NAME OF COLLECTION
Innovation in Mining
Contact
Director
Small Business and Science and Technology Section
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Locked Bag 10
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Telephone: Canberra 02 6252 5019
Facsimile: Canberra 02 6252 7004
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
Web site: <www.abs.gov.au>
Purpose
To measure the extent to which technological innovation occurs within mining businesses.
Description
The sample survey included businesses of all sizes operating in the mining sector, regardless of whether they had undertaken any innovative activities during the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1997. Approximately 425 business units were surveyed.
Data were collected by mail questionnaire.
Main data detail
- proportion of businesses undertaking technological innovation
- type of technological innovation
- objective of technological innovation
- sources of ideas and information
- barriers to technological innovation
- impacts of technological innovation
- expenditure on technological innovation
- use of advanced mining technologies.
Geographic coverage
Australia.
Frequency of data availability
The survey has been conducted once. There are no plans to undertake this survey again.
Reference period
Data were collected about businesses' innovative activities during the period 1 July 1994 to 30 June 1997.
Historical data
Historical data are not available from this collection.
Products and services
Publication
Example of information available
BUSINESSES UNDERTAKING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, AUSTRALIA - 1 JULY 1994 TO 30 JUNE 1997
 | Type of technological innovation |
|
|
| Product | Process | Total |
| ANZSIC code | % | % | % |
|
| Coal mining | 11.0 | 68.0 | 68.0 |
| Oil and gas extraction | 44.9 | 88.0 | 96.0 |
| Metal ore mining | 35.3 | 67.7 | 78.1 |
| Other mining | **3.8 | 30.3 | 30.7 |
| Services to mining | *7.4 | 33.0 | 35.1 |
| All mining | 10.5 | 39.2 | 41.8 |
* Estimate has relative standard error greater than 25%.
** Estimate has relative standard error greater than 50%.
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