{"id":341,"date":"2024-01-15T16:16:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/world-mineral-statistics-data-download\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:24:02","slug":"world-mineral-statistics-data-download","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/world-mineral-statistics-data-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Data download and API"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Data download and API<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MineralsUK &#8211; Statistics<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/world-mineral-statistics-data-download\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Data%20download%20and%20API&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/world-mineral-statistics-data-download\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/world-mineral-statistics-data-download\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Data%20download%20and%20API&#038;body=The%20data%20download%20page%20for%20the%20BGS%20production%20and%20trade%20statistics%20on%20a%20wide%20range%20of%20mineral%20commodities.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/world-mineral-statistics-data-download\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/world-mineral-statistics-data-download\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/P1045375-banner-2.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur hero-img\" alt=\"Machinery in a quarry. \u00a9 BGS\/UKRI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/P1045375-banner-2.webp\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Excel Download<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to the World Mineral Statistics archive data download page. The British Geological Survey (BGS) and its predecessor organisations have compiled production and trade statistics on a wide range of mineral commodities since 1913. As part of our ongoing work to make these data more accessible we have created an online tool which allows users to extract the data in Microsoft Excel format.<\/p>\n\n\n            <div class=\"btn-wrap\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/world-mineral-statistics-data-download\/world-mineral-statistics-data\/\"  class=\"button mx-0 primary-background   \">Access the data download<\/a>            <\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">API<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the data is available via the BGS OGCAPI server, this uses the OGCAPI-Features standard to improve data access and interoperability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOTE: For certain commodities data are not available for all years, for example the BGS commenced collation of data for primary aggregates in 1998 and consequently there are no data for earlier years for this particular commodity. Trade data (imports and exports) are available for all countries up to 2002, and for selected European countries only from 2003 to 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NOTE: API results only return 0 or NULL. This contrasts with the yearbook which has:<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wysiwyg-5426-block_d9e670ac6fa43718e5a4d5deec294de5\" class=\"  \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 responsive-table\"><table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th data-name=\"Yearbook Symbol\">Yearbook Symbol<\/th>\n<th data-name=\"Description\">Description<\/th>\n<th data-name=\"API Notation\">API Notation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody><tr>\n<td data-before=\"Yearbook Symbol\">\n<p class=\"x_456786128elementToProof\">&#8230;<\/p><\/td><td data-before=\"Description\">\n<p class=\"x_456786128elementToProof\">Figures not available<\/p><\/td><td data-before=\"API Notation\">\n<div class=\"x_456786128elementToProof\">NULL<\/div><\/tr><tr>\n<td data-before=\"Yearbook Symbol\">0<\/td><td data-before=\"Description\">quantity less than half unit shown<\/td><td data-before=\"API Notation\">NULL<\/tr><tr>\n<td data-before=\"Yearbook Symbol\">\u2014<\/td><td data-before=\"Description\">nil<\/td><td data-before=\"API Notation\">0<\/tr><tr>\n<td data-before=\"Yearbook Symbol\">*<\/td><td data-before=\"Description\">estimated<\/td><td data-before=\"API Notation\">0<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n            <div class=\"btn-wrap\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/ogcapi.bgs.ac.uk\/collections\/world-mineral-statistics\"  target=\"_blank\" class=\"button mx-0 primary-background   \">API Endpoint<\/a>            <\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>We have example <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/BritishGeologicalSurvey\/BGS-API-Documentation\/blob\/main\/notebooks\/BGS_World_Mineral_Statistics_using_OGCAPI_Features.ipynb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Juypter Notebooks<\/a> showing how to request and visualize the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;It is possible&nbsp;to undertake simple sorting of the data, like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ogcapi.bgs.ac.uk\/collections\/world-mineral-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Most recent first<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ogcapi.bgs.ac.uk\/collections\/world-mineral-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oldest first<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Limit properties: \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ogcapi.bgs.ac.uk\/collections\/world-mineral-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Year, commodity, sub-commodity, country, statistic type<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ogcapi.bgs.ac.uk\/collections\/world-mineral-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Complex queries using CQL standard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t<section id=\"in-this-section-689-block_04a69bf85c03f5f3cd7facda281eb579\" class=\"grid-section  basic-background-1   \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Access the data<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/world-mineral-statistics-archive\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/aac-120803-0113-198004-resized.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Colision Avoidance System - Sishen Iron Ore Mine. \u00a9 2012 Philip Mostert Photo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/aac-120803-0113-198004-resized.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/world-mineral-statistics-archive\/\">World mineral statistics archive<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Archive of BGS production and trade statistics for a wide range of mineral commodities dating back to 1913.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/world-mineral-statistics-archive\/\"><\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/bgs-mineral-statistics-terms-and-conditions-ipr\/\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/lafarge-brooksby-sg-20-resized.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Brooksby sand and gravel quarry. 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survey<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-2354-block_6a538591a683962885fa440ab9b7010c\" class=\"grid-section  primary-background   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested in<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/NN84037-22678-thumb.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"NN84037-22678-thumb\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/NN84037-22678-thumb.webp\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/\">World mineral statistics<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This annual publication contains mineral production statistics for more than 70 mineral commodities, by country worldwide.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/world-mineral-statistics\/\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/uk\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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