Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2009

Australia's Economic Demonstrated Resources (EDR) for 18 mineral commodities in 2008, including black coal, copper, gold, and iron ore. The dataset provides world rankings for resources and indicative resource life estimates based on accessible EDR to production ratios. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and analyzes exploration expenditures for the 2008 calendar year.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in mineral resource availability based on reported increases and decreases in Economic Demonstrated Resources.
• Benchmark Australia's global mineral resource ranking based on the listed commodities in the top six worldwide.
• Model long-term mineral supply sustainability based on the indicative resource life estimates for commodities like diamonds and gold.
• Study the impact of global market factors on resource exploitation based on the description of investment return considerations.

Strengths

• Covers 18 mineral commodities with reported increases in Economic Demonstrated Resources.
• Provides world ranking information for multiple commodities, placing Australia in the top six for many.
• Includes indicative resource life estimates for major commodities, with specific figures like 10 years for diamonds.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from 2008-2009; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Analysis of mineral exploration expenditures and resource assessments.

Time Range

2008-2009, with decade trend analysis from 1997 to 2008.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 06:05:30.189630; freshness should be verified

Geography

Australia