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Australia mined 34% (IEA) of the world's lithium in 2025 and refined 1.9% (IEA).

34%

of the world's lithium mining in 2025, according to IEA · about 1 in 3

#1 in lithium miningANNUAL 2025

  • Materials with a production share

    7

    with a mining or refining share on record

  • Sites on record

    155

    Mines and plants in the open sources. Coverage is partial. Also on record: 262 deposits and projects, which are not counted.

  • Exports of the ten materials

    $11bn

    2024; most of it copper; 69 partner countries

  • Grid emissions intensity

    518gCO2e/kWh

    2025

Overview

What it produces

Share of world output, per material and stage. Each bar is one source's figure; where two sources report the same stage, both are shown and never blended. A full-width bar would be 100%.

  • Lithium· Mine

    • 34%about 1 in 3#1 in lithium miningIEA, 2025 · 104 kt Li

      Rank 1 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.

    • 32%about 1 in 3#1 in lithium miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 92 000 t

      Rank 1 of the 9 countries with a figure in this USGS table.

  • Rare earths· Mine

    • 7.4%about 1 in 20#3 in rare earths miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 29 000 t

      Rank 3 of the 12 countries with a figure in this USGS table.

    • 5%about 1 in 20#4 in rare earths miningIEA, 2025 · 4 kt REE

      Rank 4 of the 5 countries with a figure in this IEA table.

  • Copper· Mine

    • 3.2%about 1 in 20#8 in copper miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 730 kt

      Rank 8 of the 14 countries with a figure in this USGS table.

  • Lithium· Refine

    • 1.9%#4 in lithium refiningIEA, 2025 · 6 kt Li

      Rank 4 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.

  • Copper· Refine

    • 1.6%#13 in copper refiningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 460 kt

      Rank 13 of the 17 countries with a figure in this USGS table.

  • Cobalt· Mine

    • 1.3%#5 in cobalt miningIEA, 2025 · 4 kt Co

      Rank 5 of the 6 countries with a figure in this IEA table.

    • 1.2%#5 in cobalt miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 3 700 t

      Rank 5 of the 12 countries with a figure in this USGS table.

  • Tungsten· Mine

    • 1.2%#8 in tungsten miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 1 000 t

      Rank 8 of the 11 countries with a figure in this USGS table.

  • Antimony· Mine

    • 1.2%#7 in antimony miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 1 300 t

      Rank 7 of the 15 countries with a figure in this USGS table.

  • Nickel· Mine

    • 1.2%#8 in nickel miningUSGS, 2025 (estimated) · 45 000 t

      Rank 8 of the 9 countries with a figure in this USGS table.

Key facts

Country code
AUS
GDP
$1.8tn (2025)
Mineral rents, share of GDP
10% (2021)
Ores and metals, share of goods exports
35% (2025)
Mining area, all commodities
8 483 km² (2019; rank 3 of 144)

Money →Sustainability →Risks & policy →

Map

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  • Australia
  • Mine or brine operation
  • Processing site
  • Deposit or project (not a mine or a plant yet)

Sites are those in the open sources. A site missing here is missing from the sources, not from the world.

