WA's Mineral and Petroleum Resources Industry
Western Australia is one of the great mineral provinces of the world. It hosts an impressive 560 commercial mineral projects, embracing 1222 operating mine sites which produce over 50 different minerals.
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Key Reasons to Invest in WA's Mineral and Petroleum Resources Industry
Value to WA's Economy
The mineral and petroleum sectors continue to remain the pillar of the State’s economy rising by 23 per cent to reach $48.4 billion in 2006. This follows a decade of average annual growth of more than 10 per cent. The record result was driven by strong overseas demand for Western Australia’s (WA) resources and rising commodity prices.
The two sectors account for around 30 per cent of Gross State Product, 88 per cent of WA's export income and around 20 per cent of the State’s employment.
Whilst most of the State’s minerals and energy industries recorded higher sales quantities, the overall rise in value of sales for 2006 is mainly attributed to high commodity prices.
Further information is available on WA's Economy and Global Comparisons.
Key Reasons to Invest in WA's Mineral and Petroleum Resources Industry
Key advantages of investing in WA include:
- Strong economic growth performance
- A proven track record of successful resource projects
- Close to existing and emerging markets in Asia
- A wealth of mineral opportunities
- A mineral and petroleum rich State
- Extensive industrial land and infrastructure
- Abundant and competitively priced energy
- Skilled and productive workforce
- Political stability and low sovereign risk
- Government supportive of industrial development
- Relaxed multicultural lifestyle and clean environment
Further information is available through the documents and links provided in the right hand panel.
Investing in WA's Minerals Industry - A Video Presentation
The presentation below provides an overview of the Western Australian economy and details the significance of the minerals industry.
The video is available in eight separate languages.
Please feel free to download the video presentation and view it at your leisure.
To download a video without waiting for it to open, do the following:
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- MAC - control-click document title and choose an option
English [mpg 48.9MB] 
Mandarin [mpg 48.9MB] 
Korean [mpg 48.9MB] 
German [mpg 48.9MB] 
Italian [mpg 49.2MB] 
French [mpg 48.9MB] 
Indonesian [mpg 48.9MB] 
Arabic [mpg 48.9MB]
Commodity Overviews
Detailed information on some of Western Australia's (WA) commodities are provided, including information on investment opportunities, location options and projects and deposits in WA.
Please select from the following:
Resource Companies in WA
Please refer to the right hand panel for documents providing the following information:
- Contact details of WA's principal mineral and petroleum producers
- Location of projects in WA (operating and potential)
- Status of project commissioned, committed and under consideration
