{"id":422,"date":"2024-01-17T15:07:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/industrial-minerals\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T11:02:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T10:02:29","slug":"industrial-minerals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/industrial-minerals\/","title":{"rendered":"Industrial minerals"},"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>Industrial minerals<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>MineralsUK &#8211; Mine and quarry<\/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\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/industrial-minerals\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Industrial%20minerals&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/industrial-minerals\/\"><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\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/industrial-minerals\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Industrial%20minerals&#038;body=Industrial%20minerals%20are%20all%20those%20minerals,%20including%20construction%20materials,%20with%20an%20economic%20use%20typically%20excluding%20energy%20minerals,%20metals%20and%20gemstones.%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/industrial-minerals\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/industrial-minerals\/\" 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\/05\/Fluorspar-ore-glebe-mine-stoney-middleton-derbyshire-uk-1.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur hero-img\" alt=\"Fluorspar ore. Glebe mine, Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, UK. BGS \u00a9 NERC\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/Fluorspar-ore-glebe-mine-stoney-middleton-derbyshire-uk-1.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\">        <div class=\"js-anchor-link-wrap anchor-link-wrap\" id=\"overview\"><span class=\"sr-only js-anchor-link\">Overview<\/span><\/div>\n        \n\n\n<p>In the broadest definition, industrial minerals are all those minerals, including construction materials, with an economic use typically excluding energy minerals, metals and gemstones (except where the latter has industrial applications, such as diamond). The UK produces a wide range of industrial minerals including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ball clay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>barite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>building stone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>chalk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>china clay (kaolin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>clay and shale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>construction aggregate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fluorspar (fluorite)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>gypsum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>industrial limestone and dolostone (dolomite)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>polyhalite and potash<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>salt (halite)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sand and gravel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>slate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>talc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n        <div class=\"js-anchor-link-wrap anchor-link-wrap\" id=\"factsheets\"><span class=\"sr-only js-anchor-link\">Mineral planning factsheets<\/span><\/div>\n        \n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mineral planning factsheets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/planning\/mineral-planning-factsheets\/\">Mineral planning factsheets<\/a>&nbsp;are available for most of these UK industrial mineral commodities, covering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>demand, supply, trade and consumption<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>economic importance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>structure of the industry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>raw materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>reserves and resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>relationship to environmental designations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>extraction and processing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>by-products<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>alternatives and recycling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>effect of economic instruments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>planning issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, there is a mineral commodity profile for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/17410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fluorspar<\/a>&nbsp;and a factsheet on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/534412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">potential for graphite in the UK<\/a>.&nbsp;Other industrial mineral reports and maps&nbsp;are avilable to download.<\/p>\n\n\n        <div class=\"js-anchor-link-wrap anchor-link-wrap\" id=\"mines\"><span class=\"sr-only js-anchor-link\">Industrial mineral mines and quarries<\/span><\/div>\n        \n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Industrial mineral mines and quarries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/directory-of-mines-and-quarries\/\">Directory of Mines and Quarries<\/a>&nbsp;contains details of mines and quarries working industrial minerals in the UK and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/statistics\/uk\/\">UK Minerals Yearbook<\/a>&nbsp;has statistics for the production of industrial minerals in the UK. BGS&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk\/geoindex\/home.html?topic=Minerals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">onshore GeoIndex<\/a>&nbsp;shows the locations of industrial mineral resource occurrences, planning permissions and operations (both current and historic).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information on industrial minerals please contact:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/mitchell-clive\/\">Clive Mitchell<\/a>, BGS Industrial Minerals Geologist.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section   id=\"latest-content-2847-block_e2623d7a908747e765f8fa5c27841c35\" 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\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/directory-of-mines-and-quarries\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/bantycock-gypsum-quarry-newark.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bantycock gypsum quarry Newark. \u00a9 Tony Cooper BGS \/ UKRI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/bantycock-gypsum-quarry-newark.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\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/directory-of-mines-and-quarries\/\">Directory of Mines and Quarries<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Directory of Mines and Quarries (DMQ) contains information on operational mineral sites in the UK during the period 2019 to 2020.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/directory-of-mines-and-quarries\/\"><\/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\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/coal\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/aac-120627-0209_155520.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Richard Mokwena holds up a piece of coal from the 4 seam which is being mined at ramp 51 at Anglo American Thermal Coal - Kriel Colliery. \u00a9 Anglo American\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/aac-120627-0209_155520.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\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/coal\/\">Coal<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS information and maps on UK coal resources.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/coal\/\"><\/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\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/industrial-mineral-assessment-unit-imau-reports-and-maps\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/Celestine_Sakoany_Mahajanga_Madagascar-8791-thumb.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Celestine, Sakoany, Mahajanga, Madagascar\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/Celestine_Sakoany_Mahajanga_Madagascar-8791-thumb.jpg\" \/>\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\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/industrial-mineral-assessment-unit-imau-reports-and-maps\/\">Industrial Mineral Assessment Unit (IMAU) reports and maps<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>IMAU survey reports on British sand and gravel, and other industrial mineral resources. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/industrial-mineral-assessment-unit-imau-reports-and-maps\/\"><\/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\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/construction-minerals\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/P900337-thumb.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"A quarry dug into orange-coloured sand, with machinery and blue containers at the bottom of the quarry\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/P900337-thumb.jpg\" \/>\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\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/construction-minerals\/\">Construction minerals<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Construction minerals include a wide range of materials including brick clay, building stone, construction aggregate, sand and gravel, gypsum, lime and cement raw materials.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/mineralsuk\/minerals\/mine-and-quarry\/construction-minerals\/\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/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\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industrial minerals are all those minerals, including construction materials, with an economic use typically excluding energy minerals, metals and gemstones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1809,"parent":102,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"72,1","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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