This report includes 2024-2025's resources projects for mining, mineral processing, petroleum and producers of basic raw materials for Western Australia's industry.
WA’s mining industry consisted of 139 predominantly higher value and export-oriented mining projects in 2024–25, which were responsible for the lion’s share of the value of minerals production.
A principal mining project is defined as a project that produced minerals valued at more than $5 million (or more than 2,500 ounces of gold) in a given financial year. Also included in this definition are mining projects on private land, for which production values are not required to be reported, where full-time equivalents are greater than 50.
Mining projects are grouped according to the main commodity produced and sold. For basic raw materials (i.e. sand, aggregate, rock, limestone, and limesand), only those producers with sales valued at more than $5 million are captured. Basic raw materials projects are not specifically captured. All major producing downstream mineral processing operations are captured.
A principal petroleum project is any project that produced LNG, condensate, oil, domestic gas, LPG in onshore and offshore areas of the State.
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