Sites on record · 155 and 262 deposits and projects

417 of 417 shown

  • AbraMine
  • AileronDeposit (no mine)
  • AmbergateDeposit (no mine)
  • AndoverDeposit (no mine)
  • AngasMine
  • AnthillMine
  • Area 55Deposit (no mine)
  • AttungaDeposit (no mine)
  • AveburyMine
  • Avoca TankMine
  • AvonbankProject (not producing yet)
  • BadjaDeposit (no mine)
  • BalcoomaMine
  • Bald HillMine
  • BarbaraMine
  • BarbaraMine
  • Barnes HillDeposit (no mine)
  • Barrow CreekDeposit (no mine)
  • BasilDeposit (no mine)
  • Beta HuntMine
  • BidaminnaDeposit (no mine)
  • Black SwanMine
  • Blue SpecDeposit (no mine)
  • Blue's FolleyDeposit (no mine)
  • BoddingtonMine
  • Bold HeadDeposit (no mine)
  • BonyaDeposit (no mine)
  • BrigantineDeposit (no mine)
  • BroadhurstDeposit (no mine)
  • BrockmanDeposit (no mine)
  • Broken HillDeposit (no mine)
  • Broken Hill CobaltDeposit (no mine)
  • BrolgaDeposit (no mine)
  • Brookes BoreDeposit (no mine)
  • BrownsDeposit (no mine)
  • Browns RangeProject (not producing yet)
  • BuldaniaDeposit (no mine)
  • Bulla ParkDeposit (no mine)
  • BulongDeposit (no mine)
  • Bulong nickel mineMine
  • Bulong-NiRefinery
  • BungalallyDeposit (no mine)
  • BungoniaDeposit (no mine)
  • BurkeDeposit (no mine)
  • Burns CentralDeposit (no mine)
  • BurraProject (not producing yet)
  • BurracoppinDeposit (no mine)
  • BynoeDeposit (no mine)
  • Byro EastDeposit (no mine)
  • CadiaMine
  • CalypsoDeposit (no mine)
  • Camel CreekDeposit (no mine)
  • Camelback BoreDeposit (no mine)
  • CampoonaDeposit (no mine)
  • CanegrassDeposit (no mine)
  • CangaiDeposit (no mine)
  • CanoonaDeposit (no mine)
  • Canterbury Open PitMine
  • Capricorn CopperMine
  • Capricorn CopperMine
  • CarlingupDeposit (no mine)
  • Carlow CastleDeposit (no mine)
  • CarrapateenaMine
  • CassiniMine
  • CavalierDeposit (no mine)
  • CawseMine
  • Cawse-Ni-CoRefinery
  • Charley CreekDeposit (no mine)
  • Circle ValleyDeposit (no mine)
  • Claude HillsDeposit (no mine)
  • ClevelandDeposit (no mine)
  • CliffsMine
  • CoburnMine
  • CogliaDeposit (no mine)
  • Collie-BAMProcessing plant
  • Constellation ProjectMine
  • Cookes Creek-Big HillDeposit (no mine)
  • CopernicusDeposit (no mine)
  • CorellaDeposit (no mine)
  • CorkwoodDeposit (no mine)
  • Coronation DamDeposit (no mine)
  • Cosmic BoyDeposit (no mine)
  • CosmosMine
  • CosterfieldMine
  • CowalinyaDeposit (no mine)
  • CroydonDeposit (no mine)
  • CSAMine
  • Cummins RangeDeposit (no mine)
  • Darwin Co-CuRefinery
  • Darwin-LFP CAMProcessing plant
  • Deep LeadsDeposit (no mine)
  • DeflectorMine
  • DeGrussaMine
  • Demonstration-Broken Hill-CoRefinery
  • Demonstration-Perth-GrProcessing plant
  • Demonstration-Townsville-BAMProcessing plant
  • DesolationDeposit (no mine)
  • Diggers AreaDeposit (no mine)
  • DolphinMine
  • DonaldProject (not producing yet)
  • Doubloon NorthDeposit (no mine)
  • DubboProject (not producing yet)
  • Duck CreekDeposit (no mine)
  • East CooeeDeposit (no mine)
  • East ScotiaDeposit (no mine)
  • Eastern HillsDeposit (no mine)
  • Elaine DorothyDeposit (no mine)
  • Elverdton Copper MineMine
  • Emmie BluffDeposit (no mine)
  • EndeavorMine
  • EneabbaProject (not producing yet)
  • Eneabba-REERefinery
  • Ernest HenryMine
  • Ernest Henry and Mount IsaMine
  • Ernest Henry and Mount Isa (Ernest Henry)Mine
  • Ernest Henry and Mount Isa (Mount Isa)Mine
  • EsmeraldaDeposit (no mine)
  • EvaProject (not producing yet)
  • FaradayDeposit (no mine)
  • FederationMine
  • FingerboardsDeposit (no mine)
  • FinnissMine
  • FisherDeposit (no mine)
  • Fisher EastDeposit (no mine)
  • Flying FoxMine
  • Foster-BakerDeposit (no mine)
  • Four CornersDeposit (no mine)
  • FrostDeposit (no mine)
  • Ghan WellDeposit (no mine)
  • Ghost RocksDeposit (no mine)
  • Glen EdenDeposit (no mine)
  • Golden GroveMine
  • Golden RidgeDeposit (no mine)
  • Golden Star Open PitMine
  • GoodyearDeposit (no mine)
  • GoongarrieDeposit (no mine)
  • Goongarrie-Ni-CoRefinery
  • GoschenProject (not producing yet)
  • Goschen CentralDeposit (no mine)
  • Goschen SouthDeposit (no mine)
  • Graphite BullDeposit (no mine)
  • Gray BridgeDeposit (no mine)
  • Great Australia ComplexMine
