Australian Mining Service
Commodity price forecasts and mine lifecycle intelligence for investment planning, production strategy, and capital allocation.
Overview
The only consistent source of commodity market intelligence and mine lifecycle forecasts across Australia’s resource sector
Australia’s mining sector is one of the most dynamic and globally significant in the world. Commodity price cycles, shifting global demand, the energy transition, evolving infrastructure investment, and a complex regulatory environment create both opportunity and risk for businesses operating across the mining supply chain.
The Australian Mining Service is the only source of consistent market intelligence covering all major mineral commodities at every stage of the mine lifecycle, from exploration and investment through to construction, operations, contract mining, and asset maintenance. Underpinned by Oxford Economics Australia’s macroeconomic modelling and project-level tracking, our service gives mining companies, contractors, investors, and government agencies the complete picture needed to plan and act with confidence.
Why Oxford Economics Australia?
Sound decisions in Australia’s mining sector require a consistent, impartial view of where commodity markets and activity are heading. Oxford Economics Australia provides the only integrated framework covering all major commodities across all stages of the mine lifecycle.
Full mine lifecycle coverage
The only service with consistent forecasts across exploration, investment, construction, operations, contract mining, and maintenance.
All major commodities
Price forecasts for iron ore, coal, gold, copper, lithium, and other key resources, grounded in global supply-demand analysis.
Project-level grounding
All major mining investment projects tracked by commodity, with annual production and construction forecasts reflecting what is actually in the pipeline.
Bespoke consulting
Tailored research at a disaggregated level, including cost escalation analysis, regional demand forecasting, and workforce capability assessments.
Model-backed and independent
Commodity price and activity forecasts built on Oxford Economics Australia’s macroeconomic framework, ensuring coherence with global economic and industrial conditions, including the energy transition, trade dynamics, and industrial demand.
Globally consistent forecasts
Project-driven annual forecasts are linked to longer-term macroeconomic drivers, including infrastructure demand, the global energy transition, population growth, and industrial activity, ensuring commodity and activity forecasts remain coherent with the broader forces shaping Australia’s resource sector.
How it helps
Our service supports investment planning, production strategy, contracting decisions, workforce planning, and risk management across every commodity and every stage of the mine lifecycle.
What’s included?
Our mining service combines commodity price forecasts, mine lifecycle intelligence, independent analysis, and flexible data access, covering all major mineral commodities and every stage of mining activity.
Mining data and forecasts
Our forecasts are underpinned by Oxford Economics Australia’s macroeconomic modelling framework, linking global economic conditions, including growth, trade flows, industrial demand, energy transition dynamics, and exchange rates, directly to Australian commodity prices, mine investment, and production activity.
- Updated biannually
- All major commodities
- Full mine lifecycle
- Project-level tracking
- Long-term horizon
- Iron ore, coal, gold, copper, and lithium
- Exploration through to maintenance
- Biannual updates: The service is refreshed every six months, incorporating the latest commodity price data, project developments, and macroeconomic conditions.
- Commodity price forecasts: Medium- to long-term price forecasts for Australia’s major mineral commodities, including iron ore, coal, gold, copper, lithium, and other key resources, grounded in global supply- demand analysis and macroeconomic drivers.
- Full mine lifecycle coverage: The only service providing consistent forecasts across every stage of mining activity: exploration, investment and construction, mining operations, contract mining, and asset maintenance.
- Major project tracking: All major mining investment projects tracked by commodity, with annual production and construction forecasts updated quarterly.
- Macroeconomic and structural drivers: Project-driven forecasts linked to longer-term drivers, including infrastructure demand, the energy transition, population growth, and industrial activity.
Mining reports and analysis
Oxford Economics Australia’s mining economists deliver independent, expert-authored analysis alongside the data, providing the market narrative and strategic context needed to interpret forecasts and act on them.
Mining commodity outlook
Biannual report covering commodity price forecasts, key market developments, and the medium- to longer-term outlook across all major Australian mineral commodities.
