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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.
This is a list of major active gold mines in Western Australia in 2022–23, according to the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.To qualify for the department's official list of principal mining projects an operation has to either had mineral sales valued at more than $5 million (or more than 2,500 oz of gold), or, for operations where such figures are not reported, had a ...
Integra Mining Limited: Kalgoorlie: Goldfields-Esperance: 54,766 (2010–11) Sandstone Gold Mine: Troy Resources NL: Sandstone: Mid West 29,885 (2009–10) South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine: Avoca Resources Limited Kalgoorlie: Goldfields-Esperance: 34,766 (2008–09) St Ives Gold Mine: Gold Fields Kambalda: Goldfields-Esperance: 428,300 (2008–09)
Mining in Western Australia, together with the petroleum industry in the state, accounted for 94% of the State's and 46% of Australia's income from total merchandise exports in 2019–20. The state of Western Australia hosted 123 predominantly higher-value and export-oriented mining projects and hundreds of smaller quarries and mines.
In 2011, Western Australia provided 46% of Australia's merchandising exports. [2] In 2018-19, Western Australia's gross state product was A$ 260.6 billion (17.5% of Australia's GDP ), [ 3 ] making it the nation's most productive state, and one of the most wealthy places on earth with a GDP per capita of A$135,479 (compared with the national ...
The Greenbushes mine is the world's largest hard rock lithium mine in terms of reserves, resources, production, and capacity. [5] The facility's operations are made up of the mine and two nearby processing facilities that convert the raw lithium spodumene concentrate into lithium hydroxide before being sold to global battery manufacturers including LG Chem, CATL and Northvolt.
Australia has been mining bauxite since the early 1960s and is a major economic player in worldwide bauxite mining. It is the largest producer of bauxite in the world, producing 31% of global production in 2016. Australia is also the largest exporter and second highest producer of alumina worldwide, with 17% of global production. [2]
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 ...