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Employment in the Western Australian mining and petroleum industry has sharply increased over the last decade, from 85,163 in 2010, directly employing an average of 135,001 people during 2019–20. The largest employers were the iron ore (48.5%) and gold (23.4%) sectors. [2] [6]
The department was formed on 1 July 2017, out of the former Department of Mines and Petroleum and Department of Commerce. [1] A restructuring of the Western Australian government departments was part of Mark McGowan's election campaign and, in the month after taking office, the number of government departments was reduced from 41 to 25. [2]
When the Eldverton mine itself received a siding the following year, it became necessary to rename the townsite, with Desmond chosen, after the nearby Mount Desmond. [8] The Desmond Townsite is listed on the shire's heritage register. The history of the town was a short one, with interest in mining in the area declining soon after establishment.
The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) is an industry association, notable for representing companies that generate most of Australia's mining output. [1] The MCA was founded in 1995, [2] succeeding the Australian Mining Industry Council which was established in 1960. It is unrelated to the former Australian Minerals Council, which was ...
Its focus is the resources sector, maintaining a mining and petroleum regulatory role and incorporating the resources safety responsibilities from the former Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. It also oversees the Geological Survey of Western Australia. [3]
A Perth Chamber of Mines, founded in 1897, [3] quickly became defunct. [4] The Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie bodies merged in 1900, as the Chamber of Mines of Western Australia. [4] [5] The headquarters of the combined body were in the Kalgoorlie Chamber of Mines building. In the same era, there was also in London, a Westralian Chamber of Mines. [6]
Minister for Mines and Petroleum is a position in the government of Western Australia, currently held by Bill Johnston of the Labor Party. The position was first created in 1894, for the government of Sir John Forrest , and has existed in almost every government since then.
Iron ore mining in Western Australia, in the 2018–19 financial year, accounted for 54 percent of the total value of the state's resource production, with a value of A$78.2 billion. The overall value of the minerals and petroleum industry in Western Australia was A$145 billion in 2018–19, a 26 percent increase on the previous financial year.