COAL MINING 2014-15


KEY DATA

		2013-14	2014-15	2013-14 to 2014-15
				%
Employment at end June	no.	43 381	39 128	-9.8
Wages and salaries	$m	6 023	5 746	-4.6
Sales and service income	$m	49 014	45 869	-6.4
Total income	$m	50 418	43 729	-13.3
Total expenses	$m	49 097	47 325	-3.6
Operating profit before tax (OPBT)	$m	^1 153	-3 898	-438.1
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA)	$m	8 187	6 194	-24.3
Industry value added (IVA)	$m	18 835	15 925	-15.4
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
Source: Mining Operations, Australia (cat. no. 8415.0)

In 2014-15 sales and service income in the Coal mining industry decreased by 6.4% to $45.9b. Falling sales were related to falling commodity prices, reflected in the 11.5% fall in the Coal mining subdivision Export Price Index between 2013-14 and 2014-15.

During 2014-15 total capital expenditure for the Coal mining industry was $6b, mainly comprising expenditure of $3.8b on plant, machinery and equipment and $1.5b on dwellings, other buildings and structures.