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Australia is the world's largest producer of wool. [49] The Australian wool industry was worth $3.6 billion in 2022. [50] The total number of sheep is estimated to be 75 million. [49] In the late 1980s, the sheep flock was 180 million. [51] Only 5% of Australia's wool clip is processed onshore. [50]
The company was created in 1996 by merging PT Perkebunan XV – XVI (Persero) and PT Perkebunan XVIII (Persero). [1]The sugar mills, which had been founded in large numbers especially in Java since the 1850s – privately or under the direction of larger companies active in the Dutch East Indies, such as the Nederlandse Handels Maatschappij NHM, the Nederlandsch Indische Landbouw Maatschappij ...
Hoofdkantoor van Deli Maatschappij, head office of the Deli Company, [6] Director's Office of PT Perkebunan IX (1959) 1910 [6] D. Berendse [6: Angkatan Muda Pembaharuan Indonesia (neglected, heavily deteriorated) Medan's Warenhuis (1919), Kantor Departemen Tenaga Kerja Tk.
Zinc – Australia was third to China and Peru in zinc production in 2019, producing 1.3 million tonnes, 10% of world production. [42] Coal – Australia is the world's largest exporter of coal and fourth largest producer of coal behind China, USA and India. [43] Oil shale – Australia has the sixth largest defined oil shale resources. [44]
The following is a list of the top 20 exports of Australia in 2017-18, as reported by its Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. [1] # Commodity Value (A$ million)
Vale's global coal business is headquartered in Australia, but includes mining operations in Australia, China, Colombia and Mozambique. In Australia, Vale operates mines in Queensland's Bowen Basin and the Hunter Valley district of New South Wales with a nominal production capacity of 8Mtpa. Vale is also involved in continuing exploration ...
Australia gained a reputation as "the working man's paradise." Some employers tried to undercut the unions by importing Chinese labour. This produced a reaction which led to all the colonies restricting Chinese and other Asian immigration. This was the foundation of the White Australia Policy. The "Australian compact", based around centralised ...
The Australian Department of Employment was a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility for national policies and programs that help Australians find and keep employment and work in safe, fair and productive workplaces. [6]