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Compiled by Dr. Joe Herbertson
June 2001
Sustainable Resource
Processing
Where
does Australia fit in the global picture?
Minerals transformed in Australian fraction of total
Australia in
order of global value of specified
share of
global value virgin material1
Lead metal 13%
Gold - total virgin metal 12%
Nickel metal (included in total
nickel)2 11%
Aluminium metal 7.2%
Nickel - total metallic content 6.7%
Titanium in titanium dioxide pigment 4.4%
Zinc metal 3.8%
Copper metal 2.1%
Silver - total virgin metal 1.3%
Iron metal (steel) 0.8%
Cement (Portland) 0.4%
1: Value refers only to extraction
undertaken in Australia ( i.e. excludes Australian ores processed elsewhere).
2: Nickel metal includes relatively
small proportion of nickel oxide, not separately distinguished.