The authors have a wide range of teaching, research and publishing experience on the Australian economy. DAVID COUSINS has focused his research on the economics of consumer welfare and applied industry studies, his latest publication being Aboriginal Unemployment in Australia. JOHN NIEUWENHUYSEN has produced a number of books on economic and industrial policy, including Australian Economic Policy and Australia: Competitive and Prices Policy (with N. Norman).

• TablesMapsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsForewordPreface1 Aboriginal employment in mining: an overview2 Bauxite mining at Weipa3 Mount Isa Mines Limited4 Bauxite mining and processing at Gove Peninsula5 Manganese mining on Groote Eylandt6 Uranium mining in the Alligator Rivers region7 Iron ore mining in the Pilbara8 Mineral exploration in the Kimberley and the Argyle diamond project9 Conclusions and government policy implicationsAppendix 9Select bibliographyIndex

The authors have a wide range of teaching, research and publishing experience on the Australian economy. DAVID COUSINS has focused his research on the economics of consumer welfare and applied industry studies, his latest publication being Aboriginal Unemployment in Australia. JOHN NIEUWENHUYSEN has produced a number of books on economic and industrial policy, including Australian Economic Policy and Australia: Competitive and Prices Policy (with N. Norman).

• TablesMapsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsForewordPreface1 Aboriginal employment in mining: an overview2 Bauxite mining at Weipa3 Mount Isa Mines Limited4 Bauxite mining and processing at Gove Peninsula5 Manganese mining on Groote Eylandt6 Uranium mining in the Alligator Rivers region7 Iron ore mining in the Pilbara8 Mineral exploration in the Kimberley and the Argyle diamond project9 Conclusions and government policy implicationsAppendix 9Select bibliographyIndex

The authors have a wide range of teaching, research and publishing experience on the Australian economy. DAVID COUSINS has focused his research on the economics of consumer welfare and applied industry studies, his latest publication being Aboriginal Unemployment in Australia. JOHN NIEUWENHUYSEN has produced a number of books on economic and industrial policy, including Australian Economic Policy and Australia: Competitive and Prices Policy (with N. Norman).

• TablesMapsAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsForewordPreface1 Aboriginal employment in mining: an overview2 Bauxite mining at Weipa3 Mount Isa Mines Limited4 Bauxite mining and processing at Gove Peninsula5 Manganese mining on Groote Eylandt6 Uranium mining in the Alligator Rivers region7 Iron ore mining in the Pilbara8 Mineral exploration in the Kimberley and the Argyle diamond project9 Conclusions and government policy implicationsAppendix 9Select bibliographyIndex