 |
|
2,600 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km NW of Adelaide, SA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Minerals Pty. Ltd., 55%; Pilbara
Iron Pty. Ltd., 30%; |
|
Yandi open pit iron ore mine, 92 km N
of |
|
35,000 |
|
|
|
|
CI Minerals Australia Pty. Ltd., 8%; Mitsui Iron Ore |
|
Newman, WA |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Corp. Pty. Ltd., 7% |
|
|
|
|
| Kaolin |
|
|
Osterfield Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Axedale Clays open pit kaolin mine, 18
km |
|
50 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
E of Bendigo, VIC |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Queensland Kaolin Pty. Ltd., 96.6%,
and private interests, 3.4% |
|
Skardon River open pit kaolin mine, 85 |
|
150 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km N of Weipa, QLD |
|
|
| See footnotes at end of table. |
|
|
|
| TABLE 2--Continued |
| AUSTRALIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
Major operating companies and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities1,2 |
|
capacitye |
| Lead |
|
|
Perilya Ltd., 100% |
|
Broken Hill underground
silver-zinc-lead |
|
90 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine at Broken Hill, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Minerals Ltd., 100% |
|
Cannington underground
silver-lead-zinc |
|
265 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 200 km SE of Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Pasminco Century Mine Ltd., 100% |
|
Century open pit zinc-silver-lead
mine, |
|
70 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
250 km NW of Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Pasminco Ltd., 100% |
|
Cockle Creek lead smelter, NSW |
|
35 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Elura underground zinc-silver-lead
mine, |
|
45 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
40 km NW of Cobar, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Western Metals Ltd., 100% |
|
Hellyer underground zinc-lead-copper- |
|
44 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
silver mine, 80 km SSW of Burnie, TAS |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
MIM lead smelter, QLD |
|
160 |
| Do. |
|
|
MIM Holdings Ltd., 100% |
|
Mount Isa underground
copper-lead-zinc- |
|
150 |
|
|
|
|
silver mine (also includes enterprise, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
George Fisher, and Hilton mines) at |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Mount Isa Smelter, QLD |
|
240 |
| Do. |
|
|
Peak Gold Mines Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Peak underground
gold-zinc-lead-copper- |
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
silver underground mine (includes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Cobar, New Occidental, and |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Perseverance), 8 km S of Cobar, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Pasminco Ltd., 100% |
|
Port Pirie lead smelter, SA |
|
250 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Rosebery underground zinc-lead-silver- |
|
23 |
|
|
|
copper-gold mine, 35 km N of |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Queenstown, TAS |
|
|
| Magnesite |
|
|
Australian Magnesium Corp. Ltd., 100% |
|
Kunwarara open pit magnesite mine |
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
(includes Marlborough),
70 km NW |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
of Rockhampton, QLD |
|
|
| Manganese |
|
|
Groote Eylandt Mining Co. Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Groote Eylandt open pit manganese mine |
|
2,400 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
at Groote Eylandt, NT |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Pilbara Manganese Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Woodie Woodie open pit manganese mine |
|
350 |
|
|
|
(includes
Bells and East Pilbara leases), |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
400 SE of Port Hedland, WA |
|
|
| Manganese
alloys |
|
|
Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Co.
Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Bell Bay Smelter near Launceton, TAS |
|
260 |
| Mineral
sands |
|
|
Iluka Resources Ltd., 100% |
|
Eneabba open pit heavy-mineral sands |
|
NA |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 260 km N of Perth, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Mineral Deposits Ltd., 100% |
|
Hawks Nest heavy-mineral sands dredge, |
|
NA |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
50 km NE of Newcastle, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Cable Sands (WA) Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Jangardup heavy-mineral sands dredge, |
|
NA |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
50 km S of Nannup, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Iluka Resources Ltd., 100% |
|
North Capel open pit heavy-mineral
sands |
|
NA |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 7 km N of Capel, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Stradbroke Rutile Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
North Stradbroke Island heavy-mineral |
|
NA |
|
|
|
|
sands dredge, 35 km E of Brisbane, |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
KMCC Western Australia Pty. Ltd., 50%,
and Ticor |
|
Tiwest Joint Venture heavy-mineral
sands |
|
NA |
| |
|
|
|
Resources Pty. Ltd., 50% |
|
dredge, 180 km N of Perth, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Murray Basin Titanium Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Wemen heavy-mineral sands dredge, |
|
NA |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
80 km SE of Mildura, VIC |
|
|
| Nickel |
|
|
Outokumpu Exploration Ventures Pty.
