<Li> Uranium--Australia is responsible for 11% of the world's production and was the world's third largest producer in 2010 after Kazakhstan and Canada . </Li> <Li> Diamond--Australia has the third largest commercially viable deposits after Russia and Botswana . Australia also boasts the richest diamantiferous pipe with production reaching peak levels of 42 metric tons (41 LT / 46 ST) per year in the 1990s . </Li> <Li> Opal--Australia is the world's largest producer of opal, being responsible for 95% of production . </Li> <Li> Zinc--Australia was second only to China in zinc production in 2015, producing 1.58 million tonnes, 12% of world production . </Li>

Australia is a leading exporter of all of the following mineral resources except for