  • Great Australia ComplexMine
  • Great CobarMine
  • GreenbushesMine
  • GreenmountDeposit (no mine)
  • Grey DamDeposit (no mine)
  • GunnawarraDeposit (no mine)
  • Gwindinup NorthDeposit (no mine)
  • HamptonDeposit (no mine)
  • Harmony PitMine
  • Hassell BeachDeposit (no mine)
  • Hatches CreekDeposit (no mine)
  • HavieronProject (not producing yet)
  • HellyerMine
  • HeraMine
  • HillgroveProject (not producing yet)
  • HillsideProject (not producing yet)
  • Home of BullionDeposit (no mine)
  • HomevilleDeposit (no mine)
  • Honeymoon WellDeposit (no mine)
  • HorseshoeDeposit (no mine)
  • Irwin-CogliaDeposit (no mine)
  • Jacks TankDeposit (no mine)
  • JaguarMine
  • Jasper BlockDeposit (no mine)
  • JerichoDeposit (no mine)
  • JervoisProject (not producing yet)
  • JimberlanaDeposit (no mine)
  • John GaltDeposit (no mine)
  • JupiterDeposit (no mine)
  • Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold MineMine
  • Kalgoorlie-NiSmelter
  • KalkarooDeposit (no mine)
  • KanmantooMine
  • KaraMine
  • Kara No. 2Deposit (no mine)
  • Kathleen ValleyMine
  • Kavanagh Open PitMine
  • Kemerton-LiRefinery
  • KennedyDeposit (no mine)
  • KilbaDeposit (no mine)
  • King Island TailingsDeposit (no mine)
  • King TambaDeposit (no mine)
  • Kookaburra GullyDeposit (no mine)
  • KoppamurraDeposit (no mine)
  • KoppioDeposit (no mine)
  • KorellaDeposit (no mine)
  • KuridalaDeposit (no mine)
  • Kwinana-Co-NiRefinery
  • Kwinana-LiRefinery
  • Kwinana-LiRefinery
  • Kwinana-Ni-CoRefinery
  • Kwinana-pCAMProcessing plant
  • LacromaDeposit (no mine)
  • Lagoon HillDeposit (no mine)
  • Lake RebeccaDeposit (no mine)
  • LanfranchiMine
  • Larkin FindDeposit (no mine)
  • LeinsterMine
  • LeinsterMine
  • LeliynDeposit (no mine)
  • Lennard ShelfMine
  • Leviathan Open PitMine
  • Lounge LizardMine
  • Lucky BreakDeposit (no mine)
  • LuniDeposit (no mine)
  • LyonsDeposit (no mine)
  • Maggie HaysMine
  • MagpieDeposit (no mine)
  • MangaroonDeposit (no mine)
  • MannaProject (not producing yet)
  • Marble BarDeposit (no mine)
  • MaroochydoreDeposit (no mine)
  • MarriottDeposit (no mine)
  • Mary KathleenDeposit (no mine)
  • MawsonDeposit (no mine)
  • McCabeDeposit (no mine)
  • McIntoshDeposit (no mine)
  • MedcalfDeposit (no mine)
  • Melba FlatsDeposit (no mine)
  • MG14-WindaboutDeposit (no mine)
  • MiaDeposit (no mine)
  • MillenniumDeposit (no mine)
  • MiloDeposit (no mine)
  • Mineral HillMine
  • Mineral Patch HillDeposit (no mine)
  • Minhub-REE-HMSRefinery
  • Minyari DomeDeposit (no mine)
  • MiriamDeposit (no mine)
  • Mission SillDeposit (no mine)
  • Mitre HillDeposit (no mine)
  • MoinaDeposit (no mine)
  • MolyhilDeposit (no mine)
  • MonsDeposit (no mine)
  • Monty Copper MineMine
  • Mount CarbineMine
  • Mount CarltonMine
  • Mount Chalmers MineMine
  • Mount ClementDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount CobaltDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount CobaltDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount ColinMine
  • Mount DeansDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount DromedaryDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount EdonDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount FitchDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount GarnetMine
  • Mount HollandMine
  • Mount IdaDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount IsaMine
  • Mount Isa-Cu-ZnSmelter
  • Mount JewellDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount KeithMine
  • Mount LindsayDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount MargaretDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount MarionMine
  • Mount MulcahyDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount MulgineDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount OxideDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount PaynterDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount ShollDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount SlopeawayDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount TaborDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount ThirstyDeposit (no mine)
  • Mount Thirsty-Ni-CoRefinery
