期刊名称：Discussion Paper Series / Department of Economics, Monash University
出版年度：2012
卷号：1
出版社：Monash University
摘要：Australia is ranked as one of the world’s leading mining nations. It is rich in both black and brown coal and has approximately 6 and 25 per cent respectively of the world’s total coal reserves. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS, 2007) total Australian estimated bituminous coal resources account to about 39.2 Giga tonnes. Coal mining is the second largest exporting industry in Australia (ABARES, 2011) and in terms of international coal exports, Australia ranks sixth behind the USA, Russia, China, India and South Africa (ABS, 2010). This chapter focuses on Australian black and brown coal mining because of its significant contribution to the Australian and world economy.
