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great britain production of limestone by end-use and area of origin 2004<br />
Area of origin Building For constructional uses (a) For other uses<br />
stone<br />
Roadstone Railway Concrete Other Other con- Armour- Agriculballast<br />
aggregate screened structional stone & tural use<br />
Sold For coating Uncoated Surface and graded uses Gabion<br />
coated at remote dressing<br />
plants chippings<br />
North East — 285 138 679 310 394 752 … 1 261 … 34<br />
Yorkshire and<br />
the Humber 4 … 350 2 654 … — 2 672 1 221 2 945 14 39<br />
East Midlands … 1 068 450 2 980 137 — 2 642 1 559 6 196 22 195<br />
East of England — — — … — — … — … — —<br />
South East 4 — — 213 … — 99 … 688 12 …<br />
South West … 1 461 816 4 851 … — 3 845 3 762 5 402 22 348<br />
West Midlands … 218 53 … … — 64 43 … — …<br />
North West 4 … 111 955 14 — … 586 1 360 … 46<br />
england … 3 829 1 918 13 029 1 015 394 11 949 7 863 18 760 94 686<br />
Wales 29 953 … 1 416 … … 2 977 … 3 142 … 99<br />
scotland … 77 … 112 … — 4 … 79 … 136<br />
great britain 226 4 858 2 095 14 558 … … 14 931 9 591 21 982 136 921<br />
england<br />
County Total County Total<br />
Avon 4 355 Humberside 49<br />
Cambridgeshire … Nottinghamshire 166<br />
Cumbria 3 753 Lincolnshire 843<br />
Derbyshire 20 247 Dorset 291<br />
Devon … Northamptonshire 319<br />
Cornwall 77 Northumberland 616<br />
Cleveland 35 Tyne and Wear 145<br />
Durham 3 549 North Yorkshire 7 256<br />
Gloucestershire 2 059 West Yorkshire …<br />
Hereford and Worcester … South Yorkshire …<br />
Shropshire … Oxfordshire 553<br />
Warwickshire … Somerset 12 582<br />
Staffordshire 2 017 Wiltshire …<br />
Kent … Isle of Wight …<br />
Lancashire 4 677 Buckinghamshire 1<br />
Leicestershire 3 561<br />
62<br />
england 72 173 continued<br />
(a) Including dolomite. Source: Office for National Statistics.<br />
(b) For filler in asphalt and as mine dust.<br />
(c) For other fillers, powders and whitings (e.g. in animal feed,<br />
polymers, paint, paper and pharmaceuticals).<br />
(d) For water & effluent treatment and pollution control
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