1 Geochemical Methods Handbook vol. 1 Rapid geochemical methods for use in geochemical surveys overseas

2 Geochemical Methods Handbook vol. 2 Rapid geochemical methods for use in geochemical surveys overseas:Industrial or Bulk minerals

3 Geochemical Methods Handbook vol. 3 Soil gas techniques for use in geochemical surveys overseas

4 Glossary of the minerals of the Lake District and adjoining areas

5 Industrial Minerals: issues for planning - Litho stock now out of print but you may download a copy from http://www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/

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Industrial minerals are vital to a modern economy. Minerals such as limestone, salt, kaolin and silica sand provide essential raw materials and chemical feedstocks which underpin manufacturing industry, construction and agriculture. They also have important environmental applications, such as water treatment, flue gas desulphurisation and road de-icing.

This report presents the results of a study commissioned by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on the 'Review of planning issues relevant to non-energy minerals, other than aggregates, in England.' It provides background information on a range of industrial minerals including kaolin, ball clay, fuller's earth, cement raw materials, industrial limestone and dolomite, gypsum, salt, potash, fluorspar and barytes, and identifies the distinctive planning issues relevant to each mineral. The report also provides policy advice and a number of recommendations. Litho stock now out of print but you may download a copy from http://www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/

6 Primary aggregate reserves - England 1990-2004 (Commissioned Report CR/06/168N)

This report presents and analyses information on permitted reserves of primary, land-won aggregates in England, over the period 1990 to 2004. It provides a strategic overview by English region of the extent that permitted reserves of aggregates are being depleted or replenished.

7 The Economic Importance of Minerals to the UK

The BGS has produced this report for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minster (Minerals and Waste Planning Division). The report is one of a number of reports, leaflets and mineral profiles prepared under the Joint ODPM-BGS Minerals Programme that, amongst other objectives, seeks to present factual information and authoritative data on the extent, availability, production, trade and use of minerals that are of economic importance to the UK. …more…

8 The United Kingdom Minerals Industry