Date ( Creation )

1918

Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480180

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.

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 ()

OnLine resource

BGS (Minerals UK) World Mineral Statistics Homepage  

BGS World Mineral Statistics Homepage

OnLine resource

WMS Service  

OnLine resource

WFS Service  

Hierarchy level

nonGeographicDataset Non geographic dataset

Other

non geographic dataset

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

2021-04-22

Metadata standard version

2.3

Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480180