TABLE 1
UNITED KINGDOM:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, *
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Commodity   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003e  
METALS
Aluminum:    
Alumina from imported bauxitee   90,000   88,500   83,900 2 73,800 2 --  
Metal:    
Primary     272,211 305,100 340,778 344,318 342,748 2
Secondary     274,800   285,300   248,600   204,900   205,400 2
Total     547,011 590,400 589,378 549,218 548,148 2
Cadmium, metal including secondary   547 503 425 292 22 2
Copper, metal, refined, secondary   50,334 3,000 -- -- --
Iron and steel:    
Iron ore and concentrate, manganiferous:  
Gross weight     1,000 e 1,033 510 464 500
Fe content (54% Fe)     568 e 540 281 255 275
Metal:    
Pig iron   thousand tons 12,399 10,989 9,861 8,579 10,200
Steel:    
Crude   do. 16,634 15,306 13,610 11,718 12,949 2
Hot-rolled   do. 14,334 13,173 11,369 13,771 r 13,500
Lead:    
Mine output, Pb contente   1,000   1,000   800   700   700  
Metal:    
Smelter:    
Bullion from imported concentrate   40,177 36,700 36,000 36,000 9,000
Secondarye, 3     100,000   100,000   100,000   100,000   100,000  
Total     140,177   136,700   136,000   136,000   109,000  
Refined:    
Primary4     185,422 166,411 202,915 207,719 181,668 2
Secondary3     162,651   170,740   163,390   166,927   169,574 2
Total     348,073 337,151 366,305 374,646 351,242 2
Nickel, metal, refined5     39,467 37,976 33,817 33,790 r 26,788 2
Zinc, metal, smelter     132,800 99,600 100,000 99,600 16,600 2
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Baritee, 6     59,000 55,000 66,000 e 59,000 57,000
Brominee     55,000 50,000 50,000 24,500 r 25,000
Cement, hydraulic   thousand tons 13,027 12,702 11,854 11,089 r 11,215 2
Clays:e    
Fire clay   do. 575 595 600 491 r 450
Fuller's earth7   do. 75 66 52 44 2 34
Kaolin, china clay8   do. 2,304 2 2,420 2 2,204 2 2,163 2 2,097 2
Ball clay and pottery clay7 do. 985 1,000 998 921 2 885 2
Other, including shale   do. 12,500 12,000 10,100 10,306 r, 2 10,400
Feldspar, china stone     3,000 e 2,000 e 2,995 1,896 r 2,000
Fluorspar, all gradese, 9     40,000 36,000 50,000 53,000 56,000
Gypsum and anhydritee thousand tons 1,800 1,500 1,600 1,700 1,700
Lime, hydrated and quicklimee do. 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,000
Nitrogen, N content of ammonia do. 901 814 850 837 1,044 2
Potash, K2O equivalent   494,700 600,000 531,900 540,100 621,400 2
Salt:e    
Rock   thousand tons 1,500 1,700 1,900 1,500 r 1,500
From brine   do. 1,300 1,200 1,200 1,000 r 1,000
In brine, sold or used as such do. 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,200 r 3,200
Sand and gravel:    
Common sand and gravel   do. 100,953 101,621 101,397 94,424 r 91,000
Industrial sand   do. 4,092 4,095 4,100 e 3,833 r 4,000
Sodium compounds, n.e.s., carbonatee do. 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 1--Continued
UNITED KINGDOM:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, *
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified)
 
Commodity   1999   2000   2001   2002   2003e  
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--Continued
Stone:    
Crushed:    
Calcitee   thousand tons 10 12 12 10 10
Chalke   do. 10,000 10,000 10,000 8,587 r 8,500
Dolomite   do. 13,698 14,000 e 14,000 e 12,937 r 12,950 2
Igneous rock   do. 53,155 54,113 53,190 51,008 r 50,400
Limestone   do. 86,933 86,000 e 86,000 e 80,497 r 82,000
Sandstone   do. 15,485 15,000 e 19,967 18,362 r 18,100
Slate including fill   do. 425   350 e 467   622 r 900  
Total   do. 179,706   179,475 r 183,636 r 172,023 r 173,000  
Dimension:e    
Igneous   do. 140 125 497 2 500 500
Limestone   do. 295 300 250 217 r, 2 225
Sandstone   do. 290 300 250 250 250
Slate   do. 70   70   84 2 120 r 100  
Total   do. 795   795   1,080   1,090 r 1,080  
Sulfur, byproduct:e    
Of metallurgy     61,000 2 51,400 2 69,000 r, 2 33,000 r, 2 13,000
Of petroleum refining     136,000   140,000   111,000   125,000   115,000  
Total     197,000 191,000 180,000 r 158,000 r 128,000
Talc, soapstone, pyrophyllite   5,000 e 5,000 e 4,937 6,194 r 6,000
Titaniae, 10     200   200   200   200   200  
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED PRODUCTS
Coal:    
Anthracite   thousand tons 1,000 e 797 616 2,000 r, e 1,500
Bituminous including slurries, fines, etc. do. 36,450   31,175   31,512   28,000   26,700  
Total   do. 37,500 e 31,972 32,128 30,000 r, e 28,200
Coke:    
Metallurgical     5,837 6,058 5,306 4,335 r 4,286 2
Breeze, all types     330 370 210 221 314 2
Fuel briquets, all grades   635 537 550 431 393 2
Gas, natural:    
Marketable11   million cubic meters 104,900 95,854 96,000 e 109,050 r 100,000
Marketede, 12   do. 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000
Natural gas liquids13   thousand 42-gallon barrels 61,859 62,000 e 62,000 e 62,000 60,000
Peate   cubic meters 1,000 1,000 1,000 973 r, 2 900
Petroleum:    
Crude14   thousand 42-gallon barrels 961,965   884,115   821,220   810,158 r 815,000  
Refinery products:e    
Liquefied petroleum gas   do. 24,406 2 25,000 25,000 24,963 r, 2 25,000
Naphtha including white spirit   do. 21,675 2 22,000 22,000 27,480 r, 2 28,000
Gasoline   do. 232,832 2 230,000 230,000 198,458 r, 2 200,000
Jet fuel and kerosene   do. 86,746 2 80,000 r 80,000 r 71,952 r, 2 72,000
Distillate fuel oil   do. 195,280 2 195,000 195,000 210,536 r, 2 200,000
Residual fuel oil   do. 68,591 2 68,000 68,000 57,768 r, 2 58,000
Lubricants   do. 6,440 2 6,500 6,500 6,500 6,500
Bitumen   do. 10,102 2 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Petroleum coke   do. 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
Petroleum wax   do. 472 2 400 400 400 400
Unspecified   do. 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000
Refinery fuel and losses do. 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000
Total   do.   707,000   697,000 r 697,000 r 668,000 r 660,000  
eEstimated; estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits; may not add to totals shown.  rRevised.  -- Zero.
1Table includes data available through September 2004.
2Reported figure.
3Includes a small quantity of primary lead from domestic concentrate.
TABLE 1--Continued
UNITED KINGDOM:  PRODUCTION OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1, *
 
4Produced entirely from imported bullion and includes the lead content of alloys.
5Refined nickel and nickel content of ferronickel.
6Includes witherite.
7Salable product.
8Sales, dry weight.
9Proportions of grades not available; probably about two-thirds acid grade.
10Sales.
11Methane, excluding gas flared or reinjected.
12Marketable methane, excluding that used for drilling, production, and pumping operations.
13Includes ethane, propane, butane, and condensates, respectively.
14Excludes gases and condensates.
*Revised on October 20, 2005.