Ltd., 100% |
|
Black Swan underground nickel mine |
|
22 |
|
|
|
(includes Silver Swan), 53 km NE of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Kalgoorlie, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Preston Resources Ltd., 100% |
|
Bulong open pit nickel-cobalt mine, 30 |
|
9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km E of Kalgoorlie, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
OM Group Inc., 100% |
|
Cawse open pit nickel-cobalt mine, 50 |
|
9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km NW of Kalgoorlie, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Jubilee Mines NL, 100% |
|
Cosmos open pit nickel mine, 50 km N
of |
|
80 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Leinster, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
WMC Ltd., 100% |
|
Kalgoorlie nickel smelter, Kalgoorlie,
WA |
|
100 |
| See footnotes at end of table. |
|
|
| TABLE 2--Continued |
| AUSTRALIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
Major operating companies and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities1,2 |
|
capacitye |
| Nickel--Continued: |
|
|
do. |
|
Kambalda underground nickel mines, |
|
35 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
25 km N of Kambalda to 10 km S of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Widgiemooltha, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Kwinana nickel refinery, Kwinana, WA |
|
67 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Leinster open pit-underground nickel
mines, |
|
44 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
10 km N of Leinster, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Mincor Resources NL, 76%; Clough
Mining Pty. Ltd., 12%; |
|
Miitel underground nickel mine
(includes |
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
and Donegal Resources Pty. Ltd., 12% |
|
Redross and Mariners), 70 km
S of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Kambalda, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
WMC Ltd., 100% |
|
Mount Keith open pit nickel mine |
|
50 |
|
|
|
|
(includes Cliffs and Yakabindie), 70 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km SSE of Wiluna, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Anaconda Nickel Ltd., 60%, and
Glencore |
|
Murrin Murrin nickel refinery, Murrin |
|
45 |
| |
|
|
|
International AG, 40% |
|
Murrin, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Murrin Murrin open pit nickel-cobalt |
|
100 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 60 km E of Leonora, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Australian Nickel Mines NL, 100% |
|
Radio Hill underground nickel-cobalt |
|
4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 100 km ESE of Karratha, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
QNI Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Yabulu nickel-cobalt refinery, |
|
30 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Townsville, QLD |
|
|
| Opal |
|
|
Many small producers |
|
Andamooka and Coober Pedy areas, SA; |
|
NA |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Lightning Ridge area, NSW |
|
|
| Petroleum |
thousand |
|
Exxon Mobil Corporation, 100% |
|
Altona Refinery, VIC |
|
120 |
|
42-gallon barrels per day |
|
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
BP Amoco Refinery (Bulwer Island) Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Bulwer Island Refinery, QLD |
|
69.3 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
Shell Refining (Australia) Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Clyde Refinery, NSW |
|
85 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
do. |
|
Geelong Refinery, VIC |
|
110 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
ChevronTexaco Corp., 100% |
|
Kurnell Refinery, NSW |
|
114 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
BP Amoco Refinery (Kwinana) Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Kwinana Refinery, WA |
|
138 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
ChevronTexaco Corp., 100% |
|
Lytton Refinery, QLD |
|
105.5 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
Exxon Mobil Corporation, 100% |
|
Port Stanvac Refinery, SA |
|
69 |
| Phosphate
rock |
|
|
WMC Fertilizers Ltd., 100% |
|
Phosphate Hill-Duchess open pit |
|
2,200 |
|
|
|
phosphate mine, 140 km NW of Mount |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Salt |
|
|
Dampier Salt Ltd., 100% |
|
Dampier solar evaporation salt pans, |
|
5,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
65 km N of Carnarvon, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Lake MacLeod solar salt and gypsum |
|
900 |
|
|
|
|
evaporation pans, 65 km N of Carnarvon, |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
WA |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Port Hedland solar salt fields, at
Port |
|
3,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Hedland, WA |
