NSW Minerals Council Association
This direct spending included $ 3.1 billion spent on the wages and salaries of over 23,000 mining workers , and over $ 9.7 billion in spending on goods and services with over 10,500 local businesses across the state .
When broken down by ABS region , the survey found that direct and indirect mining industry spending contributed around 36 per cent of the Gross Regional Product ( GRP ) of the Hunter , 19 per cent of the GRP in the Central West , 30 per cent of the GRP of the Far West of NSW , 17 per cent of the GRP in the Illawarra and 4 per cent of the GRP in Northern NSW .
186 December 2014