  • Mount WeldMine
  • Mount WindarraMine
  • Mountain of LightMine
  • Mt CattlinMine
  • Mt LyellMine
  • Mt Moss MineMine
  • Mulga TankDeposit (no mine)
  • MunglinupDeposit (no mine)
  • MurrawombieMine
  • Murrin MurrinMine
  • Murrin Murrin - MinaraMine
  • Murrin Murrin 14GPMine
  • Murrin Murrin 6Mine
  • Murrin Murrin-Ni-CoRefinery
  • Murrin South OperationsMine
  • MutoorooDeposit (no mine)
  • NagambieDeposit (no mine)
  • Nanadie WellDeposit (no mine)
  • NaracoopaMine
  • NarraburraDeposit (no mine)
  • Nebo-BabelProject (not producing yet)
  • NepeanDeposit (no mine)
  • New HopeDeposit (no mine)
  • NewmontDeposit (no mine)
  • NiftyProject (not producing yet)
  • NiftyMine
  • NiobeDeposit (no mine)
  • NiWestProject (not producing yet)
  • NiWestProject (not producing yet)
  • NMBDDeposit (no mine)
  • Nolans BoreProject (not producing yet)
  • Nolans-REERefinery
  • North StanmoreDeposit (no mine)
  • NorthcoteDeposit (no mine)
  • Northern OperationsMine
  • NorthparkesMine
  • Nova-BollingerMine
  • O'CallaghansDeposit (no mine)
  • O'ConnorDeposit (no mine)
  • OarDeposit (no mine)
  • OlympiaDeposit (no mine)
  • Olympic DamMine
  • Olympic DamMine
  • Olympic Dam-CuSmelter
  • OsborneMine
  • OverlanderDeposit (no mine)
  • Pardoo-HighwayDeposit (no mine)
  • PASMine
  • Peak MinesMine
  • Peko TailingsMine
  • PelicanDeposit (no mine)
  • PerrinvaleDeposit (no mine)
  • Perry CreekDeposit (no mine)
  • PilgangooraMine
  • Pilgangoora-Li-PRefinery
  • PinnaclesDeposit (no mine)
  • PioneerDeposit (no mine)
  • Pioneer DomeDeposit (no mine)
  • Port Pirie-Zn-Cu-Te-Bi-SbSmelter
  • PortiaMine
  • PortiaMine
  • Prominent HillMine
  • Pyke HillDeposit (no mine)
  • QuicksilverDeposit (no mine)
  • Radio HillMine
  • RavensthorpeMine
  • Ravensthorpe-Ni-CoRefinery
  • RedlingsDeposit (no mine)
  • RenisonMine
  • RidgewayMine
  • RisdonSmelter
  • RiverinaDeposit (no mine)
  • RocklandsMine
  • RocklandsMine
  • Rocky's Reward PitMine
  • RoseberyMine
  • RosieDeposit (no mine)
  • Rover 1Project (not producing yet)
  • Ruth WellDeposit (no mine)
  • SaintsDeposit (no mine)
  • Sandy MitchellDeposit (no mine)
  • SavannahMine
  • SconiProject (not producing yet)
  • Sherlock BayDeposit (no mine)
  • Silver KnightDeposit (no mine)
  • Silver LakeDeposit (no mine)
  • SinclairDeposit (no mine)
  • SinclairMine
  • SiviourProject (not producing yet)
  • Siviour-BAMProcessing plant
  • SlopeawayDeposit (no mine)
  • SorrelMine
  • South KambaldaMine
  • SpargovilleDeposit (no mine)
  • Spinifex RidgeMine
  • Splinter RockDeposit (no mine)
  • Split RocksDeposit (no mine)
  • Spotted QuollMine
  • SpringdaleDeposit (no mine)
  • St DizierDeposit (no mine)
  • StantonDeposit (no mine)
  • Sulphur SpringsProject (not producing yet)
  • SunriseProject (not producing yet)
  • SybellaDeposit (no mine)
  • Tabba TabbaDeposit (no mine)
  • TallebungDeposit (no mine)
  • TECH-Ni-Co-HPARefinery
  • TelferMine
  • TexasMine
  • ThalangaMine
  • Thirty-nine Kinsella Street Private dwellinghousesMine
  • Tommy BurnsDeposit (no mine)
  • TorringtonDeposit (no mine)
  • TowerDeposit (no mine)
  • Townsville-CuRefinery
  • TrittonMine
  • Trough WellDeposit (no mine)
  • Tumblegum Open PitMine
  • Uley 2Project (not producing yet)
  • VulcanDeposit (no mine)
  • Walford CreekDeposit (no mine)
  • Wallace NorthMine
  • WaterlooDeposit (no mine)
  • WatershedDeposit (no mine)
  • WedderburnDeposit (no mine)
  • West LynnDeposit (no mine)
  • Western QueenDeposit (no mine)
  • Whim CreekMine
  • White RockDeposit (no mine)
  • Widgie NorthDeposit (no mine)
  • Widgie SouthDeposit (no mine)
  • Wilclo SouthDeposit (no mine)
  • Wild Cattle CreekDeposit (no mine)
  • WilunaDeposit (no mine)
  • Wim 100Deposit (no mine)
  • Wim 150Deposit (no mine)
  • WingellinaDeposit (no mine)
  • Wingellina-Ni-CoRefinery
  • WodginaMine
  • Wolfram CampMine
  • WudinnaDeposit (no mine)
  • Yabulu-NiRefinery
  • YakabindieMine
  • Yanco GlenDeposit (no mine)
  • YangibanaProject (not producing yet)
  • YerillaDeposit (no mine)
  • YinnetharraDeposit (no mine)
  • YoungDeposit (no mine)
  • Young AustralianDeposit (no mine)
  • YttriaDeposit (no mine)

