Mining in Australia Mining

Presented by Rubaiyat Rahman Farah Jafry Tanzeela Rahman Imran Rahman

Introduction

History The mining in Australia started to prevent potential bankruptcy for the early colonies. In 1840s silver and later copper were discovered. The first economic mineral in Australia were silver. After discovering copper other minerals were overshadowed. Later on in 1851 gold was found near ophir, new south Wales. By the middle of 1850s 40% of the worlds gold was produced in Australia.

History The population change dramatically. By the end of 19 th century most Victorian gold field were exhausted. Most of the profit was send to UK and rest of the money was invested for industry and infrastructure.

Economic Impact Savior in for Australia from % Australia gross domestic product Taxes 35% Australia's exports Roughly 129,000 Australians employees

“ Timeline of Mining

Australia's mining services, equipment, and technology exports are over $2 billion annually.

Softwares and Technology Geological database and resource estimation software - Micromine. Geology/planning software- Rungepincockminarco, maptek pvt ltd, Oreology and Paradyn. Data management software such as Corvus. Mine management and information management system as Minestar.

Location ◦ Australia is famous for its mining activity from the Victorian era. ◦ Most of the states are influenced by mining movement, some of the areas are note worthy. ◦ The significant locations are goldfields, peel, and Pilbara

Location Peel Goldfield Pilbara

Environmental Impact ◦ Deforestation ◦ Consequent ◦ Erosion ◦ Arsenic pollution ◦ Increase of population

Politics ◦ Mining boom ◦ Government too dependent ◦ Inequality rising ◦ Destabilizing the delicate balancing act ◦ Mining dependant economy unsustainable ◦ Forced towards slash spending

Conclusion

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