|
|
| Silica |
|
|
Itochu Corp., 50%, and Tochu Corp.,
50% |
|
Kemerton silica sands dredge,
25 km NE |
|
450 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
of Bunbury, WA |
|
|
| Silver |
kilograms |
|
Perilya Ltd., 100% |
|
Broken Hill underground
silver-zinc-lead |
|
81,200 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine at Broken Hill, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
BHP Minerals Ltd., 100% |
|
Cannington underground
silver-lead-zinc |
|
700,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 200 km SE of Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Pasminco Century Mine Ltd., 100% |
|
Century open pit zinc-silver-lead
mine, |
|
3,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
250 km NW of Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Pasminco Ltd., 100% |
|
Cockle Creek silver smelter, NSW |
|
85,000 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
do. |
|
Elura underground zinc-silver-lead
mine, |
|
35,000 |
|
|
|
|
40 km NW of Cobar, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Western Metals Ltd., 100% |
|
Hellyer underground zinc-lead-copper- |
|
60,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
silver mine, 80 km SSW of Burnie, TAS |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
AuironGold Ltd., 100% |
|
Henty underground gold-silver mine, |
|
1,100 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
30 km N of Queenstown, TAS |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Thalanga Copper Mines Pty. Ltd., 70%,
and BML Holdings Pty. |
|
Highway-Reward open pit and |
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
|
Ltd., 30% |
|
underground copper mine, 37 km S of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Charters Towers, QLD |
|
|
| See footnotes at end of table. |
|
| TABLE 2--Continued |
| AUSTRALIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
Major operating companies and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities1,2 |
|
capacitye |
| Silver--Continued: |
kilograms |
|
MIM Holdings Ltd., 100% |
|
Mount Isa underground
copper-lead-zinc- |
|
375,000 |
|
|
|
|
silver mine (also includes enterprise, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
George Fisher, and Hilton mines) at |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Australian Gold Refineries, 100%
(State of WA agency) |
|
Newburn silver refinery, WA |
|
81,000 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
WMC Olympic Dam Operations Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Olympic Dam underground copper-silver- |
|
12,900 |
|
|
|
|
gold-uranium mine at Roxby Downs. 80 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km N of Woomera, SA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Paddington Gold Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Paddington open pit gold-silver mine,
35 |
|
500 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km NW of Kalgoorlie, WA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Peak Gold Mines Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Peak underground
gold-zinc-lead-copper- |
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
|
silver underground mine (includes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Cobar, New Occidental, and |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Perseverance), 8 km S of Cobar, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Pasminco Ltd., 100% |
|
Port Pirie silver smelter, SA |
|
450,000 |
| Do. |
do. |
|
do. |
|
Rosebery underground zinc-lead-silver- |
|
35,000 |
|
|
|
copper-gold mine, 35 km N of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Queenstown, TAS |
|
|
| Spodumene |
do. |
|
Gwalia Consolidated Ltd., 100% |
|
Greenbushes open pit/underground |
|
100 |
|
|
|
tantalite-spodumene mine, 70 km |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
SE of Bunbury, WA |
|
|
| Steel |
|
|
BHP Steel Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Newcastle steelworks, NSW |
|
1,800 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Port Kembla steelworks, NSW |
|
4,000 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Sydney (Rooty Hill) minimill, NSW |
|
250 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Whyalla steelworks, SA |
|
1,200 |
| Talc |
|
|
Luzenac Australia Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Three Springs open pit talc mine, 330
km N |
|
200 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
of Perth, WA |
|
|
| Tantalite,
Ta2O5 |
pounds |
|
Gwalia Consolidated Ltd., 100% |
|
Greenbushes open pit/underground
tantalite- |
|
600,000 |
|
|
|
spodumene mine, 70 km SE of Bunbury, |
|
|
|
|
WA |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
do. |
|
Wodgina open pit tantalite mine, 100
km |
|
500,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
S of Port Hedland, WA |
|
|
| Tin, banch
(in situ) |
|
|
|