One entry per site. Where two sources describe the same site, the atlas lists the record of the source it ranks higher.

Country in context

Lithium: Raw materials (IEA), 2025. All rows come from the same table.

Country in context: Lithium, Raw materials (IEA), 2025
Countrykt LiShare of worldSource
AustraliaThis country10434.3 %
World totalWorld total as the source gives it302–

Supply chain

Every figure the sources give for this country, its trade partners per material, and where its sites are.

Production, refining and reserves

The latest year of each series. Share is of the series total: the larger of the source world total and the sum of its rows. Rank counts only the countries that have a number in that series.

Production, refining and reserves: Australia
SeriesAmountShare of worldSource
Lithium: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 1 of 992 000 t31.7 %
Lithium: Raw materials (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 1 of 6104 kt Li34.3 %
Lithium: Chemicals (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 4 of 66 kt Li1.9 %
Lithium: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 2 of 108 400 000 t22.7 %
Cobalt: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 5 of 123 700 t1.2 %
Cobalt: Mining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 5 of 64 kt Co1.3 %
Cobalt: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 2 of 121 700 000 t14.2 %
Nickel: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 8 of 945 000 t1.2 %
Nickel: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 2 of 925 000 000 t19.2 %
Copper: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 8 of 14730 kt3.2 %
Copper: Refinery production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 13 of 17460 kt1.6 %
Copper: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 2 of 14100 000 kt10.2 %
Rare earths: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 3 of 1229 000 t7.4 %
Rare earths: Mining (IEA)2025 · IEA GCMO 2026 · rank 4 of 54 kt REE5.0 %
Rare earths: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 3 of 116 300 000 t7.4 %
Tungsten: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 8 of 111 000 t1.2 %
Tungsten: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 2 of 8570 000 t12.1 %
Antimony: Mine production2025 (estimated) · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 7 of 151 300 t1.2 %
Antimony: Reserves2025 · USGS MCS 2026 · rank 6 of 13110 000 t4.6 %

Mines and plants listed without coordinates · 57

The USGS Minerals Yearbook names these operations in Australia with company, place and annual capacity, but gives no coordinates, so they are not on the map. Capacity is not production. Each row is from the chapter year shown.

