The ABS collects a wide range of information from mining businesses through the Economic Activity Survey. The information collected each year sometimes varies. A list of selected data items collected for 2008-09 is given below along with some of the derived data items.
It should be noted that not all data are published. Data that have not been published can be released on request subject to confidentiality and data quality constraints.
DATA ITEMS COLLECTED AND DERIVED
Employment
Income items
Expense items
Amount reimbursed under fuel tax credits
Profit or loss before tax
Inventories
Capital expenditure and disposal of assets
Derived data items
Employment
Working proprietors and partners if unincorporated businesses
Salaried directors if incorporated businesses
Other employees
Income items
Sales of mineral and other goods
Produced by this business (or for it on commission)
Not produced by this business
Income from services
Rent, lease and hiring income
Interest income
Funding from Federal, State and/or Local Government
Funding for operational costs (e.g. wages and salaries, rent, food)
Funding provided for specific capital items
Royalties income
Other income
Total income
Expense items
Labour costs
Wages and salaries including provisions for employee entitlements
Employer contributions into superannuation excluding salary sacrifice
Salary sacrificed earnings paid on behalf of employees
Salary sacrificed for superannuation
Salary sacrificed for employee benefits other than superannuation
Workers' compensation premiums/costs
Fringe benefits tax
Payroll tax (excluding Pay as You Go withholding tax)
Payments to employment agencies for staff
Land tax and land rates
Insurance premiums
Interest expenses
Depreciation and amortisation
Bad and doubtful debts
Purchases
Materials, components, containers, packaging materials, electricity, fuels and water
Finished goods for resale
Royalties expenses
Natural resources royalties expenses
Other royalties expenses
Freight and cartage expenses
Outward freight and cartage expense
Other freight and cartage expenses
Computer software expensed
Other operating expenses
Total expenses
Amount reimbursed under fuel tax credits
Note that the Energy Grants (Credits) Scheme was replaced by fuel tax credits from 1 July 2006
Profit or loss before tax
Reported operating profit or loss (surplus or deficit) before tax.
Inventories - opening and closing
Raw materials, fuels, containers, etc
Work-in-progress less progress payments billed
Finished goods (including inventories for sale)
Total inventories
Capital expenditure and disposal of assets
Capital expenditure including capitalised work done by own employees
Road vehicles
Other transport equipment
Industrial machinery and equipment
Computer software capitalised
Computers and computer peripherals
Electronic equipment and electrical machinery
Communications equipment
Other plant and equipment
Land
Dwellings, other buildings and structures
Intangible assets
Capitalised wages and salaries and purchases of materials for capital work (done by own employees for own use or for rental or lease)
Capitalised purchases of materials
Capitalised wages and salaries
Total value of capital work done for own use or for rental
Disposal of selected assets
Plant, machinery and equipment (including motor vehicles)
Land
Dwellings, other buildings and structures
Intangible assets
Derived data items
Sales and service income
Total income
Total expenses
Cost of sales
Selected labour costs
Trading profit
Operating profit before tax (OPBT)
Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT)
Turnover
Industry value added
Net capital expenditure
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This page first published 28 March 2006, last updated 20 April 2010 | 
