Australia’s Mineral Resource Assessment 2013 is a new product jointly compiled by Geoscience Australia and the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics.
       It is intended to be a regular publication. Production of minerals relies on a series of stages that form a project pipeline. This report breaks the pipeline into four parts – exploration, identification of resources, new mining and associated infrastructure projects and, finally,mineral production.


Contents

1. Introduction                  1
2. Mineral Exploration            5
    Overview
    Mineral Exploration Expenditure
    Australia is an under-explored continent
    Pre-competitive geoscience information
3. Resources     19

   Overview

   Bauxite  

   Coal  

   Copper

   Gold

   Iron Ore  

   Nickel  

   Rare Earths  

   Uranium

   Critical commodities  

4. Projects           61
    Overview
    Bauxite Projects  
    Black Coal Projects
    Copper Projects  
    Gold Projects  
    Iron Ore Projects  
    Nickel Projects  
    Uranium Projects  
5. Production       67
    Bauxite
    Black coal  
    Copper
    Gold
    Iron ore
    Nickel  
    Uranium  
6. Appendices        75
    Appendix 1  
    Appendix 2