Mineral planning factsheets
BGS has produced a series of mineral planning factsheets. Originally commissioned to support the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's (now the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities) research project Industrial minerals: issues for planning report, the factsheets cover economically important minerals that are extracted in Britain. They are regularly updated and provide an overview of the supply of a specific mineral. They are primarily intended to inform the land-use planning process, but will be of much wider interest.
| Material | Date published | Material | Date published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alternative fossil fuels | October 2011 | Fuller's Earth | January 2006 |
| Ball clay | June 2011 | Gypsum | January 2006 |
| Barytes | January 2006 | Kaolin | September 2009 |
| Brick clay | April 2022 | Limestone | January 2006 |
| Building and roofing stone | March 2007 | Metals | October 2015 |
| Calcite | August 2004 | Miscellaneous | 2005 |
| Cement | May 2014 | Natural hydraulic limes | March 2005 |
| Coal | June 2021 | Onshore oil and gas | April 2011 |
| Construction aggregates | June 2019 | Potash | April 2011 |
| Dolomite | January 2006 | Salt | January 2006 |
| Fireclay | October 2006 | Silica sand | January 2020 |
| Fluorspar | March 2010 | Underground storage | February 2008 |
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