Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2010 presents estimates of Australia's mineral resources at end of December 2009 for major and minor commodities. The report compares these long-term resource estimates with short-term industry ore reserves and includes analysis of mineral exploration expenditures for 2008-09. Data is compiled from Geoscience Australia, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, and the United States Geological Survey.
Use Cases
- Forecast long-term mining potential based on identified mineral resource estimates
- Compare industry short-term plans with national resource totals based on ore reserve data
- Analyze trends in mineral exploration expenditure for the 2008-09 period
- Rank Australia's mineral resources globally based on USGS-derived world ranking calculations
Strengths
- Provides estimates for all major and several minor mineral commodities
- Integrates data from three authoritative sources: Geoscience Australia, ABARES, and the USGS
- Includes analysis of exploration expenditures for the calendar year 2009
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data is specific to the end of December 2009; freshness should be verified
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Based on published and unpublished data available to Geoscience Australia.
- Time Range
- Resources estimated at end of December 2009; analysis covers 2008-09.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 13:53:22.703440; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Australia