NON-METALLIC MINERAL MINING AND QUARRYING 2014-15


KEY DATA

		2013-14	2014-15	2013-14 to 2014-15
				%
Employment at end June	no.	12 178	12 046	-1.1
Wages and salaries	$m	989	979	-1.0
Sales and service income	$m	6 245	6 047	-3.2
Total income	$m	6 435	6 129	-4.8
Total expenses	$m	5 862	5 600	-4.5
Operating profit before tax (OPBT)	$m	^630	*512	-18.7
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA)	$m	^940	^979	4.1
Industry value added (IVA)	$m	2 407	2 352	-2.3
^ estimate has a relative standard error of 10% to less than 25% and should be used with caution
* estimate has a relative standard error of 25% to 50% and should be used with caution
Source: Mining Operations, Australia (cat. no. 8415.0)

Contraction of the Mining industry has led to a fall in demand for construction materials from the Heavy and civil engineering construction industry. This has flowed through to falling demand in the Non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying industry with most key indicators for the Non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying industry declining in 2014-15; sales and service income fell 3.2% and industry value added declined by 2.3%.

During 2014-15 total capital expenditure for the Non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying industry was $598m.