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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]
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]
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 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]
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.
The Minerals Council of Australia estimates that 0.02% of Australia's land surface is directly impacted by mining. [ 33 ] Particularly significant areas today include the Goldfields , Peel and Pilbara regions of Western Australia , the Hunter Valley in New South Wales , the Bowen Basin in Queensland and Latrobe Valley in Victoria and various ...
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.
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council elected to serve a term between 22 May 2021 ... and Mining and Pastoral MLC Wilson Tucker ...