TABLE 3—ContinuedTHE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND MINERALS YEARBOOK—1988
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UNITED KINGDOM: IMPORTS OF MINERAL COMMODITIES1 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity 
1986 
1987 
 
Sources, 1987 
 
 
 
United 
States 
. 
Other (principal) 
METALS—Continued 
5857 
6915 
90 
Mexico 1 994; West Germany 1 991 ; France 
635. 
Zinc—Continued 
 
 
 
 
Oxides 
 
 
 
 
Blue powder 
1 237 
1 71 8 
33 
West Germany 1,196. 
Matte 
24 
137 
— 
West Germany 92; Morocco 34; Spain 1 1. 
Ash and residue containing zinc 
18,631 
26,808 
874 
Australia 1 1 650; West Germany 6,172; Spain 5,143. 
Metal including alloys: 
2,651 
4,601 
144 
France 1 436; West Germany 1,139; Canada 630. 
Scrap 
 
 
 
 
Unwrought 
105,781 
121 491 
2 
Netherlands 38,138; Finland 26,944; Canada 26,466. 
Semimanufactures 
2,999 
3,724 
1 1 
West Germany 1 292; France 880; Netherlands 824. 
Zirconium: 
33,275 
37,308 
137 
Australia 25,119; Republic of South Africa 11,609. 
Ore and concentrate 
 
 
 
 
Metal including alloys: 
74 
81 
44 
Canada 32. 
Scrap 
 
 
 
 
Unwrought 
70 
185 
60 
Norway 55; Sweden 42. 
Semimanufactures 
35 
48 
33 
Switzerland 9; Sweden 4. 
Other: 
34 
429 
3 
France 241 ; Bolivia 183. 
Ores and concentrates 
 
 
 
 
Oxides and hydroxides 
1 143 
883 
516 
Canada 163; Spain 93. 
Ashes and residues 
8,035 
58,778 
2,645 
Canada 46,919; Sweden 3,133; West Germany 1,798. 
Base metals including alloys, all forms 
20 
141 
78 
West Germany 17; Belgium-Luxembourg 
16. 
INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 
174,863 
1 69,676 
119 
Greece 69,122; Italy 61 602; Iceland 25,416. 
Abrasives: 
 
 
 
 
Natural: Corundum, emery, pumice, etc. 
 
 
 
 
Artificial: 
16,339 
1 8,775 
254 
Canada 1 2,202; West Germany 3,623; France 1,297. 
Corundum 
 
 
 
 
Silicon carbide 
17,779 
24,838 
98 
Norway 14,133; West Germany 4,127; Spain 2,323. 
Dust and powder of precious and semiprecious stones including diamond value,
thousands 
$13,609 
$14,335 
NA 
NA. 
Grinding and polishing wheels and stones 
6,042 
6,601 
169 
Netherlands 1 267; West Germany 1164; France 1,137. 
Asbestos, crude 
26,765 
23,865 
250 
Canada 1 7,338; Republic of South Africa 3,294; Italy 2,706. 
5ee footnotes at end of table.