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In compiling this volume the British Geological Survey has
largely relied upon data originally collected by other bodies.
A list of the departments and organisations concerned is
given below, together with the titles of principal publications
that have been used. In many cases the BGS has also been
provided with supplementary or unpublished information.
Interested readers are strongly advised to consult the
original sources themselves wherever possible and in this
connection may wish to refer not only to the publications as
listed here, but also earlier issues in the same series, some
of which were published under different titles.
Information about the production of minerals in the
United Kingdom is given from 1853 to 1881 in a series of
Geological Survey Memoirs entitled Mineral Statistics, by
Robert Hunt, Keeper of Mining Records; earlier information
for certain metalliferous minerals is also available.
Since 1873 all collieries and metalliferous mines have been
required by statute to complete annual returns of production,
and since 1895 the same has applied to quarries. These
returns were made to the Home Office, which, in 1882, was
made responsible for the publication of Mineral Statistics. In
1920 responsibility for collection of returns was transferred
to the Mines Department (Board of Trade) and statistics
were subsequently published in the Annual Reports of the
Secretary of Mines. The Mines Department was incorporated
into the Ministry of Fuel and Power in 1942 and statistics
from 1938 to 1972 were published in their Statistical
Digests (subsequently the Digests of Energy Statistics of the
Department of Trade and Industry). In 1973 responsibility for
the collection of returns relating to most minerals other than
fuels was transferred to the Business Statistics Office
(formerly part of the Department of Trade and Industry, now
the Office for National Statistics). The Department of Trade
and Industry, and previously the Department of Energy,
collects statistics relating to hydrocarbons (natural gas and
crude petroleum). Statistics on coal production are now
collected by The Coal Authority. Returns of sand and gravel
were collected by the Department of the Environment up
to 1974. Details of mineral production in Northern Ireland
since 1922 have been obtained by the Northern Ireland
Government.
1853–1881 Mineral Statistics, by Robert Hunt, Keeper of
Mining Records; Memoirs of the Geological Survey
1882–1896 Mineral Statistics; Home Office
1897–1919 Mines and Quarries: General Report with
Statistics; Home Office
1920 Mines and Quarries: General Report with Statistics;
Mines Department, Board of Trade
1921–1938 Annual Report of the Secretary of Mines; Mines
Department, Board of Trade (Great Britain only from 1922)
1938–1972 Statistical Digest; Ministry of Fuel and Power
(Great Britain only)
1973–2003 Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics;
Department of Trade and Industry, formerly published by
Department of Energy
1973–1993 Minerals (PA1007); Central Statistical Office
1994–2003 Mineral Extraction in Great Britain (PA 1007);
Office for National Statistics
1922–1949 Annual Report of the Mining and Quarrying
industries in Northern Ireland; Ministry of Commerce
(Northern Ireland)
1950–1981 Mineral Production in Northern Ireland;
Department of Commerce (Northern Ireland)
1982–1995 Mineral Production in Northern Ireland;
Department of Economic Development (Northern Ireland)
1996–1998 Annual Minerals Statement;
Department of Economic Development (Northern Ireland)
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1999–2005 Annual Mineral Statement;
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
(Northern Ireland)
Department of Trade and Industry
Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (annual)
Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components
DTI website for energy and construction information
Office for National Statistics
Monthly Digest of Statistics
Mineral Extraction in Great Britain (annual)
United Kingdom National Accounts
HM Customs and Excise
Overseas Trade Statistics (monthly, quarterly and annual)
Guide to the Classification for Overseas Trade Statistics
Crown Estate Commissioners, The Crown Mineral Agent
Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment
(Northern Ireland)
Annual Mineral Statement
Department of Trade and Industry (Isle of Man)
Advisory and Finance Committee (Guernsey)
Valuation Office Agency
Property Market Report
UK Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau
Annual Statistics
World Bureau of Metal Statistics
World Metal Statistics (monthly)
International Fertilizer Industry Association
The Kaolin and Ball Clay Association
Quarry Products Association (QPA)
The Coal Authority
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development