Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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1311 Iron Ore Mining

This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining iron ore or iron sands.

Primary Activities
Iron ore dressing or beneficiating; Iron ore mining; Iron sands mining

1312 Bauxite Mining

This class consists of units mainly engaged in bauxite mining.

Exclusions / References
Units mainly engaged in production of alumina are included in Class 2721 Alumina Production.

Primary Activities
Aluminium ores mining; Bauxite mining

1313 Copper Ore Mining

This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining copper ore.

Exclusions / References
Units mainly engaged in custom smelting or refining of copper are included in Class 2723 Copper, Silver, Lead and Zinc Smelting, Refining.

Primary Activities
Copper ore leaching; Copper ore mining; Electro won copper production

1314 Gold Ore Mining

This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining gold ores and in beneficiating ore or in the preliminary extraction of gold from ore mined by the same unit by smelting or by extraction of gold from a liquor.

Exclusions / References
Units mainly engaged in custom smelting or refining of gold are included in Class 2729 Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing n.e.c..

Primary Activities
Alluvial gold mining; Eluvial gold mining; Gold bullion production; Gold dredging; Gold mining; Gold ores roasting and flotation extraction including metallurgical hydro-extraction; Gold washing or sluicing; Reworking of mullock heaps or tailings for gold

1315 Mineral Sand Mining

This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining mineral sands (except iron sands).

Primary Activities
Ilmenite sand mining; Leucoxene sand mining; Mineral sands mining; Monazite sand mining; Rutile sand mining; Synthetic rutile production; Zircon sand mining

1316 Nickel Ore Mining

This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining nickel ores.

Primary Activities
Nickel ore mining

1317 Silver-Lead-Zinc Ore Mining

This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining ores of silver, lead or zinc.

Exclusions / References
Units mainly engaged in roasting of sulphide concentrate or in smelting or refining of silver, lead or zinc are included in Class 2723 Copper, Silver, Lead and Zinc Smelting, Refining.

Primary Activities
Lead ore mining; Silver-lead-zinc ore mining; Silver ore mining ; Zinc ore mining

1319 Metal Ore Mining n.e.c.

This class consists of units mainly engaged in mining metallic mineral ores n.e.c..

Primary Activities
Antimony ore mining; Beryllium ore mining; Bismuth ore mining; Iron pyrite mining; Manganese ore mining; Metallic ore mining n.e.c.; Molybdenite mining; Platinum group metals mining; Tantalite mining; Tin ore mining; Tungsten ore mining; Uranium ore mining

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