Indicator: CO-47 Quantity and dollar value of raw materials from non-living marine sources
Data
The following tables show changes in quantities and value of various raw materials since 1997.
| Mineral | Quantity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Units | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | |
| Bauxite | Mt | 44 | 46 | 51 | 55 | 54 |
| Copper ore and concentrates | 000 t | 1677 | 1864 | 2340 | 2577 | 2590 |
| Gold products | t | 317 | 303 | 299 | 296 | 264 |
| Iron ore and concentrates | Mt | 161 | 153 | 160 | 176 | 185 |
| Lead ore and concentrates | 000 t | 838 | 963 | 988 | 1000 | 1020 |
| Manganese ore and concentrates | 000 t | 1647 | 1630 | 1755 | 1948 | 1779 |
| Nickel and products | 000 t | 134 | 127 | 141 | 197 | 207 |
| Limenite | 000 t | 2392 | 2156 | 2134 | 2092 | 1843 |
| Rutile | 000 t | 247 | 214 | 185 | 209 | 207 |
| Synthetic rutile | 000 t | 662 | 569 | 566 | 650 | 612 |
| Titanium dioxide pigment | 000 t | 162 | 164 | 168 | 181 | 186 |
| Zinc ore and concentrates | 000 t | 1973 | 2139 | 2343 | 2697 | 2715 |
| Zircon concentrate | 000 t | 409 | 385 | 372 | 377 | 389 |
| Diamonds | 000 ct | 43046 | 35948 | 29672 | 22475 | 30676 |
| Salt | 000 t | 9035 | 9203 | 9610 | 9492 | 9213 |
| Mineral | 1997-98 $m |
1998-99 $m |
1999-00 $m |
2000-01 $m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite | na | na | na | na |
| Copper ore and concentrates | 1376 | 1397 | 1503 | 2303 |
| Gold bullion | 4972 | 4532 | 3851 | 1189 |
| Iron ore and concentrates | 3922 | 4307 | 3605 | 4938 |
| Lead ore and concentrates | 402 | 525 | 469 | 849 |
| Manganese ore and concentrates | na | na | na | na |
| Nickel ore and concentrates | na | na | na | 1865 |
| Limenite | 189 | 212 | 288 | 169 |
| Rutile | 186 | 182 | 184 | 117 |
| Synthetic rutile | na | na | na | na |
| Titanium dioxide pigment | na | na | na | na |
| Zinc ore and concentrates | 695 | 739 | 934 | 1483 |
| Zircon concentrate | 218 | 179 | 284 | 202 |
| Diamonds | na | na | na | 634 |
| Salt | na | na | na | na |
| TOTAL VALUE | 11960 | 12073 | 11118 | 13749 |
Derived from Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2005, Year Book Australia, 2005, Cat No. 1301.0, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Canberra, Mining: Major Commodities, Tables 16.25 and 16.26
What the data mean
Quantities and values of particular materials have varied considerably from year to year but the aggregated value of raw minerals has remained fairly constant, between $m11 000 and $m14 000, over the recorded period.
Data Limitations
The data do not disaggregate between land and marine sources.
These data are not environmentally significant in their own right but provide a baseline for tracking changes in the contribution of minerals from marine sources to human life which may result from either the declining condition of the resource or from societal responses to that decline. It will be useful to track changes in the quantities and value of materials produced against future declines and/or improvements in the aspects of the marine environment that are vulnerable to degradation as a result of their extraction, production and disposal.
Issues for which this is an indicator and why
Coasts and Oceans — Contributions of the coasts and oceans to human life - Non-living material (materials and energy fuels)
The quantity and dollar value of non-living materials that the ocean is currently producing and the aggregated dollar value (but not the aggregated volume or mass, since different substances have very different uses and different value per quantity) of all such materials is one way of tracking the contributions of these materials to human life.
Other indicators for this issue:
- CO-10 Total energy production from the Australian marine environment
- HS-48 Material Flows in Human Settlements
Human Settlements — Pressures created by human settlements on the environment - Material use
The quantity of non-living materials from coastal and marine sources used by human settlements provides some insight into the scale of the pressure of extraction.
Other indicators for this issue:
- HS-48 Material Flows in Human Settlements
- LD-12 Quantity and dollar value of raw materials from non-living terrestrial sources
Human Settlements — Services provided by the environment to human settlements - Minerals (including non-renewable energy sources)
A proportion of the minerals used in human settlements in Australia derives from marine sources.
Other indicators for this issue:
- LD-11 Total energy value of land-based energy fuels from non-living sources produced in Australia
- LD-12 Quantity and dollar value of raw materials from non-living terrestrial sources
- CO-10 Total energy production from the Australian marine environment
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