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Mica<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
Mica<br />
Imports<br />
Crude (a) 203 344 240 424 1 769 118 186 161 183 362<br />
Ground 5 355 7 258 9 349 8 327 6 286 1 531 1 699 1 874 1 968 1 700<br />
Waste 8 119 4 016 4 224 5 050 4 374 974 478 489 518 475<br />
Worked 691 732 590 323 582 5 003 4 514 3 910 2 349 3 091<br />
Exports<br />
Crude (a) 68 22 20 34 — 87 23 52 48 —<br />
Ground 3 638 3 758 4 023 4 740 9 339 2 337 2 199 2 683 3 035 3 982<br />
Waste 56 17 46 0 23 63 50 89 1 9<br />
Worked 279 266 394 383 363 2 916 2 481 2 415 3 338 3 501<br />
(a) Including sheets or splittings.<br />
Molybdenum<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
Molybdenum<br />
Consumption in Iron and Steel<br />
Industry (a) 2 240 2 010 1 800 2 080 2 120<br />
Apparent consumption (a) (b) 3 500 4 600 6 100 3 500 2 100<br />
Imports<br />
Roasted molybdenite concentrates 9 644 14 327 19 654 17 463 16 779 18 648 28 056 48 060 51 607 94 531<br />
Other ores and concentrates 2 813 2 045 1 783 1 421 1 592 6 030 5 003 5 906 6 666 12 384<br />
Ferro-molybdenum 490 351 338 434 836 1 304 1 041 1 545 2 395 6 862<br />
Scrap 303 449 472 579 668 1 904 2 093 2 257 2 672 8 298<br />
Powders 18 86 56 102 65 217 585 216 770 634<br />
Unwrought 158 175 139 104 101 1 344 2 281 1 728 1 249 1 559<br />
Wrought 366 455 553 384 1 020 7 192 10 655 8 533 5 916 6 727<br />
Oxides and hydroxides 34 60 106 7 2 225 180 621 52 46<br />
Exports<br />
Roasted molybdenite concentrates 181 213 351 32 106 398 451 907 160 1 246<br />
Other ores and concentrates 136 83 67 52 74 422 285 244 189 318<br />
Ferro-molybdenum 7 251 9 278 11 965 14 081 14 213 23 374 27 156 48 756 70 647 150 292<br />
Scrap 21 167 64 82 116 161 778 416 654 1 672<br />
Powders 13 55 46 1 17 354 598 395 6 269<br />
Unwrought 5 26 10 23 26 54 186 106 181 375<br />
Wrought 239 798 206 124 153 1 485 2 306 1 890 1 665 2 158<br />
Oxides and hydroxides 7 7 11 7 86 54 58 65 63 1 106<br />
(a) Metal content. (b) BGS estimates; see p.v.<br />
Nepheline syenite<br />
united Kingdom summary 2000–2004<br />
Commodity 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002<br />
Tonnes £ thousand<br />
Nepheline-syenite<br />
Imports (a) 50 363 57 268 53 692 52 453 49 731 ... 4 142 4 627<br />
Exports 36 54 82 52 45 15 16 31<br />
(a) Exports from Canada and Norway.<br />
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