Driven by higher export prices and volumes, Australia's export earnings from mineral resources rose to $26.5 billion in the September quarter 2006, an increase of $829 million, or 3 per cent from earnings in the previous quarter.

Driven by higher export prices and volumes, Australia's export earnings from mineral resources rose to $26.5 billion in the September quarter 2006, an increase of $829 million, or 3 per cent from earnings in the previous quarter.