Base Metals Mining in Australia to 2021 – Exports to Recover as Production Capacity Expands

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GlobalData’s “Base Metals Mining in Australia to 2021” report covers comprehensive information on Australia’s base metal (copper, nickel, zinc, and lead) mining industry, base metal (copper, nickel, zinc, and lead) reserves and grade, the historical and forecast data on base metal (copper, nickel, zinc, and lead) production, and price. The report also includes the historical and forecast data on base metal (copper, zinc, and lead) consumption, ores and concentrates exports and exports by country. Detailed analysis of the Australian mining industry’s regulatory structure, factors affecting the demand for base metal (copper, nickel, zinc, and lead), profile of major base metal (copper, nickel, zinc, and lead) producing companies in Australia, and base metal (copper, nickel, zinc, and lead) mining projects at various stages (active, exploration and development) of the supply chain are provided

Scope

• Summary of the country’s mining industry across various parameters – reserves, production, consumption, exports, competitive landscape, regulatory scenario and the future potential.

• Base metal (copper, nickel, zinc, and lead) production, consumption and exports numbers from 2000-2016 and forecast for next five years to 2021.

• Copper, nickel, zinc, and lead prices; copper, zinc, and lead consumption; copper, nickel, zinc, and lead exports.

• Policies and regulatory framework governing the industry.

• Company details, including company overview, business description and data on major active, exploration and development copper, nickel, zinc, and lead projects.

Reasons to Buy

• Gain an understanding of Australia’s base metals mining industry.

• Facilitate decision-making based on strong historic and forecast data

• Obtain the state-wise most up to date information for active, exploration and development projects.

• Develop strategies based on the latest regulatory events

• Identify various factors affecting the demand for copper, nickel, zinc, and lead.

• Identify key operating companies’ and obtain the business structure, strategy and prospects.

Glencore plc
South32 Limited
BHP Billiton Ltd

Table of Contents

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 23

3.6.1. Exports by Country 25

3.7. Factors Affecting the Demand for Copper 26

4. Nickel Mining in Australia: Reserves, Production, Consumption, and Trade 28

4.1. Nickel Reserves by Country 28

4.2. Historical and Forecast Production 30

4.2.1. Nickel prices 33

4.3. Active Mines 34

4.4. Exploration Projects 35

4.5. Development Projects 38

4.6. Nickel Exports 40

4.7. Factors Affecting the Demand for Nickel 42

4.7.1. Demand from China’s Steel Industry 42

5. Lead Mining in Australia: Reserves, Production, Consumption, and Exports 43

5.1. Lead Reserves by Country 43

5.2. Historical and Forecast Production 45

5.2.1. Lead prices 47

5.2.2. Production by state and territory 48

5.3. Active Mines 50

5.4. Exploration Projects 51

5.5. Development Projects 53

5.6. Consumption vs. Exports 54

5.6.1. Exports by Country 56

6. Zinc Mining in Australia: Reserves, Production, Consumption, and Trade 58

6.1. Zinc Reserves by Country 58

6.2. Historical and Forecast Production 61

6.2.1. Zinc prices 63

6.2.2. Production by state and territory 64

6.3. Active Mines 66

6.4. Exploration Projects 67

6.5. Development Projects 69

6.6. Consumption vs. Exports 71

6.6.1. Exports by Country 73

6.7. Factors Affecting the Demand for Lead and Zinc 75

7. Base Metals Mining in Australia: Major Producers 77

7.1. Glencore plc 77

7.2. South32 Ltd 78

7.3. BHP Billiton Ltd 79

8. Australia’s Mining Industry: Fiscal Regime 81

8.1. Governing Bodies 81

8.1.1. National level 81

8.1.2. Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) 82

8.1.3. State or Territory Involvement 83

8.2. Australia’s Mining Fiscal Regime: Laws, Regulations, Rights and Obligations 84

8.2.1. Offshore legislation 84

8.2.2. Onshore legislation 84

8.2.3. Rights and Obligations 87

8.3. Australia’s Mining Fiscal Regime: Royalty and Taxes 87

8.3.1. Royalty 87

8.3.2. Corporate Income Tax 91

8.3.3. Withholding Tax 91

8.3.4. Treatment of tax Losses 92

8.3.5. Goods and Services Tax (GST) 92

9. Appendix 93

9.1. Abbreviations 93

9.2. Methodology 93

9.3. Coverage 93

9.4. Secondary Research 94

9.5. Contact Us 94

9.6. Disclaimer 94

Table

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) 22

Table 11: Copper Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Copper Consumption vs. Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2000–2021 24

Table 12: Copper Mining in Australia – Exports by Country (Thousand Tonnes), 2016 25

Table 13: Copper Mining in Australia – High-Priority Infrastructure Projects by State/Territory, 2017 26

Table 14: Copper Mining in Australia – Priority Infrastructure Projects by State/Territory, 2017 27

Table 15: Nickel Mining in Australia – Nickel Reserves by Country (Million Tonnes), January 2017 29

Table 16: Nickel Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Nickel Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes), 2000–2021 32

Table 17: Nickel Mining in Australia – Nickel Quarterly Prices (US$/ Tonne), 2013–2017 33

Table 18: Nickel Mining in Australia – Active Mines, 2017 34

Table 19: Nickel Mining in Australia – Exploration Projects, 2017 35

Table 20: Nickel Mining in Australia – Exploration Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 37

Table 21: Nickel Mining in Australia – Development Projects, 2017 38

Table 22: Nickel Mining in Australia – Development Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 39