Telminex NL, 100% |
|
Ardlethan alluvial tin mine, 90 km NW
of |
|
500,000 |
|
cubic meters |
|
Wagga Wagga, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Sons of Gwalia Ltd., 100% |
|
Greenbushes Smelter, WA |
|
1 |
| Do. |
|
|
Renison Bell Ltd., 100% |
|
Renison Bell underground tin mine, 136 |
|
13 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km S of Burnie, TAS |
|
|
| Uranium,
U3O8 |
tons |
|
Heathgate Resources Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Beverley in situ leach uranium
operation, |
|
900 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
300 km NE of Port Augusta, SA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
WMC Olympic Dam Operations Pty. Ltd.,
100% |
|
Olympic Dam underground copper-silver- |
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
gold-uranium mine at Roxby Downs, 80 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
km N of Woomera, SA |
|
|
| Do. |
do. |
|
Energy Resources of Australia Ltd.,
100% |
|
Ranger open pit uranium mine, 230 km E |
|
4,500 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
of Darwin, NT |
|
|
| Vanadium,
V2O5 |
do. |
|
Xstrata Windimurra Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Windimurra open pit mine vanadium, |
|
8 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
100 km ESE of Mount Magnet, WA |
|
|
| Zinc |
|
|
Perilya Ltd., 100% |
|
Broken Hill underground
silver-zinc-lead |
|
360 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine at Broken Hill, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
BHP Minerals Ltd., 100% |
|
Cannington underground
silver-lead-zinc |
|
100 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
mine, 200 km SE of Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Pasminco Century Mine Ltd., 100% |
|
Century open pit zinc-silver-lead
mine, |
|
500 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
250 km NW of Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Pasminco Ltd., 100% |
|
Cockle Creek zinc smelter, NSW |
|
90 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Elura underground zinc-silver-lead
mine, |
|
125 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
40 km NW of Cobar, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Murchison Zinc Co. Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Golden Grove underground zinc-copper |
|
150 |
|
|
|
|
mine (includes Gossan Hill and |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Scuddles), 225 km E of Geraldton, WA |
|
|
| See footnotes at end of table. |
|
|
| TABLE 2--Continued |
| AUSTRALIA: STRUCTURE OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 2003 |
|
| (Thousand metric
tons unless otherwise specified) |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Annual |
| Commodity |
|
Major operating companies and major equity owners |
|
Location of main facilities1,2 |
|
capacitye |
| Zinc--Continued: |
|
|
Western Metals Ltd., 100% |
|
Hellyer underground zinc-lead-copper- |
|
130 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
silver mine, 80 km SSW of Burnie, TAS |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
MIM Holdings Ltd., 100% |
|
Mount Isa underground
copper-lead-zinc- |
|
175 |
|
|
|
|
silver mine (also includes enterprise, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
George Fisher, and Hilton mines) at |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Mount Isa, QLD |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Peak Gold Mines Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Peak underground
gold-zinc-lead-copper- |
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
silver underground mine (includes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Cobar, New Occidental, and |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Perseverance), 8 km S of Cobar, NSW |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Pasminco Ltd., 100% |
|
Port Pirie zinc smelter, SA |
|
40 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Ridson zinc refinery, Hobart, TAS |
|
230 |
| Do. |
|
|
do. |
|
Rosebery underground zinc-lead-silver- |
|
100 |
|
|
|
|
copper-gold mine, 35 km N of |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Queenstown, TAS |
|
|
| Do. |
|
|
Sun Metals Corp. Pty. Ltd., 100% |
|
Sun Metals zinc refinery, Stuart, QLD |
|
170 |
| eEstimated. NA Not available. |
| 1Australian State and Territory abbreviations: NSW New South Wales; NT Northern
Territory; QLD Queensland; SA South Australia; TAS Tasmania; |
| VIC Victoria; WA Western
Australia. |
| 2Bearing abbreviations: N
north; NNE north-northeast; NE
northeast; E east; SE southeast; SSE south-southeast; S south; SSW
south-southwest; |
| SW southwest; WSW
west-southwest; W west; WNW west-northwest; NW Northwest; NNW
north-northwest. |
| 3Care and maintenance; expansion project development decision
pending. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|