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Selected Australian mineral discoveries since 1970

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Over the last two decades the mining industry'scontribution to the Australian economy has grownsubstantially. According to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, in 1970-71mining contributed 3.0% of GDP compared to 5.8%for rural industries. By 1988-89 mining's share hadrisen to 4.1% while the rural contribution was downto 4.2%. In terms of export earnings minerals contributed approximately 28% ($1430 million) of total earnings in 1970-71 but by 1989-90 this hadgrown to almost 41% ($23917 million). Mining achieved this strong growth while maintaining astable share of the Australian workforce of under 1.4%.

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Title Selected Australian mineral discoveries since 1970
Language eng
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Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/efdfc10a-98cc-4a8b-ad91-0bc01c55f186
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[96.0, -44.0], [168.0, -44.0], [168.0, -9.0], [96.0, -9.0], [96.0, -44.0]]]}
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