Material and productKindCompany, as listedPlace, as listedAnnual capacityYearSource
AntimonyAntimonyNot specifiedCosterfield underground antimony-gold mine [AGD Mining, operator (Mandalay Resources Ltd., 100%)]50 km southeast of Bendigo, VIC4 thousand metric tons per year2023
AntimonyAntimonyNot specifiedHillgrove Mine3 (Red River Resources Ltd. 100%)25 km east of Armidale, NSW10 thousand metric tons per year2023
CobaltCobalt, mine, Co contentMineMurrin Murrin open pit nickel-cobalt mine [Murrin Murrin Operations Pty. Ltd. (Glencore, 100%)]60 km east of Leonora, WA2 000 metric per year2023
CobaltCobalt, mine, Co contentMineNova-Bollinger mine (IGO Ltd., 100%)160 km east-northeast of Norseman, WA1 100 metric per year2023
CobaltCobalt, mine, Co contentMineRadio Hill underground nickel-cobalt mine and processing plant3 (Artemis Resources Ltd., 100%)35 km south of Karratha, WA200 metric per year2023
CobaltCobalt, mine, Co contentMineRavensthorpe open pit mine (First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 100%)155 km west of Esperance, WA1 400 metric per year2023
CobaltCobalt, mine, Co contentMineSavannah underground mine (Panoramic Resources Ltd., 100%)120 km north of Halls Creek, WA250 metric per year2023
CopperCopper > Mine production,MineBoddington open pit/underground gold mine (Newmont Mining130 km southeast of Perth, WA35 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > SmelterPlantMount Isa copper smelter (Glencore Plc., 100%)Mount Isa, QLD250 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > RefineryPlantOlympic Dam copper refinery [Olympic Dam Corp. Pty. Ltd., operator (BHP Group Ltd., 100%)]Roxby Downs, 80 km north of Woomera, SA235 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > SmelterPlantOlympic Dam copper smelter [Olympic Dam Corp. Pty. Ltd., operator (BHP Group Ltd., 100%)]Roxby Downs, 80 km north of Woomera, SA70 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > RefineryPlantTownsville copper refinery (Glencore Plc., 100%)Townsville, QLD300 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > Cu contentNot specifiedCadia Valley mining complex (includes Cadia East, Cadia Hill, and Ridgeway deposits) (Newcrest Mining Ltd., 100%)25 km south-southwest of Orange, NSW90 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > Cu contentNot specifiedCarrapateena Mine (Oz Mineral Ltd., 100%)160 km north of Port Augusta, SA65 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > Cu contentNot specifiedCorp., 100%)not given2023
CopperCopper > Cu contentNot specifiedDeGrussa underground gold-copper mine (Sandfire Resources NL, 100%)150 km north of Meekatharra, WA300 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > Cu contentNot specifiedEloise underground copper mine (FMR Investments Pty. Ltd., 100%)60 km southeast of Cloncurry, QLD70 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > Cu contentNot specifiedErnest Henry open pit/underground copper-gold mine (Glencore Plc., 100%)35 km northeast of Cloncurry, QLD115 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > Cu contentNot specifiedMount Gordon open pit copper (solvent extraction-electrowinning) mine (Aditya Birla Minerals Ltd., 100%)120 km north of Mount Isa, QLD50 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > Cu contentNot specifiedMount Isa underground copper-lead-zinc-silver mine (includes Enterprise, George Fisher, and Lady Loretta Mines) (Glencore Plc., 100%)Mount Isa, QLD190 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > Cu contentNot specifiedMount Lyell underground copper-gold mine [Copper Mines of Tasmania Pty. Ltd. (Vedanta Ltd., 100%)]2 km northeast of Queenstown, TAS35 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > Cu contentNot specifiedNorthparkes open pit/underground copper-gold mine (China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., 80%; Sumitomo Metal Mining Oceania Pty. Ltd., 13.3%; SC Mineral Resources Pty. Ltd., 6.7%)30 km northwest of Parkes, NSW90 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > Cu contentNot specifiedOlympic Dam underground copper-silver-gold-uranium mine [BHP Olympic Dam Corp. Pty. Ltd., operator (BHP Group Ltd., 100%)]Roxby Downs, 80 km north of Woomera, SA235 thousand metric tons per year2023
CopperCopper > Cu contentNot specifiedProminent Hill open pit/underground copper-gold mine (BHP Group Ltd., 100%)650 km northwest of Adelaide, SA140 thousand metric tons per year2023
LithiumLithium > Mine, spodumene, concentrateMineAltura lithium mine (Pilbara Minerals Ltd., 100%)90 km south of Port Hedland, WA220 thousand metric tons per year2023
LithiumLithium > Mine, spodumene, concentrateMineBald Hill lithium and tantalum mine4 (Alita Resources Ltd., 100%)50 km southeast of Kambalda, WA150 thousand metric tons per year2023
LithiumLithium > Mine, spodumene, concentrateMineGreenbushes open pit/underground tantalite-spodumene mine [Talison Lithium Australia Pty. Ltd., operator (Albemarle Corp., 49%; Tianqi Lithium Corp., 26.01%; IGO Ltd., 24.99%)]70 km southeast of Bunbury, WA740 thousand metric tons per year2023
LithiumLithium > Mine, spodumene, concentrateMineMount Cattlin spodumene mine (Galaxy Resources Ltd., 100%)2 km north of Ravensthorpe, WA180 thousand metric tons per year2023
LithiumLithium > Mine, spodumene, concentrateMineMount Marion spodumene mine [Reed Industrial Minerals Pty. Ltd. (Mineral Resources Ltd., 50%, and Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd., 50%)]40 km southwest of Kaloorlie, WA600 thousand metric tons per year2023
LithiumLithium > Mine, spodumene, concentrateMinePilgangoora lithium-tantalum mine (Pilbara Minerals Ltd., 100%)120 km south of Port Hedland, WA580 thousand metric tons per year2023
LithiumLithium > Mine, direct shipping oreMineWodgina Mine [MARBL Lithium Joint Venture (Albemarle Corp., 60%, and Mineral Resources Ltd., 40%)]100 km south of Port Hedland, WA3 500 thousand metric tons per year2023
LithiumLithium > Refinery, hydroxidePlantKemerton Refinery [MARBL Lithium Joint Venture (Albemarle Corp., 60%, and Mineral Resources Ltd., 40%)]Bunbury, WA25 000 metric tons per year2023
LithiumLithium > Refinery, hydroxidePlantKwinana Refinery [Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia Pty. Ltd. (operator) (Tianqi Lithium Corp., 51%, and IGO Ltd., 49%)]35 km south of Perth, WA24 000 metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineAvebury nickel mine and processing plant (includes Bison, North Avebury, Saxon, and West Viking deposits) (Mallee Resources Ltd., 100%)Near Zeehan, TAS7 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineBeta Hunt nickel-gold mine (includes Beta Hunt and East Alpha deposits) [Salt Lake Mining Pty. Ltd. (Karora Resources Ltd., 100%)]60 km south of Kalgoorlie, WA3 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineBlack Swan underground nickel mine3 (includes Silver Swan deposits) (Poseidon Nickel Ltd., 100%)53 km northeast of Kalgoorlie, WA10 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineCosmos project3 (includes Odysseus underground nickel mine) (IGO Ltd., 100%)50 km north of Leinster, WA13 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineForrestania operation (includes Fly Fox and Spotted quoll underground nickel mines and Cosmic Boy concentrator) (IGO Ltd., 100%)100 km north of Ravensthorpe, WA25 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineKambalda nickel concentrator (BHP Group Ltd., 100%)56 km south of Kalgoorlie, WA40 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineKambalda nickel mine (includes Cassini, Durkin North, Otter Juan, and Long deposits) (Mincor Resources NL, 100%)120 km west of Norseman, WA16 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineLake Johnston underground nickel mine3 (includes Maggie Hays, Emily Ann, and Maggie Hays Lake deposits) (Poseidon Nickel Ltd., 100%)120 km west of Norseman, WA12 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineLanfranchi underground mine (includes Deacon, Schmitz, Tramway,and Winner deposits) (Black Mountain Metals LLC, 50%, and Tembo Capital Management Ltd., 50%)42 km south of Kambalda, WA10 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineLeinster nickel operation (includes Cliffs, Leinster, and Venus mines, and Leinster concentrator) (BHP Group Ltd., 100%)10 km north of Leinster, WA44 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineMount Keith nickel operation (includes Mount Keith and Yakabine mines, and Mount Keith concentrator) (BHP Group Ltd., 100%)70 km south-southeast of Wiluna, WA40 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineMurrin Murrin open pit nickel-cobalt mine [Murrin Murrin Pty. Ltd. (Glencore Plc., 100%)]60 km east of Leonora, WA40 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineNova operation (includes Nova underground nickel-cobalt mine and processing plant) (IGO Ltd., 100%)160 km east-northeast of Norseman, WA28 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineRadio Hill underground nickel-cobalt mine and processing plant3 (Artemis Resources Ltd., 100%)35 km south of Karratha, WA4 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineRavensthorpe open pit mine (First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 100%)Ravensthorpe, WA25 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > Mine, Ni contentMineSavannah underground mine (Panoramic Resources Ltd., 100%)120 km north of Halls Creek, WA8 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel > SmelterPlantKalgoorlie nickel smelter (BHP Group Ltd., 100%)Kalgoorlie, WA110 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel—Continued > RefineryPlantKwinana nickel refinery (BHP Group Ltd., 100%)Kwinana, WA83 thousand metric tons per year2023
NickelNickel—Continued > RefineryPlantMurrin Murrin nickel refinery [Murrin Murrin Pty. Ltd. (Glencore Plc., 100%)]Murrin Murrin, WA45 thousand metric tons per year2023
Rare earthsRare earths > concentrate, rare-Minenot given2023
Rare earthsRare earths > Mine, mineralMineMount Weld Mine (Lynas Rare Earth Ltd., 100%)Mount Weld, WA21 000 metric per year2023
Rare earthsRare earths > earth-oxide equivalentPlantnot given2023
Rare earthsRare earths > Mixed rare-earth carbonatePlantKalgoorlie Rare Earths Processing Facility (Lynas Rare Earth Ltd., 100%)Kalgoorlie-Boulder, WAnot given2023
TungstenTungsten, mineMineKara magnetite and scheelite mine (Tasmania Mines Ltd., 100%)30 km south of Burnie, TAS50 metric per year2023

