Australia's Mineral Resources and Exploration Expenditure for 2009

Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2010 presents estimates of the country's mineral resources as of December 2009 for major and minor commodities. The report compares these long-term resource estimates with national ore reserves and includes mine production data from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences. It also provides analysis of mineral exploration expenditures for the 2008-09 period and Australia's world ranking based on United States Geological Survey information.

Use Cases

• Forecasting long-term mining potential based on identified mineral resource estimates.
• Comparing short-term industry plans with long-term resource availability using ore reserve data.
• Analyzing trends in mineral exploration expenditure for the 2008-09 period.
• Benchmarking Australia's mineral resources against global competitors using world ranking data.

Strengths

• Integrates data from multiple authoritative sources including Geoscience Australia and the United States Geological Survey.
• Provides a dual perspective by comparing long-term resource estimates with short-to-medium term industry ore reserves.
• Includes analysis of exploration expenditure trends for a specific fiscal and calendar year (2008-09).

Limitations

• Data is from 2009; resource estimates and market conditions are likely outdated.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The primary file formats are PDF and HTML, which may complicate direct machine processing.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, with data from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences and the United States Geological Survey.

Collection Method

Based on published and unpublished data available to Geoscience Australia.

Time Range

Resource estimates as of December 2009; exploration expenditure analysis for 2008-09.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 06:32:07.669961; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2009.

Geography

Australia