UK Minerals Yearbook 2024 released

21 May, 2025

Arclid Quarry, in Bathgate, which produces industrial sand. Photo: BGS © UKRI

Annual publication provides essential information on production, consumption, and trade of UK minerals up to 2024

PUBLISHED annually by the British Geological Survey (BGS), the UK Minerals Yearbook provides comprehensive statistical data on the production, consumption, and trade of UK minerals. The yearbook includes definitive updates to inform decision makers, the minerals industry, and those interested in the contribution of minerals to the national economy.

The UK is an important producer of a range of minerals that are consumed in many sectors of the economy, including construction and industry. In 2023, some 176.3 million tonnes of minerals were extracted from the UK landmass for sale both within the UK and internationally.

After the initial recovery the mineral sector experienced post-COVID-19 (2022), economic uncertainty and decreased demand from the construction sector in particular resulted in reduced production of most minerals during 2023.

To download the UK Minerals Yearbook from the Minerals UK website, click here.

Key production figures (2023)