Trade partners

2 recorded flows, 2024

Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain)
  • Recorded trade flow; a thicker line is a larger value
  • Australia

Lines join the middle of each country. They are not shipping routes.

Recorded trade flows of Australia: Copper
PartnerMaterialYearValue, US$Source
Export toJapanCopperMine2024$1.6bn
Export toChinaCopperRefine2024$1.4bn

Reconciled customs data (CEPII BACI), by value. The data holds only the largest flows of each material, so this is not the country’s full trade.

417 sites, deposits and projects on record are listed with the map in the Overview →

Money

What the trade data and the World Bank record in money terms. Every value is a reported figure with its own year.

All recorded trade flows of 2024 under the customs codes that isolate one of the ten materials, by value (CEPII BACI, reconciled estimates, current US dollars). Codes that mix several materials are left out, so trade in those materials is understated; gallium and germanium have no usable code at all. Each material lists its five largest partners. Why trade data blurs some materials

Exports of the ten materials

$11bnin 2024, with 69 partner countries

Imports of the ten materials

$332Min 2024, with 46 partner countries

The economy around mining

World Bank indicators. Each has its own latest year, shown next to the value; mineral rents are often several years old.

  • GDP (current US$)

    $1.8tn

    Year 2025

  • Mineral rents (% of GDP)

    10%

    Year 2021

  • Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

    35%

    Year 2025

Government revenue from extractives

No data yet. Australia has no EITI summary record with a government total. Countries report only if they implement the EITI Standard; a missing record does not mean there is no such revenue.

EITI open data

Investment pipeline

announced figures

Planned and under-construction projects in Australia with a publicly announced capital cost, public financial backing, or both. Each line is one statement by the named publisher on the given date; the atlas adds nothing to it.

No data yet. The atlas has read no announcement of this kind for a project in Australia. The list is short and hand-read; a missing project is missing from the list, not from the world.

A short, hand-read list, not a census: 19 projects in all. Announced amounts are not spending, a letter of interest or a conditional commitment is not a loan, and amounts stay in the currency of the announcement.

Public support instruments

Stockpiles, price floors, offtake and purchasing programmes and public funds of Australia's government, as dated policy events of the type "public support". Each is one statement by its publisher.

  • 2026-05-21announced · AustraliaOfftakeannounced

    Through the Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve the Australian Government gave a non-binding commitment to secure rare earths from the Nolans project of Arafura Rare Earths.

    Covers: “500 tonnes of rare earths” · Materials: Rare earths

    The publisher's words: “The Government has provided a non-binding commitment to secure 500 tonnes of rare earths from the project, through the Reserve”
    2 further statements from the source

    funding committed to the reserve

    The publisher's words: “The Government has committed $1.2 billion to establish”

    product

    The publisher's words: “The Nolans project will produce neodymium-praseodymium oxide, or NdPr”
  • 2026-01-12announced · AustraliaStockpileannounced

    The Australian Government announced the design of its Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve, which secures rights to minerals produced in Australia and on-sells them, with some selective stockpiling.

    AUD 1.2 bn · “$1.2 billion”

    Covers: “antimony, gallium and rare earth elements” · Materials: Antimony, Gallium, Rare earths

    The publisher's words: “The first minerals to be the focus of the Strategic Reserve will be antimony, gallium and rare earth elements”
    4 further statements from the source

    size of the reserve

    The publisher's words: “new details of its $1.2 billion Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve”

    how it operates

    The publisher's words: “The Reserve will operate by securing rights to minerals produced in Australia and on-selling those rights to meet demand”

    transactions drawn from the Critical Minerals Facility

    The publisher's words: “The Reserve includes $1 billion for transactions to be drawn from the expanded $5 billion Critical Minerals Facility”

    stockpiling share

    The publisher's words: “A further $185 million has been allocated for selective stockpiling of minerals”
  • 2025-10-20signed · United States and AustraliaFundannounced

    Bilateral, non-binding framework in which both governments commit financing for critical minerals and rare earths projects and name price floors as a possible pricing tool.

    USD 1 bn · “at least $1 billion in financing to projects located in each of the United States and Australia”

    Covers: “critical minerals and rare earths” · Materials: Rare earths

    The publisher's words: “the Participants are taking measures to provide at least $1 billion in financing to projects located in each of the United States and Australia”
    2 further statements from the source

    price floors named

    The publisher's words: “within a pricing framework including price floors or similar measures”

    non-binding character

    The publisher's words: “does not constitute or create any legally binding or enforceable obligations, express or implied”

Mining companies headquartered here · 48

Companies that Wikidata places in the mining industry with headquarters in Australia, for every commodity, not only the ten materials. Wikidata is edited by volunteers: entries may be missing or out of date, and each name links to its item. A listing names an exchange and a ticker; it is not a price.

