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great britain consumption of dolomite, limestone and lime in iron and steel production, 1970–2004<br />
Year<br />
66<br />
Dolomite, incl. calcined dolomite (dolime) Limestone Lime<br />
Thousand tonnes<br />
Blast Steel Other Blast Steel Other Steel Other<br />
furnaces furnaces purposes furnaces furnaces purposes Furnaces purposes<br />
and sinter and sinter<br />
plants plants<br />
1970 532 250 0 2 351 713 313 1 482 19<br />
1971 455 186 0 2 073 570 281 1 254 18<br />
1972 392 166 0 2 023 480 306 1 396 19<br />
1973 446 157 8 2 291 518 288 1 532 22<br />
1974 468 95 8 1 785 303 162 1 251 11<br />
1975 300 90 8 1 735 280 65 1 205 8<br />
1976 517 150 0 1 777 334 7 1 288 36<br />
1977 643 192 — 1 487 252 5 1 175 14<br />
1978 647 183 — 1 399 106 — 1 227 —<br />
1979 859 323 — 1 090 116 — 1 323 —<br />
1980 389 182 — 611 7 — 663 —<br />
1981 400 308 — 1 031 2 — 911 —<br />
1982 280 255 — 888 2 — 799 —<br />
1983 400 298 — 1 164 1 — 865 —<br />
1984 405 310 — 1 143 1 — 824 —<br />
1985 425 284 — 1 562 — — 801 —<br />
1986 333 270 — 1 494 2 — 680 —<br />
1987 405 275 — 1 827 — — 761 —<br />
1988 477 319 — 1 948 — — 810 —<br />
1989 430 315 — 2 062 — — 822 —<br />
1990 410 287 — 1 992 — — 778 —<br />
1991 323 264 — 2 124 — — 696 —<br />
1992 391 246 — 2 033 — — 682 —<br />
1993 276 238 — 2 077 — — 719 —<br />
1994 201 264 — 2 236 — — 767 —<br />
1995 67 316 — 2 318 — — 787 —<br />
1996 59 397 — 2 225 — — 744 —<br />
1997 42 462 — 2 445 — — 751 —<br />
1998 3 492 — 2 411 — — 739 —<br />
1999 5 364 — 2 408 — — 698 —<br />
2000 1 337 — 2 166 — — 660 —<br />
2001 7 257 — 1 891 — — 564 —<br />
2002 8 219 — 1 684 — — 504 —<br />
2003 8 250 — 2 019 — — 532 —<br />
2004 3 260 — 2 068 — — 584 —<br />
Source: Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau.<br />
This table shows the consumption of fluxes used in iron and steelmaking. Dolomite and limestone are used in blast furnaces and in sinter plants,<br />
whilst lime and calcined dolomite, or dolime, are used in steelmaking. These figures do not entirely agree with those shown on p.61 for the<br />
production of limestone, dolomite and chalk for iron and steelmaking, even allowing for the conversion of lime and dolime to carbonate.<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
limestone–see Building and<br />
dimension stone<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
Production<br />
Limestone 84 348 000 88 238 000 80 688 000 78 935 000 81 641 000<br />
Dolomite 13 069 000 14 314 000 12 946 000 12 167 000 12 226 000<br />
Imports<br />
Dolomite 174 353 188 312 184 947 179 003 170 888 3 798 3 671 3 694 4 129 3 631<br />
Limestone flux (a) 4 035 7 613 ... 4 976 9 155 704 1 025 1 056 469 646<br />
Lime 3 191 3 877 13 742 15 487 12 651 509 364 1 616 2 140 2 536<br />
Exports<br />
Dolomite (c) 112 875 131 073 104 126 35 804 24 736 4 947 4 653 4 393 1 677 1 271<br />
Limestone flux (a) 232 480 81 519 95 364 247 665 234 101 4 180 2 094 2 513 3 631 3 430<br />
Lime 125 104 113 753 88 783 360 584 110 064 9 047 9 404 8 628 12 745 10 974<br />
chalk<br />
Production (b) 9 213 000 8 205 000 8 587 000 8 066 000 7 997 000<br />
Imports 5 566 3 465 3 935 5 847 6 128 365 310 338 528 537<br />
Exports 25 266 23 952 24 974 26 858 40 921 2 698 1 898 2 079 2 036 2 117<br />
(a) Including calcareous stone commonly used for the manufacture of lime or cement. (c) Crude.<br />
(b) Great Britain only. There is a small, undisclosed production in Northern Ireland.
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