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great britain production of silica sand by end-use and area of origin 2004<br />
Area of origin Foundry Glass Other Agricultural,<br />
uses manufacture industrial horticultural Total<br />
uses & leisure uses<br />
North East (a) 1 — — — 1<br />
Yorkshire and the Humber (b) … … 16 64 …<br />
East Midlands (c) … — … 19 …<br />
West Midlands (d) 3 … … … …<br />
East of England (e) … … 176 … 1 561<br />
South East (f) … … 194 308 759<br />
South West (g) … … 100 … 162<br />
North West (h) … … … 163 1 376<br />
england 513 2 328 886 798 4 525<br />
Wales (i) — — … 3 …<br />
scotland (j) … 335 63 37 …<br />
great britain … 2 663 … 838 5 011<br />
Thousand tonnes<br />
(a) From Durham (h) From Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside<br />
(b) From North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Humberside (i) From Clwyd and West Glamorgan<br />
(c) From Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire (j) From West Central Scotland, East Central Scotland, Highlands,<br />
(d) From Staffordshire, West Midlands and Hereford and Worcester Tayside and Fife and Orkney<br />
(e) From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Bedfordshire<br />
(f) From Oxfordshire, Surrey, Kent, West Sussex and Hampshire<br />
(g) From Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall Source: Office for National Statistics.<br />
silicon<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
silicon<br />
Consumption in Iron and Steel<br />
Industry<br />
Ferro-silicon 41 650 36 410 35 090 36 640 37 320<br />
Silico-manganese 26 520 23 740 21 030 22 660 23 080<br />
Calcium silicide 100 90 80 90 90<br />
Ferro-silico-zirconium 70 60 50 60 60<br />
Imports<br />
Elemental silicon–<br />
Containing not less than<br />
99.99% silicon 758 882 1 396 2 204 2 737 24 910 25 161 31 081 41 302 45 773<br />
Other 77 331 85 144 79 370 98 268 97 751 59 314 68 102 61 808 80 300 78 007<br />
Doped silicon 390 196 158 298 378 74 956 48 351 34 095 33 342 36 493<br />
Ferro-silicon 67 821 72 663 76 046 75 469 71 721 24 019 26 123 26 472 31 179 30 460<br />
Ferro-silico-manganese 66 279 53 747 64 565 53 421 63 235 18 021 15 465 18 264 18 537 34 349<br />
Ferro-silico-magnesium 6 965 5 318 5 820 5 663 4 862 3 790 3 007 2 697 3 010 2 367<br />
Ferro-silico-chrome 7 415 5 136 2 309 63 — 2 365 1 488 555 35 —<br />
Exports<br />
Elemental silicon–<br />
Containing not less than<br />
99.99% silicon 108 524 195 314 376 3 472 11 325 7 716 12 874 15 341<br />
Other 1 469 1 390 3 855 2 385 1 179 2 589 4 845 2 477 2 763 2 587<br />
Doped silicon 199 ... 379 270 323 74 383 69 723 77 316 105 080 111 515<br />
Ferro-silicon 1 400 2 247 3 155 1 845 2 744 1 089 2 146 3 450 3 362 2 430<br />
Ferro-silico-manganese 1 307 8 116 42 8 246 313 7 42 22 5 062<br />
Ferro-silico-magnesium 1 543 1 453 431 282 316 1 011 1 033 361 330 213<br />
Ferro-silico-chrome 19 52 10 35 25 19 41 8 89 46<br />
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