NAME OF COLLECTION
Quarterly Minerals and Energy Statistics
Contact
Manager
Minerals Economics Section
ABARE
PO Box 1563
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Telephone: 02 6272 2056
Facsimile: 02 6272 2328
Email: jhogan@abare.gov.au
Internet: http://www.abare.gov.au
Purpose
To provide up-to-date quarterly and annual information on production, exports and prices for major minerals and energy commodities; indexes and graphs of Australian mine production and export prices; and graphical summary of quarterly trends in indicative world prices and value of mineral exports.
Description
Data are on a commodity by commodity basis. Production data are published by State and Australia. Export data include value, volume and major destination.
Method of collection
Production data are collected from State and Northern Territory Mines and Energy Departments and from company reports to the Australian Stock Exchange. Export data are from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Price data are from the London Metal Exchange (LME) and derived export unit values are from the ABS.
Data detail
Production - Australia, State and the Northern Territory
Exports - value, volume and major destination
Prices - indicative world prices, either LME or export unit value
Export price indexes
Volume of production indexes
Exploration data by commodity from the ABS
Geographic coverage
Australia and by State and Territory.
Frequency of data availability
Quarterly and annual. Reference period - Quarters ended 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December. Year ended 30 June.
Historical data
Data are available from the March quarter 1989.
Products and services available
Publications
Australian Mineral Statistics
Other products and services
Special data services are available on request