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Miners warn diesel shortage poses ‘material risk’ Australian miners are paying more for diesel than competitors in an African nation where Rio Tinto and Chinese partners have bet big on iron ore. Australia, the sixth largest country in the world by area, occupies a unique position in the Southern Hemisphere. It is located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans and has no land borders as it occupies the entire mainland of the Australian continent.
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The country is made up of six states and two territories and its capital is Canberra. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.