Lecture: The REAL mineral resources of the United Kingdom
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Entry Fee
Members: Free
Visitors: £5.00
Date and Time
19:30 -
Location
Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN
Lecture Description
The UK is a major producer of oil and gas from our offshore resources, but there is also an important extractive industry involving construction raw materials and industrial minerals, worth over £2 billion annually. These provide many of the essential minerals for our basic industries. At present The UK has no metal ore production. The lecture will give a review of the UK extractive industry, illustrating the wide range of mineral produced and the interesting geology involved in understanding their origins and properties.