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MineralsUK

A wealth of information on mineral resources,
mineral planning, policy and legislation,
sustainable development, statistics and exploration

MineralsUK is the British Geological Survey portal for information on mineral resources, mineral planning, policy and legislation, the role of minerals in a low carbon economy, statistics and exploration.

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World Mineral Production 2018-2022

World Mineral Production 2018-2022

The latest edition of this long running series is now available.

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UK Minerals Yearbook 2023

The latest edition of this annual publication is now available

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Deep-sea mining review

Deep-sea Mining Evidence Review

The deep-sea mining independent evidence review report was commissioned by the UK Government to inform its policy in relation to deep-sea mining.

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United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2023 survey

The Minerals area at BGS are very interested to find out who is currently downloading our minerals data or World Mineral Production publication and what commodities you are particularly interested in. We would also like to find out how you would like our data to be presented to you in the future. We would be very grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to complete our short survey.

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