CompanyHeadquartersStock listingLEISource
Allegiance MiningSydneyAustralian Securities Exchange: AGM—
Allkemnamed at 2 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiaryBrisbaneToronto Stock Exchange: AKE—
ArriumSydneyAustralian Securities Exchange: ARI—
Australian Agricultural CompanyBrisbaneAustralian Securities Exchange: AAC549300Y00F9KT5JNIE98
BHP Groupnamed at 26 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiaryMelbourneAustralian Securities Exchange: BHPLondon Stock Exchange: BHPNew York Stock Exchange: BBLNew York Stock Exchange: BHPWZE1WSENV6JSZFK0JC28
Dragon MiningPerthHong Kong Stock Exchange: 1712529900REQQUBNA72L685
Fortescue LtdPerthAustralian Securities Exchange: FMGOTC Markets Group: FSUMF529900VEJFORCO6I4826
Galaxy Resourcesnamed at 1 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiaryAustraliaAustralian Securities Exchange: GXY2549000PB9F7T41BCD86
Iluka Resourcesnamed at 1 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiaryPerthAustralian Securities Exchange: ILU2549009N2Y1F4YNB0955
Incitec PivotMelbourneAustralian Securities Exchange: IPL—
Lanka Graphite LimitedMelbourneAustralian Securities Exchange: LGR—
LynasSydneyAustralian Securities Exchange: LYC529900SGT9M1FJPXXI35
Macmahon HoldingsPerthAustralian Securities Exchange: MAH52990031UMN8E6ARZC86
Newcrest Miningnamed at 5 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiaryMelbourneAustralian Securities Exchange: NCMToronto Stock Exchange5299006MN50OZJUJI655
OricaMelbourneAustralian Securities Exchange: ORI—
Seven Group HoldingsPyrmontAustralian Securities Exchange: SVW—
Siren GoldPerthAustralian Securities Exchange: SNG529900ZUCG2XCQN7KP31
Solomon GoldBrisbaneLondon Stock Exchange: SOLGOTC Markets Group: SLGGF—
South32PerthAustralian Securities Exchange: S32London Stock Exchange213800LAZNPXSBKVHR17
Tiger Resourcesnamed at 1 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiaryBalcattaToronto Stock Exchange529900NCE058R0IWAS47
WPG Resources LtdSydney Central Business DistrictAustralian Securities Exchange: WPG—
AlbatecKalgoorlie——
Bulga CoalSingleton——
Compass ResourcesSydney——
Conquest MiningAustralia——
Cu-River MiningAdelaide——
Energy Transition MineralsPerth—2138001B6GB5GWN9MS46
Hancock ProspectingPerth—894500P9NT8ZPNHVN816
International Ferro MetalsSydney——
Laguna ResourcesWest Perth——
Macarthur CoalBrisbane——
MASPROCondobolin——
Ministry of GemsSydney——
OZ Mineralsnamed at 1 sites or listed plants, itself or through a subsidiaryAdelaide—529900O2VBT5CL7EZT27
PasmincoMelbourne——
Pilbara IronPerth——
Protective FencingSomersby——
QCoalBrisbane—254900IKILMEJ84GS716
Ramelius Resources LtdSydney——
Rico ResourcesPerth——
Rio Tinto Coal AustraliaBrisbane——
Roy Hill HoldingsPerth Airport—894500KNOFBDJPS0AC08
RSCPerth——
Sons of GwaliaWest Perth——
Sundance ResourcesPerth—5299003689LO8167IY49
Valence IndustriesAdelaide——
WesTracSouth Guildford—254900Q6JHU4ZXAKWY76
Wolf MineralsPerth—213800F9EQEDKGDKZM06

These figures are informational, not financial advice.

Sustainability

Four indicators, the same on every profile. Each is a figure with its unit, year and source, or a plain statement that there is none.

  • Carbon

    Emissions intensity of the country's electricity grid.

    518gCO2e/kWh

    2025Reported

    Higher than 59% of the other 208 countries with a grid figure.

    • It describes the national grid, not mining or refining. Sites may run on their own power.
  • Water

    Share of the country's mine sites on record that lie in high or extremely high baseline water stress.

    9.8%of mine sites on record

    2023Estimated

    No world percentile: the number of sites on record differs too much between countries to compare them.

    • 12 of 123 sites with a class (123 mine and brine sites on record).
    • Counted by site, not by tonnage: it is not a share of production.
    • "Arid and Low Water Use" is a class of its own in the source and is not counted as high.
  • Land

    Land visibly used by mining in the country, every commodity together.

    8 483km²

    2019Estimated

    Higher than 99% of the other 143 countries with a mapped mining area.

    • Rank 3 of 144 countries by area.
    • Mapped from satellite images for all mining in a country. It cannot be attributed to one material or one site.
  • Circularity

    Recycling's share of demand.

    Not available per country: recycling rates in the atlas are published per material, for the EU as a whole.

There is no overall score: the four figures measure different things and are not added up. How to read these figures

Risks & policy

Export controls in force

Compiled by USGS, effective January 2026. Not a live feed.

USGS Table 4 lists no export control by this country for the materials in the atlas.

Chokepoints at sea

The atlas has no record of which minerals pass through which sea passage, so no chokepoint figure is attached to this profile. Current ship counts for the main passages are on the Live page. Open the Live page

Gaps

What the atlas is missing for Australia

Computed from the data. Each line names a record that exists and one that does not. It marks missing data, not missing industry.

  • A tungsten producer (1.2% of world output; Mine production, 2025), but no site record names an owner or operator.
  • Trade is partial by design: the atlas holds only each material's largest flows. 10 of them name this country.

Add dataAll gaps, across materials

Sources

Every source this profile uses, with its licence, the years its figures describe and how sure the figures are. Each chip on the profile opens the single record.

The mining-area figure comes from a share-alike source (CC-BY-SA-4.0). It is kept in its own file under that licence, apart from the rest of the atlas's data.

History & talk

Revision history and discussion are coming soon.

Every change to a figure will be listed here with its source, its credit and its review, and each profile will have a place to discuss it. Until then the data changes only when a source is updated, and every figure links to that source.

What can be contributed today

What we don't know yet

No open source we may use gives these figures. Nothing is estimated to fill them. If you know a public source, add it.

Type the name of a material, a country, a site or a company.