Mining in Western Australia
Mining in Western Australia, together with the petroleum industry in the state, accounted for almost 90 per cent of the State’s income from total merchandise exports in 2008-09. The state of Western Australia hosted, in 2008-09, 513 commercial mineral projects and 893 mining operations, as well as 64 operating oil and gas fields. Employment in the Western Australian mining and petroleum industry has sharply increased, having more than doubled in the last 20 years, from just over 30,000 to over 75,000 in 2009.
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Mining in Western Australia
Mining in Western Australia, together with the petroleum industry in the state, accounted for almost 90 per cent of the State’s income from total merchandise exports in 2008-09. The state of Western Australia hosted, in 2008-09, 513 commercial mineral projects and 893 mining operations, as well as 64 operating oil and gas fields. Employment in the Western Australian mining and petroleum industry has sharply increased, having more than doubled in the last 20 years, from just over 30,000 to over 75,000 in 2009.
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Mining in Western Australia, t ...... ining operations in the state.
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Position of Western Australia within Australia highlighted
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Mining in Western Australia
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Western Australia
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A$48.2 billion
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Mining in Western Australia, t ...... 30,000 to over 75,000 in 2009.
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Mining in Western Australia
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