Commodity Fact Sheets

The following fact sheets provide general information about commodities in Western Australia.

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Prepared in the middle to late 1990s by the former Department of Mines and Department of Minerals and Energy, these Fact Sheets briefly describe various aspects of mining and geology in Western Australia.

The information remains relevant and is particularly suitable for school projects.

Aluminium (Bauxite/Alumina) - Fact Sheet 9 (PDF 2,434kb)

Base Metals (Copper/Lead/Zinc) - Fact Sheet 3 (PDF 847kb)

Coal in Western Australia (PDF 650kb)

Coal - Fact Sheet 12 (PDF 552kb)

Diamonds - Fact Sheet 14 (PDF 1,271kb)

Gemstones in Western Australia (PDF 3,282kb)

Gold in Western Australia (PDF 1,733kb)

Gold - Fact Sheet 8 (PDF 1,224kb)

Iron ore in Western Australia (PDF 826kb)

Iron Ore - Fact Sheet 11 (PDF 982kb)

Mineral Sands - Fact Sheet 10 (PDF 703kb)

Nickel - Fact Sheet 21 (PDF 779kb)

Petroleum - Fact Sheet 13 (PDF 813kb)

Salt - Fact Sheet 18 (PDF 642kb)

Tin, Tantalum and Lithium - Fact Sheet 22 (PDF 597kb)

Page last modified: 06-Apr-2008

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