Mining and resources: Your investment opportunity

With high-quality resources, reliable supply, sustainable mining practices, and the latest in supporting technology, Queensland is at the forefront of global resource supply.

• Queensland is recognised globally as a leading destination for mining and resources investment and as Australia’s gateway to Asian markets.
• Queensland’s diverse geology and resource potential place it second in the world for seaborne coal exports, second for lead production, third for zinc and bauxite production, and fifth in the world for silver production.
• By the end of this decade, Queensland is projected to be the world’s leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer.

Abundant natural resources

Queensland’s abundant natural resources include more than major coal deposits, as well as metals, phosphate rock, oil shale and critical minerals.

We are the world’s second-largest exporter of seaborne metallurgical coal, with a long history of supplying metallurgical and thermal coal and coal seam gas to global markets.

In addition, Queensland has a world-leading mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector. It employs 26,000 people across Queensland, with $7 billion revenue and $2.5 billion in value add for our economy. We want to take our world-class METS expertise to new markets – locally and internationally.

Queensland minerals provinces present resource companies and investors with a new mining frontier brimming with unrivalled opportunities. Queensland is perfectly placed to meet the demand for critical minerals as technological advances stimulate novel applications in defence, industry and computer processing, and the world develops the clean energy technologies needed to meet global emission reduction targets.

This surging demand is set to drive rapid growth across Queensland’s critical minerals supply chain, from extraction to advanced manufacturing. With a proven history of reliable, secure and ethical minerals extraction, Queensland stands as a cornerstone of Australia’s resource sector.

The Queensland Critical Minerals Prospectus highlights projects seeking investment, and is complemented by details of Queensland’s critical minerals sector, including known endowments and Queensland’s New Economy Minerals Investment Prospectus investment into the sector. 

Mining equipment, technology and services (METS)

Mining and resource extraction have been part of Queensland’s economy for almost as long as this state has existed. Our long history in mining has given rise to another world-class Queensland export industry: our mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector.

Launched in 2017, the Queensland Mining, Equipment, Technology and Services 10-Year Roadmap and Action Plan is about accelerating the sector’s growth. We’re focused on collaboration and opportunities to bring innovative ideas to market, with $7 million worth of initiatives. Many of these are delivered in partnership with METS Ignited, the Australian Government’s Industry Growth Centre for METS, which works to improve METS competitiveness and productivity.

Environmentally sustainable practices

With a proven history of using sustainable and innovative exploration and mining practices, supported by high-quality mining equipment, technology and services, Queensland is a mining and resources investment proposition of choice.