1 Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents 1
1.1. List of Tables 4
1.2. List of Figures 6
2. Base Metals Mining in Australia to 2021 7
2.1. Key Highlights 7
3. Copper Mining in Australia: Reserves, Production, Consumption, and Exports 8
3.1. Copper Reserves by Country 8
3.2. Historical and Forecast Production 10
3.2.1. Copper prices 13
3.2.2. Production by state and territory 14
3.3. Active Mines 16
3.4. Exploration Projects 18
3.5. Development Projects 20
3.6. Consumption vs. Exports 22
3.6.1. Exports by Country 24
3.7. Factors Affecting the Demand for Copper 25
4. Nickel Mining in Australia: Reserves, Production, Consumption, and Trade 27
4.1. Nickel Reserves by Country 27
4.2. Historical and Forecast Production 29
4.2.1. Nickel prices 32
4.3. Active Mines 33
4.4. Exploration Projects 34
4.5. Development Projects 36
4.6. Nickel Exports 38
4.7. Factors Affecting the Demand for Nickel 40
4.7.1. Demand from China's Steel Industry 40
5. Lead Mining in Australia: Reserves, Production, Consumption, and Exports 41
5.1. Lead Reserves by Country 41
5.2. Historical and Forecast Production 43
5.2.1. Lead prices 45
5.2.2. Production by state and territory 46
5.3. Active Mines 48
5.4. Exploration Projects 49
5.5. Development Projects 51
5.6. Consumption vs. Exports 52
5.6.1. Exports by Country 54
6. Zinc Mining in Australia: Reserves, Production, Consumption, and Trade 56
6.1. Zinc Reserves by Country 56
6.2. Historical and Forecast Production 58
6.2.1. Zinc prices 60
6.2.2. Production by state and territory 61
6.3. Active Mines 63
6.4. Exploration Projects 64
6.5. Development Projects 66
6.6. Consumption vs. Exports 68
6.6.1. Exports by Country 70
6.7. Factors Affecting the Demand for Lead and Zinc 72
7. Base Metals Mining in Australia: Major Producers 74
7.1. Glencore plc 74
7.2. South32 Ltd 75
7.3. BHP Billiton Ltd 76
8. Australia's Mining Industry: Fiscal Regime 78
8.1. Governing Bodies 78
8.1.1. National level 78
8.1.2. Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) 79
8.1.3. State or Territory Involvement 80
8.2. Australia's Mining Fiscal Regime: Laws, Regulations, Rights and Obligations 81
8.2.1. Offshore legislation 81
8.2.2. Onshore legislation 81
8.2.3. Rights and Obligations 84
8.3. Australia's Mining Fiscal Regime: Royalty and Taxes 84
8.3.1. Royalty 84
8.3.2. Corporate Income Tax 88
8.3.3. Withholding Tax 88
8.3.4. Treatment of tax Losses 89
8.3.5. Goods and Services Tax (GST) 89
9. Appendix 90
9.1. Abbreviations 90
9.2. Methodology 90
9.3. Coverage 90
9.4. Secondary Research 91
9.5. Contact Us 91
9.6. Disclaimer 91
1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: Copper Mining in Australia - Copper Reserves by Country (Thousand Tonnes), January 2017 9
Table 2: Copper Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Copper Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes), 2000-2021 12
Table 3: Copper Mining in Australia - Copper Quarterly Prices (US$/ Tonne), 2013-2017 13
Table 4: Copper Mining in Australia - Copper Mine Production by State Y-O-Y Comparison (Thousand Tonnes), H1 2016-H1 2017 15
Table 5: Copper Mining in Australia - Active Mines, 2017 16
Table 6: Copper Mining in Australia - Active Mines, 2017 (Contd. 1) 17
Table 7: Copper Mining in Australia - Exploration Projects, 2017 18
Table 8: Copper Mining in Australia - Exploration Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 19
Table 9: Copper Mining in Australia - Development Projects, 2017 20
Table 10: Copper Mining in Australia - Development Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 21
Table 11: Copper Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Copper Consumption vs. Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2000-2021 23
Table 12: Copper Mining in Australia - Exports by Country (Thousand Tonnes), 2016 24
Table 13: Copper Mining in Australia - High-Priority Infrastructure Projects by State/Territory, 2017 25
Table 14: Copper Mining in Australia - Priority Infrastructure Projects by State/Territory, 2017 26
Table 15: Nickel Mining in Australia - Nickel Reserves by Country (Million Tonnes), January 2017 28
Table 16: Nickel Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Nickel Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes), 2000-2021 31
Table 17: Nickel Mining in Australia - Nickel Quarterly Prices (US$/ Tonne), 2013-2017 32
Table 18: Nickel Mining in Australia - Active Mines, 2017 33
Table 19: Nickel Mining in Australia - Exploration Projects, 2017 34
Table 20: Nickel Mining in Australia - Exploration Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 35
Table 21: Nickel Mining in Australia - Development Projects, 2017 36
Table 22: Nickel Mining in Australia - Development Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 37
Table 23: Nickel Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Nickel Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2001-2021 39
Table 24: Lead Mining in Australia - Lead Reserves by Country (Thousand Tonnes), January 2017 42
Table 25: Lead Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Lead Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes), 2000-2021 44
Table 26: Lead Mining in Australia - Lead Quarterly Prices (US$/ Tonne), 2013-2017 45
Table 27: Lead Mining in Australia - Lead Mine Production by State Y-O-Y Comparison (Thousand Tonnes), H1 2016-H1 2017 47
Table 28: Lead Mining in Australia - Active Mines, 2017 48
Table 29: Lead Mining in Australia - Exploration Projects, 2017 49
Table 30: Lead Mining in Australia - Exploration Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 50
