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aluminium compounds<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
aluminium compounds<br />
Production<br />
Oxide (alumina) 88 500 83 900 73 800 — —<br />
Imports<br />
Oxide (alumina) 568 317 713 808 (b) 798 479 (d) 828 300 417 882 107 650 125 521 (b) 105 813 ... 64 626<br />
Hydroxide 73 170 63 687 (d) 79 800 (d) 14 300 59 844 9 515 9 281 ... ... 11 224<br />
Fused oxide (a) 45 349 43 271 19 928 24 558 33 956 17 335 19 947 13 026 9 167 11 541<br />
Fluorides 7 645 5 460 5 962 5 864 2 286 3 104 2 461 2 763 2 534 2 348<br />
Exports<br />
Oxide (alumina) (b) 12 581 11 795 (b) 22 740 (c) 5 000 2 281 (b) 6 042 6 347 (b) 10 164 ... 1 432<br />
Hydroxide (c) 30 600 42 451 (c) 32 000 (c) 25 800 293 ... 15 843 ... ... 146<br />
Fused oxide (a) 8 723 6 683 5 607 5 201 5 655 9 013 9 183 8 467 4 630 3 801<br />
Fluorides 61 28 16 69 25 106 62 142 602 115<br />
(a) Artificial corundum. (c) BGS estimates, based on known imports into certain countries.<br />
(b) Including some bauxite. (d) BGS estimates, based on known exports from certain countries.<br />
antimony<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
antimony<br />
Consumption (Sb content)<br />
Metal 480 587 480 480 480<br />
Scrap (a) 1 512 1 480 1 165 993 1 483<br />
Imports<br />
Metal 461 345 183 290 410 782 417 301 654 796<br />
Oxides 2 082 4 103 3 164 2 712 2 976 2 556 5 270 4 217 4 873 5 057<br />
Exports<br />
Ash and residues 20 0 ... ... ... 5 0 ... ... ...<br />
Metal ... ... ... 65 88 482 543 444 153 248<br />
Oxides (b) 4 400 1 297 1 879 1 413 663 ... 1 751 2 611 2 446 1 186<br />
(a) Including some antimony in ore. (b) BGS estimates, based on known imports into certain countries.<br />
arsenic<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
arsenic<br />
Imports<br />
Elemental 109 87 86 155 165 602 838 279 232 248<br />
Exports<br />
Elemental 11 5 5 0 0 37 56 37 41 8<br />
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