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Mining in Australia has long been a significant primary sector industry and contributor to the Australian economy by providing export income, royalty payments and employment. Historically, mining booms have also encouraged population growth via immigration to Australia , particularly the gold rushes of the 1850s.
The mineral sector is a major contributor to the Australian economy, specifically regarding its profiting revenue. The Australian mineral sector contributes ‘8 per cent of Gross Domestic Product’ into the economy. [6] Australia's exportation of black coal, iron ore, alumina, lead and zinc is identified as the largest global distributor. [6]
The Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation (CMLR) was established at OQ in 1993 and has built on more than twenty years involvement with the mining and minerals industries. CMLR is involved in a broad range of research and training projects with mining companies, industry bodies and government departments from across Australia and the world.
The coal industry claims that extensive rehabilitation of areas mined helps to ensure that land capability, after coal mining, meets agreed and appropriate standards. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] It is estimated that air pollution from coal-fired power stations in Australia is responsible for 785 premature deaths each year.
Sometimes they are designated as Mining Magnates, [2] and they are ascribed other titles such as Mining Tycoons, [3] however in most cases they are significantly very public figures in the media of their times. Also during various changes in the national economy and mining industry some smaller players have had to adapt to the change. [4] [5]
In-situ leach for uranium has expanded rapidly since the 1990s, and is now the predominant method for mining uranium, accounting for 45 percent of the uranium mined worldwide in 2012. [2] Unlike open-pit and underground mining, in-situ leaching does not rely on burial depth as a criterion but is based on the properties of the uranium deposit.
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Iron ore mining in Western Australia, in the financial year 2018–19, accounted for 54 percent of the total value of the state's resources exports, with a value of A$78.2 billion. The overall value of the mineral and petroleum industry in Western Australia was A$145 billion in 2018–19. [5]