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Proposed EU Directive on the Management of Waste from the Extractive Industries
TABLE 8
INDICATIVE COST PER TONNE OF GUARANTEES
|
|
Annual cost of guarantee (£)
|
Annual output
(thousand tonnes)
|
Annual cost
per tonne (£)
|
|
China clay
|
1,000,000
|
2,400
|
0.42
|
|
Fluorspar
|
7,000
|
50
|
0.14
|
|
Limestone
|
40,000
|
1,500
|
0.03
|
|
Opencast coal
|
98,000
|
400
|
0.25
|
|
Sand & gravel
|
1,000
|
250
|
0.00
|
|
Slate
|
10,000
|
900
|
0.01
|
Source: GHK Case Studies
TABLE 9
THE UK EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY, 2001
|
Type of Mineral
|
Units
|
England
|
Wales
|
Scotland
|
N Ireland
|
UK
|
|
Total industry
|
No. Sites
|
1,580
|
155
|
320
|
140
|
2,195
|
|
Output
(1000 tonnes)
|
253,710
|
26,719
|
44,039
|
37,623
|
362,091
|
|
Construction minerals
|
No. Sites
|
1,039
|
116
|
250
|
122
|
1,527
|
|
Output
(1000 tonnes)
|
186,513
|
24,168
|
34,914
|
20,935
|
266,530
|
|
Total (ex construction)
|
No. Sites
|
541
|
39
|
70
|
18
|
668
|
|
Output
(1000 tonnes)
|
67,197
|
2,551
|
9,125
|
16,688
|
95,561
|
|
Of which:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy minerals
|
No Sites
|
96
|
19
|
18
|
12
|
145
|
|
Output
(1000 tonnes)
|
20,600
|
2,200
|
7,800
|
13,412
|
44,012
|
|
Industrial minerals
|
Sites
|
445
|
20
|
52
|
6
|
523
|
|
Output
(1000 tonnes)
|
46,597
|
351
|
1,325
|
3,276
|
51,549
|
|
Total (ex-construction) in need of a site Guarantee (estimated)
|
Sites
|
429
|
20
|
42
|
9
|
500
|
|
Output
(1000 tonnes)
|
48,117
|
906
|
3,268
|
6,972
|
59,263
|
Source: GHK - based on data from UK Minerals Yearbook 2001
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