Australia's Identified Mineral Resources 2013 Annual Assessment

An annual national assessment providing a long-term view of Australian mineral resources likely to be available for mining. The dataset includes evaluations of long-term trends, world rankings, summaries of significant exploration results, and brief reviews of mining industry developments. It is published by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Assess long-term availability of mineral resources for mining based on the annual national assessment.
• Analyze trends in Australian mineral resources based on the included evaluations of long-term trends.
• Benchmark Australia's mineral resources against global competitors based on the world rankings.
• Review significant developments in the mining industry based on the included brief reviews.

Strengths

• Provides an annual, standardized national assessment of mineral resources.
• Includes evaluations of long-term trends and world rankings for comparative analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Annual national assessment.

Time Range

2013

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 01:11:46.562625; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia