Question

Give an account on mineral wealth of Australia.

Answer 1

1. Minerals are the largest export item in Australia.
2. It contributes about 10 percent of the country’s GDP.
3. Australia is the world’s leading producer of bauxite, limonite, rutile, and zircon.
4. The second-largest producer of gold, lead, lithium, manganese ore, and zinc, the third-largest producer of iron ore and uranium, and the fourth-largest producer of black coal.
5. The coal belts of the country stretches from New Castle to Sydney on the South Eastern Coast.
6. Iron ores are found mainly in southern and Western Australia.
7. Petroleum and natural gas are obtained from the Bass Strait and west of Brisbane.
8. Uranium is mined in the northern territory at Ram jungle and Queensland.
9. Gold is mined in the western desert at Kalgoorlie and Koolgarlie.
10. Lead, Silver, Zinc, Manganese, Tungsten, Nickel, and copper are also mined in parts of Australia.