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iron ore<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
iron ore<br />
Production (a) 1 033 510 464 500 500<br />
Fe content 568 281 255 275 275<br />
Consumption<br />
Home-produced (b) 1 000 500 500 500 500<br />
Imported 16 955 000 15 108 300 13 181 000 15 766 200 16 013 200<br />
Imports<br />
Iron ore 16 778 947 15 351 877 13 316 026 16 121 350 15 298 713 260 406 248 246 184 578 243 973 321 118<br />
Fe content (b) 10 300 000 9 500 000 8 200 000 9 900 000 9 200 000<br />
Exports<br />
Iron ore 898 5 257 350 343 212 129 417 138 145 213<br />
(a) The Florence mine near Egremont, Cumbria produces (b) BGS estimates.<br />
high-grade hematite for foundry uses, mineral specimens<br />
and jewellery. The mine is also an active tourist attraction.<br />
iron and steel<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
iron and steel<br />
Production<br />
Pig iron 10 890 500 9 870 400 8 560 600 10 277 800 10 179 600<br />
Crude steel–<br />
Alloy qualities 1 076 400 984 700 932 800 897 800 957 100<br />
Other 13 942 100 12 418 400 10 594 800 12 230 700 12 808 600<br />
Total 15 018 500 13 403 100 11 527 600 13 128 500 13 765 700<br />
Consumption<br />
Scrap (a) 5 675 000 4 864 000 4 138 000 4 397 000 5 037 000<br />
Pig iron (a) 10 970 000 9 713 000 8 312 000 9 955 000 10 010 000<br />
Finished steel (b) 13 484 000 13 473 000 12 591 000 12 314 000 13 176 000<br />
Imports<br />
Scrap 201 251 178 923 113 107 139 089 224 885 72 142 50 275 46 034 37 225 70 038<br />
Pig iron 133 734 159 725 124 682 116 724 81 309 12 887 16 087 12 229 12 669 15 681<br />
Shot, powder, sponge etc. 56 892 37 128 43 111 38 454 43 625 21 444 19 154 20 966 22 240 26 856<br />
Ferro-alloys 361 692 327 666 369 966 305 212 362 798 136 322 126 781 130 211 140 783 219 064<br />
Iron and steel–<br />
Ingots and other primary<br />
forms 518 194 388 350 1 453 884 540 537 737 919 134 381 121 148 257 803 130 116 221 893<br />
Exports<br />
Scrap 4 378 117 4 821 840 5 538 569 7 174 934 6 772 012 323 233 369 196 467 968 716 223 1 005 835<br />
Pig iron 679 6 749 3 376 94 788 943 248 3 441 2 139 147 558 505<br />
Shot, powder, sponge etc. 83 430 66 637 63 346 53 669 52 776 27 701 27 903 28 181 29 988 31 713<br />
Ferro-alloys 38 005 36 495 44 191 39 659 57 013 65 627 68 042 90 403 116 686 236 441<br />
Iron and steel–<br />
Ingots and other primary<br />
forms 520 306 746 730 560 796 1 305 976 1 711 835 193 789 219 641 289 055 472 338 5 348 146<br />
(a) Consumption in steel making only. (b) Net home disposals.<br />
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