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World Mineral Statistics Dataset.

The British Geological Survey has one of the largest databases in the world on the production and trade of minerals. The dataset contains annual production statistics by mass for more than 70 mineral commodities covering the majority of economically important and internationally-traded minerals, metals and mineral-based materials. For each commodity the annual production statistics are recorded for individual countries, grouped by continent. Import and export statistics are also available for years up to 2002. Maintenance of the database is funded by the Science Budget and output is used by government, private industry and others in support of policy, economic analysis and commercial strategy. As far as possible the production data are compiled from primary, official sources. Quality assurance is maintained by participation in such groups as the International Consultative Group on Non-ferrous Metal Statistics. Individual commodity and country tables are available for sale on request.
 
Citation proposal
. World Mineral Statistics Dataset.. https://metadata.bgs.ac.uk/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9df8df51-6332-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98

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Date ( Creation )
1918
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480180

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 

  Point of contact

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 
Maintenance and update frequency
annually Annually
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Statistics , Exports , Ores , Mineral economics , Imports , Commerce , Mineral statistics , Commodity economics , Production
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Other constraints
Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section (ipr@bgs.ac.uk ) for advice, should the position not be clear.
Metadata language
English English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Supplemental Information
Update of individual annual figures is a year-round process. 'World Mineral Statistics 1997-2001'(annual) BGS PUBLICATION. PUBLICATION: 'WORLD MINERAL STATISTICS 1995-99' Mackenzie, A.C. et al. 1999 PUBLICATION: MODERNISATION OF THE WORLD MINERALS STATISTICS DATABASE, BGS TECHNICAL REPORT. 'World Mineral Statistics 1998-2002' 'European Mineral Statistics 1997-2001' 'European Mineral Statistics 1998-2002' Additional data on trade are available in paper form (sources of imports, destinations of exports). No data are routinely compiled on aggregate minerals (crushed rock or natural). For 12 commodities data are for production only. Standard abbreviations and symbols are used throughout. Units of measurements are tonnes, kilograms or carats, according to commodity. Value (#) is used where mass is not available. Estimated numbers are rounded to between one and three orders of magnitude higher than the measured totals.

Reference System Information

No information provided.
Distribution format
  • BOOKS - From 1913 to 1997 (data years) as annual books, or photocopies of parts thereof. Each book covers a 5-year run of statistics. ()

  • PAPER ()

  • .TXT FILES - From 1985 to 1992 (data years) individual commodity tables can also be presented as .txt files, or edited to formatted text or MS-Word files. ()

  • MS WORD - Form 1990 to 1997 (data years) individual tables can be presented as MS-Word files by commodity or country. ()

  • PDF FILES ()

  Distributor

British Geological Survey - Enquiries  
Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  0115 936 3143  
  0115 936 3276 
OnLine resource
BGS (Minerals UK) World Mineral Statistics Homepage  

BGS World Mineral Statistics Homepage

Hierarchy level
nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
Other
non geographic dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
false

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Pass
false
Statement
The dataset has been compiled continuously since the year 1918 (statistics from 1913).

gmd:MD_Metadata

File identifier
9df8df51-6332-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98   XML
Metadata language
English English
Hierarchy level
nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset
Hierarchy level name
non geographic dataset
Date stamp
2021-01-15
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3

  Point of contact

British Geological Survey  
Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom

  +44 115 936 3100  
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480180
 
 

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