- Biannual commodity outlook: Updated every six months, covering the latest data, key market developments, and the medium- to longer-term outlook for all major commodities.
- Project pipeline reports: Reporting on the status and outlook for major mining investment projects by commodity and state, helping clients assess where capital is flowing.
- Thematic research briefings: In-depth analysis of the structural trends shaping Australia’s mining sector, from the energy transition and critical minerals demand to cost escalation, workforce pressures, and regulatory change.
Data access and delivery
Designed to integrate directly into your planning, reporting, and investment workflows.
- Online databank
- Excel download
- Biannual slide deck
- Bespoke consulting
- Expert economist support
- Custom queries by commodity
- Custom queries by lifecycle stage
- Interactive databank: Online databank with custom query tools enabling users to access data by commodity, lifecycle stage, and time horizon, downloadable to Excel or other formats.
- Biannual report: A shareable summary of key commodity trends, forecast revisions, and market developments, updated every six months.
- Bespoke consulting: Oxford Economics Australia’s mining economists provide tailored research and analysis at a disaggregated level by sub
–sector, commodity, or region, including cost escalation studies, demand forecasting, and workforce capability assessments for specific business needs. - Expert support: Direct access to Oxford Economics Australia’s mining and macroeconomic economists for questions on data, methodology, and forecast interpretation at any stage of the planning or investment cycle.
How can we help you?
Our mining service is used by a wide range of organisations across Australia’s resource sector. Here is how we can support your specific decisions.
Here is how we can support your specific decisions:
Mining companies and producers
Understand where commodity prices and production activity are heading, and plan investment, workforce, and operational decisions with confidence.
- Where are commodity prices heading over the medium to long term, and what does that mean for my project’s economics?
- How is mining activity evolving across the lifecycle stages that matter most to my business?
- What are the structural demand drivers shaping the commodities I produce, and how will they evolve over time?
Mining contractors and service providers
Anticipate demand for mining services and equipment across investment, operations, and maintenance cycles, and align capacity to where activity is heading.
- Which commodities and lifecycle stages will drive the strongest demand for mining services over the next three to five years?
- Where is major project investment concentrated, and when is activity likely to materialise?
- How should I be sizing my workforce and equipment capacity relative to the forward activity pipeline?
Investors and financiers
Assess commodity price risk, evaluate project economics, and stress-test investment assumptions against independent, model-backed forecasts.
- What is the independent price outlook for the commodities underpinning my investment thesis?
- How would different global demand or energy transition scenarios affect commodity prices and mining activity?
- Which projects and commodities offer the strongest forward-looking production growth and cashflow prospects?
Government and public agencies
Plan infrastructure and workforce investment, assess resource sector capacity, and evaluate the economic impact of mining activity using independent forecasts.
- What is the forward outlook for mining investment and production activity across states and commodities?
- How will the energy transition and critical minerals demand reshape Australia’s mining sector over the next decade?
- What are the workforce and supply chain implications of the current and forecast project pipeline?
Benefits
Understand where Australia’s mining markets are heading at the commodity level, the project level, and across every stage of the mine lifecycle.
Identify investment opportunities
Pinpoint the commodities, projects, and lifecycle stages offering the strongest forward-looking growth prospects, supported by independent price forecasts and project pipeline intelligence.
Plan resources and capacity
Use project-driven activity forecasts to anticipate demand for mining services, equipment, and workforce, reducing the cost of misaligned capacity across the full mine lifecycle.
Benchmark and track performance
Compare commodity price and activity trends against independent forecasts to assess portfolio positioning and identify where market conditions are shifting relative to plan.
Future-proof your strategy
Leverage long-horizon, model-backed commodity and activity forecasts to plan investment, contracting, and market development decisions with confidence as global demand conditions and the energy transition reshape Australia’s resource sector.
Anticipate market shifts
Stay ahead of turning points in commodity prices, mining investment cycles, and project pipeline dynamics with independent, biannual insights from Oxford Economics Australia’s mining and macroeconomic economists.
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