3,016 3,831 United Kingdom 2,968. 
 18,985 25,002 Spain 18,083; West Germany 
    3,742. 
 652 359 Belgium-Luxembourg 127. 
 1,880 1,827 United Kingdom 931; United 
    States 550. 
NA 
See footnotes at end of table.512 
MINERALS YEARBOOK 1978 79 
 
 Table 1.—Ireland: Production of mineral commodities —Continued
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
Commodity' 
1976 
1977 
1978" 
1979 
NONMETALS —Continued 
 
 
 
 
Gypsum                                        Lime                      
                    
355 
69 
342 
80 
392 
92 
400 
90 
Nitrogen,Ncontentofammonia                        
 
                                
Sandandgravel2                                   
Stone:Limestone2                                  
Sulfur,Scontentofpyrite                            
Other24                                         
35 
65 
5770 
7,292 
31 
2,829 
28 
47 
5464 
8,755 
22 
3,068 
24 
43 
5726 
11,147 
20 
3,396 
180 
45 
~7168 ~ii,iOi 
20 
~4,280 
MINERAL FUELS AND RELATED MATERIALS 
 
 
 
 
Coal:Anthraciteandbituminouscoal                    
49 
54 
31 
~69 
Coke,gashouse,includingbreeze                       
33 
e33 
NA 
~41 
Peat: 
 
 
 
 
Foragriculturaluse                             For fueluse: 
71 
83 
82 
86 
Briquets                                   
Sodpeat'                                   
Milledpeat6                                 
 
Petroleum refinery products 
 Gasoline thousand 42-gallon barrels. 
 Jetfuel do~_ 
308 
1834 
3813 
351 
2015 
3085 
334 
1974 
2630 
5000 
 
3,528 
160 
4,219 
606 
4,508 
98 
~4,412 ~252 
Distillate fuel oil do~. 
3812 
4585 
4821 
~4566 
Residualfueloil do_Other: 
5,714 
6,622 
6,388 
~7,075 
~ 
   Liquefied petroleum gas do_ — — —   Naphtha
do~..Refineryfuelandlosses
do~ 
602 
r216 
r341 
695 
207 
263 
719 
121 
206 
~260 
~126 
3574 
Total do~~ 
14373 
17197 
16861 
~17265 
 e5~imath. "Preliminary. ~ NA Not available. 
 
 ' In addition to the commodities listed, substantial quantities of stone
and sand and gravel are produced by local authorities for such purposes as
road maintenance, but data are not reported and available general information
is inadequate to make reliable estimates of output levels. 
 2Excludes output by local authorities. 
 3Reported figure 
 4Figures given as reported m source includes granite marble silica rock
sand calcspar fire clay and slate and clays for cement production 
 5lncludes production by farmers and by Bord Na Mona. 
 6lncludes milled peat used in the production of peat briquets, listed separately
in this table. 
 
TRADE 
 
 Ireland's chief source of metal and mineral products is the United Kingdom;
much of its exports of nonferrous metal concentrates goes to smelters on
the European Continent. Minerals exports and imports are shown respectively
in tables 2 and 3. U.s. 
minerals exports to Ireland consist largely of nonferrous metals and iron
and steel semimanufactures. U.S. mineral imports from Ireland are largely
nonmetallics, such as barite and manufactured industrial diamonds. 
 
 
Table 2.—Ireland: Exports of mineral commodities 
(Metric tons unless otherwise specified) 
 
Commodity 1977 1978 Principal destinations, 1978 
METALS 
Aluminum metal including alloys, unwrought and semimanufactures_________________________________

Copper: 
 Oreandconcentrate__________________________ 
 
 Metal including alloys: 
Unwrought_____________________________ 
Semimanufactures________________________ 
 
Iron and steel: 
 Roasted pyrite 31,092