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