Here’s a look at Australian mining jurisdictions, including how much the country’s states export and how they compare to foreign peers.
Australia is well known as a prolific mining nation, with large sections of its economy built on mining since the mid-1800s onwards.
Minerals account for up to 60 percent of Australia’s export merchandise, according to Geosciences Australia, giving the mining industry a 12 percent share of gross domestic product.
But not all states in Australia are equal, with the premier jurisdiction and source of wealth being Western Australia, which takes up the western third of the arid continent.