Scottish Aggregates Survey 2012

Gathers together information on the production, distribution and reserves of material produced and available from Scottish quarries as at 2012.


Footnotes

1. The British Geological Survey ( BGS)'s Mineral Planning Factsheet: Construction Aggregates -
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/planning/construction.html

2. Office of National Statistics ( ONS) for its Mineral Extraction in Great Britain (Business Monitor PA1007) 4 ISSN: 1477-9919 -
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/285128/Mineral_extraction_in_Great_Britain_2012_-_Business_Monitor_PA1007.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mineral-extraction-in-great-britain-2013

3. Forth Valley = Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire Areas

4. ONS Survey - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mineral-extraction-in-great-britain-2012

5 & 6. In relation to total figures given in Table 3 - Distribution
Hard Rock - Note there is a mismatch of 40 [tonnes?] in figures due to information provided on returned response forms = 14,063 - (8,455+5,578=14,023)
Sand & Gravel - Note there is a mismatch of 3 [tonnes?]in figures due to information provided on returned response forms = 4,468 - (4,452+13)

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