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Royalties

In NSW, royalty is payable for coal, petroleum and certain minerals.

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Royalties are a key revenue source for the NSW Government. In 2021-22, coal provided about $3.5 billion in royalty and minerals and petroleum provided about $200 million.

Royalties go into consolidated revenue for allocation through the budget process. The NSW Government has set aside a portion of coal royalties for the Royalties for Rejuvenation fund.

Royalty rates

Value-based royalty

Value-based royalty is charged as a percentage of assessable revenue less allowable deductions. 

    Royalty rate

Petroleum

onshore and offshore

10%

Coal

Open cut coal

8.2%

  Underground coal 7.2%
  Deep underground coal 6.2%

 

4% royalty rate    

Agate

Germanium

Quartz crystal

Antimony

Gold

Rare earth minerals

Apatite

Graphite

Rhodonite

Arsenic

Ilmenite

Rubidium

Asbestos

Indium

Ruby

Beryllium minerals

Iron minerals

Rutile

Bismuth

Jade

Sapphire

Cadmium

Lead

Scandium and its ores

Caesium

Leucoxene

Selenium

Chalcedony

Lithium

Silver

Chromite

Manganese

Strontium minerals

Cobalt

Marine aggregate

Sulphur       

Columbium

Mercury

Tantalum

Copper

Molybdenite

Thorium

Corundum

Monazite

Tin

Cryolite

Nephrite

Topaz

Diamond

Nickel

Tourmaline

Emerald

Niobium

Tungsten and its ores

Emery

Oil shale

Turquoise

Galena

Ores of silicon

Vanadium

Garnet

Platinum

Zinc

Geothermal substances Platinum group minerals

Zirco

    Zirconia

Fixed-rate royalty

35 cents a tonne    

Agricultural lime

Chert

Gypsum

Bauxite Clay/shale Structural clay
40 cents a tonne    

Calcite

Halite (incl. solar salt)

Magnesium salts

Dolomite Limestone Potassium salts
    Sodium salts
70 cents a tonne    

Barite

Magnesite

Pyrophyllite

Bentonite (including Fuller's Earth)

Marble

Quartzite

Borates

Mica

Reef quartz

Chlorite

Mineral pigments

Serpentine

Diatomite

Olivine

Sillimanate-group minerals

Dimension stone

Peat

Staurolite

Feldspathic materials

Perlite

Talc

Fluorite

Phosphates

Vermiculite

Kaolin Potassium minerals

Wollastonite

    Zeolites

Paying royalties

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