TABLE 3 |
AUSTRALIA: RESERVES OF MAJOR MINERAL COMMODITIES IN
2003 |
|
Commodity |
|
Reserves |
Bauxite |
million metric tons |
|
5,500 |
Black
coal: |
|
|
|
In situ |
billion metric tons |
|
55 |
Recoverable |
do. |
|
39 |
Brown
coal: |
|
|
|
In situ |
do. |
|
42 |
Recoverable |
do. |
|
38 |
Cadmium |
thousand metric tons |
|
844 |
Cobalt |
do. |
|
1,450 |
Columbium
(niobium) |
do. |
|
29 |
Copper |
million metric tons |
|
40 |
Diamond: |
|
|
|
Gem and near gem |
million carats |
|
73 |
Industrial |
do. |
|
75 |
Gold |
metric tons |
|
5,380 |
Iron
ore |
billion metric tons |
|
12 |
Lead |
million metric tons |
|
19 |
Lithium |
thousand metric tons |
|
167 |
Magnesite
(MgCO3) |
million metric tons |
|
344 |
Manganese
ore |
do. |
|
124 |
Mineral
sands: |
|
|
|
Ilmenite |
do. |
|
209 |
Rutile |
do. |
|
21 |
Zircon |
do. |
|
32 |
Nickel |
do. |
|
23 |
Petroleum,
recoverable: |
|
|
|
Condensate |
billion liters |
|
282 |
Crude |
do. |
|
227 |
Liquefied petroleum gas |
do. |
|
262 |
Natural gas |
billion cubic meters |
|
2,220 |
Platinum-group
metals (Pd, Pt) |
metric tons |
|
23 |
Rare
earths (REO plus Y2O3) |
million metric tons |
|
1 |
Silver |
thousand metric tons |
|
43 |
Tantalum |
do. |
|
41 |
Tin |
do. |
|
146 |
Tungsten |
do. |
|
9 |
Uranium,
recoverable |
do. |
|
675 |
Vanadium |
do. |
|
0 |
Zinc |
million metric tons |
|
35 |
MgCO3--magnesium carbonate;
REO--rare-earth oxides; Pd--palladium; |
|
Pt--platinum; Y2O3--yttrium oxide. |
|
Source: Geoscience Australia, 2004, Australia's
Identified Mineral Resources |
2004: Canberra, Australia,
Geoscience Australia, p. 9. (Modified to no more than |
three significant digits.) |
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