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APPENDIX COMMODITY DATA ITEMS


INTRODUCTION

1 This Appendix lists items included in the mining commodities framework within which the commodity data presented in this publication have been compiled. It shows the content of each of the broad categories for which data are presented in Chapter 4.

2 The data produced are derived from data collected by the state and Northern Territory mines departments.

AVAILABILITY OF DATA

3 The Construction materials items shown in this table preceded by the word "including" illustrate the sorts of commodities that may be reported by individual jurisdictions as part of the item in which they are included. In general, they represent items for which data are not sufficiently comparable across jurisdictions (because of differences in definitions and/or scope and coverage) to enable a national total to be produced.

4 Production quantity and value data for all other items listed below are available, in a series starting from 2001-02 reference year, in the spreadsheets that accompany this publication: see the ABS website using the link below. These spreadsheets also contain definitions and some guidance about general principles used in compiling the data in accordance with this framework.

5 To access the commodity data, go to the ABS home page <https://abs.gov.au>. Select the 'Access to all ABS products & statistics' from the 'All Statistics' tab menu bar on the left hand side. On the 'Statistics' page, choose 'By Catalogue Number' under 'All Statistics'. Find 8415.0 for 2005-06; the detailed commodity Excel spreadsheets are located under the 'Details' tab.

MINERAL COMMODITY DATA ITEMS, 2005-06
Fuel minerals
	Black coal (saleable)
	Brown coal
	Crude oil
	Condensate
	Shale oil
	Natural gas
	Coal seam methane
	Liquefied natural gas
	Liquefied petroleum gas
		Propane
		Butane
	Ethane
	Carbon dioxide
Metallic minerals
	Antimony (metal content)
	Bauxite
	Cadmium (metal content)
	Cobalt (metal content)
	Copper (metal content)
	Gold (metal content)
	Iron ore and concentrate
	Iron ore pellets
	Lead (metal content)
	Nickel (metal content)
	Palladium (metal content)
	Platinum (metal content)
	Silver (metal content)
	Tin (metal content)
	Uranium oxide
	Zinc (metal content)
	Zinc/lead concentrate
Industrial minerals
	Barite
	Chromite
	Clays
		Bentonite
		Attapulgite
		Kaolin
		Structural clays
	Diamond
	Diatomite
	Dimension stone
		Basalt
		Granite
		Limestone
		Marble
		Sandstone
		Slate (includes flagstone)
		Other and/or unspecified rock
	Feldspar
	Garnet (industrial grades only) and Staurolite
		Garnet
		Staurolite
	Gems and ornamental stones
		Gems
			Opal
			Sapphire
			Other
		Ornamental stones
	Gypsum
	Iron oxides
		Magnetite
		Other iron oxides
	Limestone and limesand
		Limestone for:
			Cement
			Lime
			Agricultural use
			Metallurgical flux
			Chemical uses
			Other and/or unspecified uses
		Limesand
	Magnesium-rich materials
		Magnesite
		Dolomite
		Serpentinite
	Manganese ore
	Mica
	Peat
	Perlite
	Phosphate rock
	Pyrophyllite
	Salt
	Silica
		Lump (quartz, quartzite, chert)
		Sand
		Unspecified silica
	Scheelite
	Sillimanite
	Spodumene
	Spongolite
	Talc
	Tantalum
	Titanium minerals
		Ilmenite
		Synthetic rutile
		Leucoxene
		Rutile
	Vanadium
	Vermiculite
	Zeolite
	Zircon
Construction materials
	Crushed and broken rock
		(including Crushed rock-broken, Armour,
		Rip rap and spalls, Concrete aggregate,
		Sealing aggregate, Screenings, Asphalt aggregate,
		Rail Ballast, Crusher fines, Other/unspecified
		aggregate, Road base, Road sub base,
		Crushed rock - road sub/base, Crushed and
		broken stone, Aggregate, Rock, Crushed rock,
		Other rock types excluding gravel and river
		gravel, Crushed rock - fine aggregate
		(manufactured sand))
	Construction sand
		(including Natural sand-premixed/ready mixed
		concrete, Concrete sand, Concrete products,
		Asphalt sand, Natural sand - mortar sand,
		Bricklaying sand, Plastering sand, Packing or
		filling sand, Other and/or unspecified
		construction sand, Fine sand, Specification
		sand, Shellgrit, Quarry sand, Washed sand,
		Bitumen sand, General sand, Building sand)
	Gravel
		(including River gravel - crushed, River gravel -
		unprocessed, Ridge/other gravel, Decorative
		stone - Crushed rock, Decorative stone -
		River gravel (naturally rounded))
	Soil, loam, and garden sand
		(including Loam, garden sand or loam, Soil)
	Other construction materials
		(including Unspecified, Unprocessed
		construction material, Filling, Rubble, Fill)