The total income for the mining industry in 2004 was R168 752 million. The largest contributor to the total income was Mining of metal ores, except gold and uranium (R70 603 million or 41,8%), followed by mining of coal and lignite (R39 064 million or 23,2%), mining of gold and uranium ore (R37 024 million or 21,9%), other mining and quarrying (R20 168 million or 12,0%), and service activities incidental to mining of minerals (R1 893 million or 1,1%) (see table 1, p.2).