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united Kingdom mining and quarrying: gross value added (a) 1997–2004<br />
Production<br />
£ million<br />
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
Mining and quarrying<br />
Mining and quarrying of<br />
energy producing materials<br />
Mining of coal 988 817 644 611 549 534 513 354<br />
Extraction of mineral oil<br />
and natural gas 15 436 13 203 14 844 22 432 21 541 20 711 20 216 27 449<br />
Other mining and quarrying 1 695 1 645 1 716 1 794 1 763 1 474 1 554 2 046<br />
Total mining and quarrying 18 118 15 666 17 403 24 839 23 852 22 718 22 282 29 849<br />
all industries 720 028 763 443 799 387 841 505 883 412 930 796 981 732 1 033 324<br />
of which: minerals related (%) 2.5 2.1 2.2 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.9<br />
(a) At current basic prices. Source: Office for National Statistics.<br />
united Kingdom employment in the minerals industry, 2004<br />
Mineral Mines (d) Quarries Total<br />
Northern<br />
Ireland<br />
Ball clay — 207 207 —<br />
Calcspar — — — —<br />
Chalk — 306 306 (b) …<br />
Chert and flint — 1 1 —<br />
China clay — 423 423 —<br />
Clay and shale — 704 704 (b) …<br />
Coal 5 738 2 465 8 203 —<br />
Dolomite — 452 452 —<br />
Fireclay 2 33 35 (b) …<br />
Fuller’s earth — 10 10 —<br />
Gypsum and anhydrite 135 9 144 —<br />
Honestone — 0 0 —<br />
Igneous rock — 1 760 1 760 366<br />
Limestone 15 3 355 3 370 207<br />
Oil and gas — — (c) —<br />
Ore minerals 29 8 37 —<br />
Peat — 286 286 —<br />
Potash 797 — 797 —<br />
Salt 1 3 4 (b) …<br />
Sand and gravel — 4 054 4 054 500<br />
Sandstone — 1 310 1 310 354<br />
Silica sand 11 539 550 —<br />
Silica stone — 2 2 —<br />
Slate 17 538 555 —<br />
Soapstone and talc — 3 3 —<br />
Others — — — 276<br />
total 6 745 16 468 23 213 1 703<br />
(a) Where more than one mineral is extracted at a mine or quarry all (d) Including surface and underground workers at mines.<br />
employment is attributed to the chief mineral.<br />
(b) Included with ‘Others’. Sources: Office for National Statistics, Department of Enterprise<br />
(c) The United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association (UKOOA) Trade and Investment (Northern Ireland), The Coal Authority,<br />
estimates the workforce employed on the UK Continental Shelf Department of Trade and Industry<br />
at 260 000, with 33 000 directly employed by exploration<br />
and production companies. (This figure is not consistent<br />
with the series previously published in this book.)<br />
8<br />
Great Britain (a)<br />
Number
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