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tungsten<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
tungsten<br />
Consumption in Iron and Steel<br />
Industry (a) 40 40 30 40 40<br />
Imports<br />
Ores and concentrates ... ... ... 190 0 20 66 28 30 8<br />
W content ... ... ... 139 0<br />
Scrap 1 380 1 828 1 206 1 443 1 090 4 548 8 335 3 720 4 019 4 410<br />
Unwrought 379 405 519 359 412 6 878 4 484 4 664 2 898 3 541<br />
Wrought 417 305 396 130 382 6 552 5 990 5 647 4 644 6 523<br />
Ferro-tungsten (b) 63 96 32 60 10 171 340 90 241 45<br />
Carbide 829 1 381 759 1 232 743 8 256 19 297 8 020 10 524 8 200<br />
Ash and residues 0 0 ... — — 4 1 ... — —<br />
Tungstates 107 85 83 121 125 526 414 323 574 422<br />
Oxides and hydroxides 1 207 1 490 877 1 321 295 4 329 9 151 4 394 6 386 1 341<br />
Exports<br />
Ores and concentrates 2 11 — ... 20 4 34 — 48 72<br />
W content 1 5 — ... 10<br />
Scrap 1 225 1 471 1 264 1 431 793 2 704 4 218 3 533 3 421 3 232<br />
Unwrought 835 253 189 198 175 6 743 3 517 1 644 1 689 1 497<br />
Wrought 2 586 149 214 424 294 4 047 1 310 1 558 1 935 2 356<br />
Ferro-tungsten (b) 93 6 16 10 39 261 27 55 44 106<br />
Carbide 8 20 5 70 92 168 303 92 1 003 1 697<br />
Tungstates 3 23 130 182 41 39 180 592 1 118 130<br />
Oxides and hydroxides 62 8 8 5 315 364 441 314 90 1 134<br />
(a) Metal content. (b) Including ferro-silico-tungsten.<br />
vanadium<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
vanadium<br />
Consumption in Iron and Steel<br />
Industry (a) 700 630 540 70 70<br />
Imports<br />
Scrap 23 7 14 6 — 115 61 71 29 —<br />
Unwrought 69 95 98 67 196 624 1 139 796 410 1 629<br />
Wrought 181 278 59 183 141 1 615 1 924 482 1 501 1 032<br />
Ferro-vanadium 1 443 727 748 1 071 1 262 3 380 3 393 2 209 3 764 6 073<br />
Oxides 277 319 962 363 306 613 989 1 874 936 806<br />
Exports<br />
Ash and residues — 0 ... ... — — 81 ... ... —<br />
Scrap 85 59 46 22 — 580 451 331 188 —<br />
Unwrought 0 0 99 6 14 2 2 79 35 194<br />
Wrought 1 705 1 346 1 280 1 109 1 061 964 723 1 587 2 226 4 148<br />
Ferro-vanadium 49 118 55 39 17 265 484 272 228 125<br />
Oxides 1 933 14 20 — 2 642 64 93 3 14<br />
(a) Vanadium content of ferro-vanadium.<br />
vermiculite<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
vermiculite<br />
Imports 36 341 31 602 36 275 30 102 32 778 3 548 3 472 4 002 3 499 3 780<br />
Exports 83 109 213 230 75 119 107 101 147 227<br />
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