NSW minerals & petroleum - Royalty rates
A mineral royalty is the price charged by the Crown for the transfer of the right to extract a mineral resource. The price (royalty rate) is prescribed in legislation.
| Mineral | Royalty rate |
|---|---|
| Agate | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Agricultural lime | 35 cents per tonne |
| Antimony | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Apatite | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Arsenic | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Asbestos | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Barite | 70 cents per tonne |
| Bauxite | 35 cents per tonne |
| Bentonite (including Fuller's Earth) | 70 cents per tonne |
| Beryllium minerals | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Bismuth | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Borates | 70 cents per tonne |
| Cadmium | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Caesium | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Calcite | 40 cents per tonne |
| Chalcedony | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Chert | 35 cents per tonne |
| Chlorite | 70 cents per tonne |
| Chromite | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Clay/shale | 35 cents per tonne |
| Coal | 8.2% of value of open cut coal 7.2% of value of underground coal 6.2% of value of deep underground coal |
| Cobalt | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Columbium | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Copper | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Corundum | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Cryolite | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Diamond | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Diatomite | 70 cents per tonne |
| Dimension stone | 70 cents per tonne |
| Dolomite | 40 cents per tonne |
| Emerald | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Emery | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Feldspathic materials | 70 cents per tonne |
| Fluorite | 70 cents per tonne |
| Galena | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Garnet | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Geothermal substances | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Germanium | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Gold | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Graphite | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Gypsum | 35 cents per tonne |
| Halite (incl. solar salt) | 40 cents per tonne |
| Ilmenite | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Indium | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Iron minerals | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Jade | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Kaolin | 70 cents per tonne |
| Lead | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Leucoxene | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Limestone | 40 cents per tonne |
| Lithium | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Magnesite | 70 cents per tonne |
| Magnesium salts | 40 cents per tonne |
| Manganese | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Marble | 70 cents per tonne |
| Marine aggregate | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Mercury | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Mica | 70 cents per tonne |
| Mineral pigments | 70 cents per tonne |
| Molybdenite | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Monazite | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Nephrite | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Nickel | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Niobium | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Oil shale | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Olivine | 70 cents per tonne |
| Opal | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Ores of silicon | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Peat | 70 cents per tonne |
| Perlite | 70 cents per tonne |
| Petroleum | nil first 5 years increasing to 10% at end of 10th year |
| Phosphates | 70 cents per tonne |
| Platinum group minerals | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Platinum | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Potassium minerals | 70 cents per tonne |
| Potassium salts | 40 cents per tonne |
| Pyrophyllite | 70 cents per tonne |
| Quartz crystal | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Quartzite | 70 cents per tonne |
| Rare earth minerals | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Reef quartz | 70 cents per tonne |
| Rhodonite | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Rubidium | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Ruby | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Rutile | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Sapphire | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Scandium and its ores | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Selenium | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Serpentine | 70 cents per tonne |
| Sillimanate-group minerals | 70 cents per tonne |
| Silver | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Sodium salts | 40 cents per tonne |
| Staurolite | 70 cents per tonne |
| Strontium minerals | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Structural clay | 35 cents per tonne |
| Sulphur | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Talc | 70 cents per tonne |
| Tantalum | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Thorium | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Tin | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Topaz | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Tourmaline | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Tungsten and its ores | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Turquoise | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Vanadium | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Vermiculite | 70 cents per tonne |
| Wollastonite | 70 cents per tonne |
| Zeolites | 70 cents per tonne |
| Zinc | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Zircon | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |
| Zirconia | 4% ex-mine value (value less allowable deductions) |