NAME OF COLLECTION
Mineral and Energy Accounts
Contact
Environment and Energy Statistics Section
Australian Bureau of Statistics
PO Box 10
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Telephone: 02 6252 7533
Facsimile: 02 6252 5335
Email: environment@abs.gov.au
Internet: www.abs.gov.au
Purpose
The purpose of a physical environment account is to measure the stock of resources, flow of resources through the economy as commodities and the release of waste and pollutants which result from the economic use of these resources.
Description
The Mineral and Energy Accounts are physical environment accounts which track the use of minerals or energy through the economy.
Method of collection
The Mineral and Energy Accounts are compiled from a wide range of statistics from sources both internal and external to the ABS. These include ABARE and AGSO (for mineral and petroleum resources). The methodology used to produce the Accounts is based on guidelines in the United Nations' System of National Accounts 1993 (SNA93), and its complement System for Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting.
Data detail
Mineral and energy stock levels
Mineral volume change tables
Supply of minerals and energy including imports and production data
Use of minerals and energy as intermediate consumption by industry or as final demand by households, government and exports
Output of related waste products by industry and industry sectors including greenhouse gas emissions
Geographic coverage
All data items are available for Australia only, except for:
Stock levels of selected minerals from 1985 to 1996 in the Mineral Account are available by State and Territory
Volume change tables are available for minerals by State and Territory and identified petroleum resources and undiscovered petroleum resources by petroleum basin
Frequency of data availability
At present these accounts are produced irregularly. The next Energy Account will be a revised edition of its predecessor in order to align this account with the format of the Australian System of National Accounts i.e. stocks and stock volume change tables and input-output flow tables will be compiled as per guidelines in SNA93. The accounts may be updated on an annual or biennial basis in the future.
Due to data constraints, stocks are measured in years ended 31 December, whereas the flow tables contain data for years ended 30 June.
Historical data
Mineral Account - stock data are available from 1985-1996, while flow data are available for 1992-93 to 1993-94
Energy Account - stock data from 1985-1998 and flow data from 1992-93 to 1997-98.
Products and services available
Publications
Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounts, Australia (cat. no. 4604.0)
Mineral Account, Australia (cat. no. 4608.0)
Other products and services
Mineral Account, Volume Change Tables, Australia (cat. no. 4608.0.40.001)
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