On the other hand “business services” – including things such as accountancy, legal and numerous other services – have grown fairly steadily and now are credited with more than twice the share of GDP of manufacturing.3 Several of these sectors are being boosted by the flow-on effects of the resources boom at present.
As for the mining sector itself, its share of GDP has tended to rise since the late 1960s, having been quite low in the mid 20th century. But in 2010, the mining sector’s share of GDP was still only about the same as it was in 1910.