Australia mineral export forecasts

　　Following are the latest forecasts for

　　exports of key Australian mineral resources released by the

　　Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics on Wednesday.

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　　All figures are in millions of tonnes, except gold:

　　Revised     New

　　fcast       fcast

　　EXPORTS       2011/12     2012/13

　　Iron Ore:                      463         510

　　Refined copper:               0.386     0.365

　　Copper mined                   1.832     2.227

　　Coking coal:                   142       161

　　Thermal coal:                  159       179

　　Nickel mined/refined           0.240     0.258

　　Aluminium                      1.713     1.563

　　Bauxite                        9.977     8.894

　　Alumina                       16.942    19.416

　　Zinc mined                    2.373      2.363

　　Gold (tonnes)                 331        361