In Australia, the extraction of natural mineral resources represents a more important sector of the economy than in any other developed country, with the exception of Norway. Though, if the contribution of offshore oil and gas production is stripped out of the equation, the prominence of mining in the Norwegian economy is also reduced to well below the Australian level. For Australia, the mining industry accounts for 6-8% of gross domestic product (GDP) and for around 35% of total export revenues. Services ancillary to mining, such as road and rail transport, shipping, mine and mineral process engineering, smelting, etc. further underscore the importance of this sector within the Australian economy.
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