United Kingdom Mineral Statistics

The UK is an important producer of a range of minerals that are consumed in many sectors of the economy. Some 185.9 million tonnes of minerals were extracted from the UK landmass for sale in 2022. A further 91.3 million tonnes, consisting mainly of oil and gas (oil equivalent), but also marine–dredged sand and gravel, were extracted from the UK Continental Shelf. The United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook is an annual publication providing comprehensive statistical data on minerals production, consumption and trade, and includes commentary on the UK's minerals industry. It contains: essential guidance for decision makers reliable and up-to-date information authoritative commentary on current developments It is of value to all those interested in the many facets of Britain's minerals industry and its contribution to the national economy. This publication forms part of Britain's continuous mining and quarrying record.

Alternate title: United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook

Date (Creation): 1853

Identifier: http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608253

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Maintenance and update frequency: annually Annually

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Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

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Mineral economics
Production
Exports
Commerce
Mineral statistics
Imports
Ores
Commodity economics
Statistics
UK Location (INSPIRE)

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Geoscientific information

Geographic identifier

Date (Revision): 2009

Geographic identifier

UK [id=139300]

Date (Creation): 1979

Geographic identifier

UKM

Date (Revision): 2009

Begin date: 1853

End date: 2024 After

Supplemental Information: Coverage: Except where otherwise stated all the statistics shown relate to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are also included in the ‘United Kingdom’ overseas trade statistics, but are excluded from the production statistics. The UK part of the Continental Shelf is included in both the overseas trade and the production statistics. All figures for the latest year shown are provisional and subject to revision. Rounding of figures: In tables where figures have been rounded to the nearest final digit, there may be a slight discrepancy between the sums of the constituent items and the total as shown. Units: The statistics in this volume are expressed in metric units. Symbols: The following symbols are used throughout: … Figures not available 0 Quantity less than half the unit shown — Nil nes Not elsewhere specified BGS British Geological Survey Apparent consumption: BGS estimates of apparent consumption of metals are based on the formula: Consumption = Production (primary and secondary) + Imports - Exports. All the main traded forms of the metal are taken into account, for example, ores, concentrates, intermediate products, unwrought metal and alloys, oxides, etc. Figures are given in terms of metal content. No information is available for stock changes. Such estimates of apparent consumption are made for metals for which there are no reported consumption statistics: in this edition data are given for chromium, cobalt, manganese, molybdenum, titanium and zirconium. Trade: Trade figures from INTRASTAT, the system for measuring intra–EC trade became available from 1993. This was introduced following the abolition of customs controls as a result of the Single Market and trade figures are now compiled from data provided directly from companies instead of Customs documents. Extra–EC trade continues to be collected from Customs declarations as before. The transition from one system to another has produced some anomalous figures in terms of the size of the trade in and unit value of certain commodities. These factors should be taken into consideration when evaluating trends. Figures given in this edition are the combined intra and extra–EC trade data. Values of commodities are c.i.f. (Cost, Insurance and Freight) for imports and f.o.b. (free on board) for exports. The terms ‘scrap’, ‘unwrought’ and ‘wrought’ metal include alloys unless these are separately shown.

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)

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OnLine resource: UK Mineral Statistics Homepage ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

OnLine resource: United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2023 ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-ftp--download )
Bide, T.; Idoine, N.E.; Evans, E.; Raycraft, E.R.; Mankelow, J.. 2024 United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2023. British Geological Survey, 107pp. (OR/24/025) (Unpublished)

OnLine resource: United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2022 ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-ftp--download )
Bide, T.; Evans, E.; Idoine, N.E.; Mankelow, J.. 2023 United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2022. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 70pp. (OR/23/001) (Unpublished)

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Date (Publication): 2011

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Statement: In compiling this volume the BGS has largely relied upon data originally collected by other bodies. A list of the departments and organisations concerned is given below, together with the titles of principal publications that have been used. In many cases the BGS has also been provided with supplementary or unpublished information. Interested readers are strongly advised to consult the original sources themselves wherever possible and in this connection may wish to refer not only to the publications as listed here, but also earlier issues in the same series, some of which were published under different titles. Information about the production of minerals in the United Kingdom is given from 1853 to 1881 in a series of Geological Survey Memoirs entitled Mineral Statistics, by Robert Hunt, Keeper of Mining Records; earlier information for certain metalliferous minerals is also available. Since 1873 all collieries and metalliferous mines have been required by statute to complete annual returns of production, and since 1895 the same has applied to quarries. These returns were made to the Home Office, which, in 1882, was made responsible for the publication of Mineral Statistics. In 1920 responsibility for collection of returns was transferred to the Mines Department (Board of Trade) and statistics were subsequently published in the Annual Reports of the Secretary of Mines. The Mines Department was incorporated into the Ministry of Fuel and Power in 1942 and statistics from 1938 to 1972 were published in their Statistical Digests (subsequently the Digests of Energy Statistics of the Department of Trade and Industry). In 1973 responsibility for the collection of returns relating to most minerals other than fuels was transferred to the Business Statistics Office (formerly part of the Department of Trade and Industry, now the Office for National Statistics). The Annual Minerals Raised Inquiry was conducted by the Office for National Statistics and published annually as Mineral Extraction in Great Britain until early 2016 (the last year of data is 2014). For 2015 onwards this volume has attempted to obtain data from alternative sources to fill as many of the data gaps as possible. These sources include the Mineral Products Association and the British Ceramics Confederation (amongst others).The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (formerly Department of Energy and Climate Change), collects statistics relating to hydrocarbons (natural gas and crude petroleum). Statistics on coal production are collected by The Coal Authority. Details of mineral production in Northern Ireland since 1922 have been obtained by the Northern Ireland Government. data from Government sources has been used under the Open Government Licence