Australia revises mining production outlook

Sep20, 2011

SYDNEY, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Following are the latest forecasts for production and exports of key Australian mineral
resources released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences on Tuesday. 
    
   All figures are in millions of tonnes, except gold: 
    
                 New      Old *     
                 fcast    fcast        
                 2011/12  2011/12   
Iron Ore          470.2    466.7 
 export          449      437 
Coking coal       161      172 
 export          156     164.2 
Thermal coal      219.2   222.4 
 export          154.8    152.6 
Refined copper    0.503    0.503 
 export          0.387    0.387 
Copper mined      1.066    0.996 
Nickel mined      0.221    0.203 
Nickel refined    0.131    0.131 
Aluminium         1.993    1.993 
Bauxite            68.2    68.2 
Alumina          20.705   20.705 
Zinc mined        1.581   1.553 
Gold (tonnes)     276.9   276.9 
    
* Previous forecasts were released on June 21 

(sourced Reuters)