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great britain production of crushed rock, gravel and sand for use in concrete, 1991–2004<br />
Year Sandstone Igneous rock Limestone Gravel (a) Concreting Total<br />
and sand (a)<br />
dolomite<br />
1991 590 2 951 11 663 29 445 31 239 75 888<br />
1992 527 2 890 11 513 28 078 28 573 71 581<br />
1993 589 2 366 12 831 27 215 28 021 71 022<br />
1994 434 2 744 13 166 29 600 30 977 76 921<br />
1995 652 3 022 12 745 27 867 29 390 73 676<br />
1996 498 2 914 11 337 26 020 28 659 69 428<br />
1997 324 3 490 14 486 28 235 30 130 76 665<br />
1998 686 3 749 15 711 30 369 30 244 80 759<br />
1999 773 3 998 15 309 30 349 31 730 82 159<br />
2000 738 3 811 14 046 30 753 31 167 80 515<br />
2001 1 425 6 351 20 780 29 969 31 656 90 181<br />
2002 1 483 4 747 20 112 27 699 31 224 85 265<br />
2003 1 778 6 613 20 197 26 566 31 521 86 675<br />
2004 1 214 5 086 14 931 27 533 32 529 81 293<br />
(a) Including marine-dredged material landed at British ports. Source: Office for National Statistics.<br />
great britain production of crushed rock for use as roadstone, 1991–2004<br />
Year Sandstone Igneous rock Limestone and dolomite Total<br />
42<br />
Thousand tonnes<br />
Thousand tonnes<br />
Coated Uncoated Coated Uncoated Coated Uncoated Coated Uncoated<br />
1991 2 373 4 290 10 955 16 635 13 060 39 823 26 387 60 748<br />
1992 2 377 2 854 11 850 16 229 12 420 34 388 26 647 53 471<br />
1993 2 273 2 819 12 874 17 187 12 089 34 405 27 236 54 411<br />
1994 2 460 2 824 13 136 14 257 12 916 34 041 28 512 51 122<br />
1995 3 227 2 743 12 297 13 932 13 448 32 631 28 972 49 307<br />
1996 2 944 2 910 11 789 12 431 11 537 25 552 26 270 40 893<br />
1997 2 835 2 741 10 947 12 392 10 124 25 054 23 906 40 186<br />
1998 3 506 2 689 9 273 10 100 10 352 24 027 23 131 36 816<br />
1999 3 140 2 326 9 945 13 307 9 175 22 481 22 260 38 114<br />
2000 3 315 2 201 9 890 13 394 8 580 20 915 21 785 36 509<br />
2001 3 216 1 731 9 523 10 547 10 602 22 360 23 340 34 638<br />
2002 3 402 1 689 11 023 10 326 8 858 15 308 23 281 27 323<br />
2003 3 586 1 741 11 019 10 764 8 533 16 455 23 138 28 950<br />
2004 3 689 (a) 1 698 10 392 (a) 11 318 4 640 (a) 16 032 18 721 (a) 29 047<br />
(a) Including surface dressing chippings Source: Office for National Statistics.<br />
great britain production of crushed rock for railway ballast, 1991–2004<br />
Year Sandstone Igneous rock Limestone and dolomite Total<br />
1991 206 2 320 291 2 817<br />
1992 153 2 564 433 3 150<br />
1993 (a) 180 2 236 (a) 204 (a) 2 620<br />
1994 (a) 463 1 826 (a) 11 (a) 2 300<br />
1995 (a) 441 2 393 (a) 82 (a) 2 916<br />
1996 (a) 339 1 643 (a) 79 (a) 2 061<br />
1997 (a) 343 1 870 (a) 89 (a) 2 304<br />
1998 (a) 351 2 008 (a) 122 (a) 2 481<br />
1999 (a) 138 1 959 (a) 99 (a) 2 196<br />
2000 (a) 100 1 965 (a) 100 (a) 2 189<br />
2001 (a) 150 2 341 (a) 150 (a) 2 682<br />
2002 190 3 324 — 3 514<br />
2003 … 2 669 … (a) 2 895<br />
2004 … 3 074 … (a) 3 630<br />
(a) BGS estimate. Source: Office for National Statistics.<br />
Thousand tonnes
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