Table 23: Nickel Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Nickel Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2001–2021 41

Table 24: Lead Mining in Australia – Lead Reserves by Country (Thousand Tonnes), January 2017 44

Table 25: Lead Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Lead Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes), 2000–2021 46

Table 26: Lead Mining in Australia – Lead Quarterly Prices (US$/ Tonne), 2013–2017 47

Table 27: Lead Mining in Australia – Lead Mine Production by State Y-O-Y Comparison (Thousand Tonnes), H1 2016–H1 2017 49

Table 28: Lead Mining in Australia – Active Mines, 2017 50

Table 29: Lead Mining in Australia – Exploration Projects, 2017 51

Table 30: Lead Mining in Australia – Exploration Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 52

Table 31: Lead Mining in Australia – Development Projects, 2017 53

Table 32: Lead Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Lead Consumption vs. Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2000–2021 55

Table 33: Lead Mining in Australia – Exports by Country (Thousand Tonnes), 2016 57

Table 34: Zinc Mining in Australia – Zinc Reserves by Country (Thousand Tonnes), January 2017 59

Table 35: Zinc Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Zinc Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes), 2000–2021 62

Table 36: Zinc Mining in Australia – Zinc Quarterly Prices (US$/ Tonne), 2013–2017 63

Table 37: Zinc Mining in Australia – Zinc Mine Production by State Y-O-Y Comparison (Thousand Tonnes), H1 2016– H1 2017 65

Table 38: Zinc Mining in Australia – Active Mines, 2017 66

Table 39: Zinc Mining in Australia – Exploration Projects, 2017 67

Table 40: Zinc Mining in Australia – Exploration Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 68

Table 41: Zinc Mining in Australia – Development Projects, 2017 69

Table 42: Zinc Mining in Australia – Development Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 70

Table 43: Zinc Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Zinc Metal Consumption vs. Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2000–2021 72

Table 44: Zinc Mining in Australia – Exports by Country (Thousand Tonnes), 2016 74

Table 45: Base Metals Mining in Australia – Glencore plc, Major Projects, 2017 77

Table 46: Base Metals Mining in Australia – Glencore plc, Major Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 78

Table 47: Base Metals Mining in Australia – South32 Ltd, Major Projects, 2017 78

Table 48: Base Metals Mining in Australia – BHP Billiton Ltd, Major Projects, 2017 79

Table 49: Base Metals Mining in Australia – BHP Billiton Ltd, Major Projects, 2017 (Contd. 1) 80

Table 50: Australia’s Mining Fiscal Regime – Reference Prices for Prescribed Minerals, July 2017 89

Table 51: Australia’s Mining Fiscal Regime – South Australia Royalty Rates (%), 2017 90

Table 52: Australia’s Mining Fiscal Regime – Western Australia Ad Valorem Royalty Rates (%), 2017 91

Table 53: Australia’s Mining Fiscal Regime – Withholding Tax Rates (%), 2017 91

Figures

Figure 1: Copper Mining in Australia – Copper Reserves by Country (%), January 2017 9

Figure 2: Copper Mining in Australia – Copper Deposits and Operating Mines by State/Territory, September 2017 10

Figure 3: Copper Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Copper Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes) vs. Number of Operating Mines, 2000–2021 12

Figure 4: Copper Mining in Australia – Copper Mine Production by State Y-O-Y Comparison (Thousand Tonnes), H1 2016–H1 2017 15

Figure 5: Copper Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Copper Consumption vs. Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2000–2021 24

Figure 6: Copper Mining in Australia – Exports by Country (%), 2016 26

Figure 7: Nickel Mining in Australia – Nickel Reserves by Country (%), January 2017 29

Figure 8: Nickel Mining in Australia – Nickel Deposits and Operating Mines by State/Territory, September 2017 30

Figure 9: Nickel Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Nickel Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes) vs. Number of Operating Mines, 2000–2021 32

Figure 10: Nickel Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Nickel Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2001–2021 41

Figure 11: Nickel Mining in Australia – China’s Stainless Steel Production vs. China’s Nickel Imports from Australia (Thousand Tonnes), 2002–2016 43

Figure 12: Lead Mining in Australia – Lead Reserves by Country (%), 2017 44

Figure 13: Lead Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Lead Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes) vs. Number of Operating Mines, 2000–2021 46

Figure 14: Lead Mining in Australia – Lead Mine Production by State Y-O-Y Comparison (Thousand Tonnes), H1 2016–H1 2017 49

Figure 15: Lead Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Lead Consumption vs. Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2000–2021 55

Figure 16: Lead Mining in Australia – Exports by Country (%), 2016 57

Figure 17: Zinc Mining in Australia – Zinc Reserves by Country (%), January 2017 59

Figure 18: Zinc Mining in Australia – Zinc Deposits and Operating Mines by State/Territory, September 2017 60

Figure 19: Zinc Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Zinc Mine Production (Thousand Tonnes) vs. Number of Operating Mines, 2000–2021 62

Figure 20: Zinc Mining in Australia – Zinc Mine Production by State Y-O-Y Comparison (Thousand Tonnes), H1 2016–H1 2017 65

Figure 21: Zinc Mining in Australia – Historical and Forecast Zinc Metal Consumption vs. Exports (Thousand Tonnes), 2000–2021 72

Figure 22: Zinc Mining in Australia – Exports by Country (%), 2016 74

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 76

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 77

Figure 25: Australia’s Mining Fiscal Regime – Three Levels of Australian Government 82

Figure 26: Australia’s Mining Fiscal Regime – A Snap Shot of the Department’s Key Objectives 83

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