NAME OF COLLECTION
Price Indexes of Materials Used in Coal Mining
Contact
Manager
Price Indexes of Materials Used in Coal Mining
Producer Price Indexes Section
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Locked Bag 10
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Telephone: Canberra 02 6252 5348
Facsimile: Canberra 02 6252 7060
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
Web site: <www.abs.gov.au>
Purpose
To provide an indication of price movements of materials used in coal mining.
Description
Samples of representative materials are priced each quarter from companies supplying materials to mine sites. Both underground and open cut mining operations are covered. The point of pricing is delivered on mine site or to the primary storage area for a group of mines.
As far as possible, actual transaction prices are used - that is, the prices actually paid by coal mines to suppliers for materials delivered on mine sites.
Data are collected by mail questionnaire.
Main data detail
- price index of materials used in open cut coal mining; and
- price index of materials used in underground coal mining.
Geographic coverage
Australia.
Frequency of data availability
Quarterly.
Reference period
Quarters ended 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December.
Historical data
Data are available from 1987-88.
Products and services
Publication
Example of information available
PRICE INDEXES OF MATERIALS USED IN COAL MINING - AUSTRALIA
 | Open cut | Underground |
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| | % change from | | % change from |
| Period | Index numbers(a) | previous period | Index numbers(a) | previous period |
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| 1997-98 | 114.6 | -1.2 | 117.0 | 0.2 |
| 1998-99 | 113.2 | -1.2 | 118.8 | 1.5 |
| 1999-2000 | 122.2 | 8.0 | 118.3 | -0.4 |
| 2000-01 | 128.9 | 5.5 | 122.9 | 3.9 |
(a) Base of each index: 1989-90 = 100.0.
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