MINING IN AUSTRALIA by Sanju https://padlet.com/sanju_joseph/1g35t84ky2sx GRRRR en-us 2017-08-31 04:09:01 UTC 2017-08-31 04:25:17 UTC hello@padlet.com Mining in wa sanju_joseph https://padlet.com/sanju_joseph/1g35t84ky2sx/wish/183861421 2017-08-31 04:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sanju_joseph/1g35t84ky2sx/wish/183861421 sanju_joseph https://padlet.com/sanju_joseph/1g35t84ky2sx/wish/183861471
  • Iron ore - 341.64 million tonnes.
  • Gold - 142,519 kg.
  • Nickel - 172,000 tonnes.
  • Alumina - 12.4 million tonnes.
  • Copper - 142,000 tonnes.
  • Zinc - 105,000 tonnes.
  • Lead - 27,000 tonnes.


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  • 1848: Lead ore was found by explorer James Perry Walcott, a member of A.C. Gregory's party, near Northampton
  • 1863: Lead and copper ores represent 14% of the colony's total annual exports, exceeded only by wool and sandalwood
  • 1877: Copper and lead ores are the colony's second largest export, still at 14% of the total, after wool
  • 1892: Arthur Bailey and William Ford discover gold in Western Australia at Fly Flat near Coolgardie
  • 17 June 1893: Paddy Hannan discovers gold near Kalgoorlie, sparking Western Australia's gold rush.
  • Sir John Forrest, the first Premier of Western Australia, is regarded as the founding father of The Perth Mint. John saw the importance of gold in the development of Western Australia's economy, and successfully lobbied the British Government to establish a branch of the Royal Mint in Perth
  • 1934: A lease was assigned over iron ore deposits at Koolan Island in Yampi Sound off the coast of the Kimberley to the Nippon Mining Company backed by the Japanese government.
  • 1935-39: High gold prices encourage investment.
  • 1937: Public and government outcry when Nippon Mining proposed not to use Australian labour but to send its own engineers to construct the Koolan Island mine.
  • 1939-45: Labour shortages as a result of the Second World War caused many mines to cease operation, and following the war, many did not re-open.
  • 1938: Commonwealth government enacts iron ore export embargo [5] The stated reason for the embargo where doubts as to the adequacy of Australian iron ore resources for Australia's own needs.[6] The real reason was to freeze the export of raw materials to Japan.
  • 1940: Extensive survey of iron ore deposits determined only two where commercially viable, one of which being the Yampi Sound Group in Western Australia.[6]
  • 1948: Bureau of Mineral Resources combined with the WA Department of Mines to carry out systematic geological and geophysical surveys in the North West, mostly seeking oil.
  • 1960: Commonwealth Government lifts iron ore export embargo
  • 1964: Oil discovered on Barrow Island.
  • 1967: Oil production on Barrow Island begins.
  • 1969 - 1970: Poseidon nickel boom
  • 1977: Premier Sir Charles Court agreed with Alcoa Australia to take a designated quota of the gas in return for permission to build a third alumina refinery at Wagerup.
  • 1981: The Western Australian Government negotiated an agreement to allow development of the large natural gas reserves on the North West Shelf.
  • 1987: Global stock market crash
  • 1989: First liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo exported to Japan in 1989.
  • 2008: Global financial crisis.
  • August 2009: Gorgon Consortium signs $50 billion contract with PetroChina for gas extraction from the fields around Barrow Island.

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    The history of gold mining in Western Australia dates back to the 1880s but took on some larger dimensions in the 1890s, after gold discoveries at Coolgardie in 1892 and Kalgoorlie in 1893. It reached an early peak in 1903, experienced a golden era in the 1930s and a revival in the mid-1980s. In between, the industry declined a number of times, like during the two world wars, experiencing an absolute low point in 1976.[7]


    In 2009, Gold delivered a stand-out performance, recording a record value of A$5.7 billion, a 29 percent increase in comparison to the previous calendar year. Gold production in the state increased by 9 percent, reaching 4.6 million ounces in 2009.[1]


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