4c455bd1-882c-bc59-e063-3050940a1828 English nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-02 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608649 United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2025 2026-03-31 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608649 The United Kingdom minerals yearbook 2025 provides comprehensive statistical data on minerals production, consumption, and trade broken down at a regional level where possible. It contains essential reliable and up-to-date information to be used as guidance for decision makers. Data included: • Production data for UK minerals, including annual tonnages for: o Crushed rock o Sand and gravel (land won and marine dredged) o Other construction minerals o Industrial minerals (e.g., silica sand, kaolin, ball clay, salt, polyhalite, barytes, fluorspar) o Energy minerals (coal, oil and gas, onshore and offshore) • Consumption data for major UK mineral categories, providing insight into domestic demand. • Trade data, detailing imports and exports of key minerals and mineral products. • Offshore production statistics, oil, gas, and marine dredged aggregates from the UK Continental Shelf. • Value data for UK production • Number of quarries in the UK • Balance of trade Commodity specific tables set out the UK’s position for each particular commodity in turn. They include UK production figures, where there is production, and also UK trade statistics (imports and exports). Occasionally, these tables also include figures for consumption and apparent consumption. It is of value to all those interested in the many facets of Britain's minerals industry and its contribution to the national economy. This publication forms part of Britain's continuous mining and quarrying record. Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk originator Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available pointOfContact notApplicable https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/4c455bd1-882c-bc59-e063-3050940a1828.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Exports Imports Mineral statistics BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision NGDC Deposited Data Citable Data dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions licenceOGL Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" otherRestrictions The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. 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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" English geoscientificInformation 2020 2024 Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx) Enquiries British Geological Survey 0115 936 3143 0115 936 3276 Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item191910 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Data download https://doi.org/10.5285/ef081821-ef4c-46b9-9af6-2ca6914c12fb WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Bide, T., Evans, E., Idoine, N., & Raycraft, E. (2026). United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2025 [Data set]. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/ef081821-ef4c-46b9-9af6-2ca6914c12fb information nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false The UK Minerals Yearbook is compiled through extensive data collection from a range of authoritative sources, including companies, trade associations, the Office for National Statistics, government departments, UK Trade Info, and the British Geological Survey. These sources provide the raw production, trade, and economic data needed for national level mineral statistics. Once gathered, the data undergo processing, which involves targeted research, organisation, and systematic manipulation to ensure consistency across datasets.. This includes performing calculations, filling gaps, making estimations where appropriate, and applying quality control checks. Finally, the refined data are prepared for publication through data presentation steps. These include generating tables directly from the World Mineral Statistics database, the UK minerals database and formatting and combining all elements to create the final yearbook. in the production of a comprehensive, coherent publication that summarises the UK’s mineral statistics for the year. All of the data required for the UK Summary Tables are entered into the World Mineral Statistics database. Most UK trade data come from the UK Trade Info website which is data collected by HMRC. The data originally contained within the UK Minerals Yearbook is largely 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 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, 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 DTI, now the ONS). The Annual Minerals Raised Inquiry was conducted by the ONS and published annually as Mineral Extraction in Great Britain until early 2016 (the last year of data is 2014). For 2015 onwards this volume has attempted to obtain data from alternative sources to fill as many of the data gaps as possible. These sources include the Mineral Products Association and Ceramics UK (amongst others). The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (formerly Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), collects statistics relating to hydrocarbons (natural gas and crude petroleum). Statistics on, coal production are collected by The Coal Authority. Details of mineral production in Northern Ireland since 1922 have been obtained by the Northern Ireland Government. data from Government sources has been used under OGL.