Table 31: Lead Mining in Australia - Development Projects, 2017 51
Table 32: Lead Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Lead Consumption vs. Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2000-2021 53
Table 33: Lead Mining in Australia - Exports by Country (Thousand Tonnes), 2016 55
Table 34: Zinc Mining in Australia - Zinc Reserves by Country (Thousand Tonnes), January 2017 57
Table 35: Zinc Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Zinc Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes), 2000-2021 59
Table 36: Zinc Mining in Australia - Zinc Quarterly Prices (US$/ Tonne), 2013-2017 60
Table 37: Zinc Mining in Australia - Zinc Mine Production by State Y-O-Y Comparison (Thousand Tonnes), H1 2016- H1 2017 62
Table 38: Zinc Mining in Australia - Active Mines, 2017 63
Table 39: Zinc Mining in Australia - Exploration Projects, 2017 64
Table 40: Zinc Mining in Australia - Exploration Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 65
Table 41: Zinc Mining in Australia - Development Projects, 2017 66
Table 42: Zinc Mining in Australia - Development Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 67
Table 43: Zinc Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Zinc Metal Consumption vs. Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2000-2021 69
Table 44: Zinc Mining in Australia - Exports by Country (Thousand Tonnes), 2016 71
Table 45: Base Metals Mining in Australia - Glencore plc, Major Projects, 2017 74
Table 46: Base Metals Mining in Australia - Glencore plc, Major Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 75
Table 47: Base Metals Mining in Australia - South32 Ltd, Major Projects, 2017 75
Table 48: Base Metals Mining in Australia - BHP Billiton Ltd, Major Projects, 2017 76
Table 49: Base Metals Mining in Australia - BHP Billiton Ltd, Major Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 77
Table 50: Australia's Mining Fiscal Regime - Reference Prices for Prescribed Minerals, July 2017 86
Table 51: Australia's Mining Fiscal Regime - South Australia Royalty Rates (%), 2017 87
Table 52: Australia's Mining Fiscal Regime - Western Australia Ad Valorem Royalty Rates (%), 2017 88
Table 53: Australia's Mining Fiscal Regime - Withholding Tax Rates (%), 2017 88
1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: Copper Mining in Australia - Copper Reserves by Country (%), January 2017 8
Figure 2: Copper Mining in Australia - Copper Deposits and Operating Mines by State/Territory, September 2017 9
Figure 3: Copper Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Copper Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes) vs. Number of Operating Mines, 2000-2021 11
Figure 4: Copper Mining in Australia - Copper Mine Production by State Y-O-Y Comparison (Thousand Tonnes), H1 2016-H1 2017 14
Figure 5: Copper Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Copper Consumption vs. Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2000-2021 22
Figure 6: Copper Mining in Australia - Exports by Country (%), 2016 24
Figure 7: Nickel Mining in Australia - Nickel Reserves by Country (%), January 2017 27
Figure 8: Nickel Mining in Australia - Nickel Deposits and Operating Mines by State/Territory, September 2017 28
Figure 9: Nickel Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Nickel Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes) vs. Number of Operating Mines, 2000-2021 30
Figure 10: Nickel Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Nickel Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2001-2021 38
Figure 11: Nickel Mining in Australia - China's Stainless Steel Production vs. China's Nickel Imports from Australia (Thousand Tonnes), 2002-2016 40
Figure 12: Lead Mining in Australia - Lead Reserves by Country (%), 2017 41
Figure 13: Lead Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Lead Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes) vs. Number of Operating Mines, 2000-2021 43
Figure 14: Lead Mining in Australia - Lead Mine Production by State Y-O-Y Comparison (Thousand Tonnes), H1 2016-H1 2017 46
Figure 15: Lead Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Lead Consumption vs. Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2000-2021 52
Figure 16: Lead Mining in Australia - Exports by Country (%), 2016 54
Figure 17: Zinc Mining in Australia - Zinc Reserves by Country (%), January 2017 56
Figure 18: Zinc Mining in Australia - Zinc Deposits and Operating Mines by State/Territory, September 2017 57
Figure 19: Zinc Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Zinc Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes) vs. Number of Operating Mines, 2000-2021 58
Figure 20: Zinc Mining in Australia - Zinc Mine Production by State Y-O-Y Comparison (Thousand Tonnes), H1 2016-H1 2017 61
Figure 21: Zinc Mining in Australia - Historical and Forecast Zinc Metal Consumption vs. Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2000-2021 68
Figure 22: Zinc Mining in Australia - Exports by Country (%), 2016 70
Figure 23: Lead and Zinc Mining in Australia - South Korean Automobile Production (Million Units) vs. Lead and Zinc Imports from Australia (Thousand Tonnes), 2001-2016 72
Figure 24: Lead and Zinc Mining in Australia - China's Automobile Production (Million Vehicles) vs. Imports of Lead and Zinc from Australia (Thousand Tonnes), 2001-2016 73
Figure 25: Australia's Mining Fiscal Regime - Three Levels of Australian Government 78
Figure 26: Australia's Mining Fiscal Regime - A Snap Shot of the Department's Key Objectives 79
