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The Committee was appointed on 2nd August, 1946, by the Rt. Hon. Emanuel Shinwell, M.P., Minister of Fuel and Power, with the following terms of reference: To enquire into the resources of minerals in the United Kingdom, excepting coal, oil, bedded ironstone, and substances of widespread occurrence; to consider possibilities and means of their co-ordinated, orderly and economic development in the national interest, and to make recommendations in regard thereto."

MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE

THE RT. HON. LORD WESTWOOD, O.B.E., J.P. (Chairman)

MR. T. BALOGH; M.A.

MR. A. R. DAVIES, A.M.INST.M.E.

PROFESSOR W. R. JONES, C.B.E., D.Sc., M.I.M.M.

MR. L. C. HILL, D.S.O., A.R.S.M., M.I.M.M.

PROFESSOR A. O. RANKINE, O.B.E., D.SC., F.R.S.

PROFESSOR J. A. S. RITSON, D.S.O., O.B.E., B.SC., M.INST.M.E.,

M.I.M.M.

MR. S. ROBSON, M.SC., M.I.M.M.

MR. G. E. P. THORNEYCROFT, M.P.

MR. E. G. WILLIS, M.P.

MR. R. E. YEABSLEY, C.B.E., F.C.A., F.S.A.A.

MR. W. C. C. ROSE, M.Sc., M.I.M.M. (Secretary)

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Contents

INTRODUCTION cuting summary of each chaptenge 24 of 662

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I. MINERAL PRODUCTION IN UNITED KINGDOM

II. MINERAL RESOURCES

III. MINERAL RESOURCES (ENGLAND AND WALES) 14

KINGDOM

Anhydrite

Ball Clays

Barium Brines.

Barytes

China Clay

Copper Ores

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Fluorspar

Fullers' Earth

Gypsum

Haematite Iron Ore

Lead and Zinc Ores

Potash

Salt

Tin and Tungsten Ores

IV. MINERAL RESOURCES (SCOTLAND)

Witherite

Introduction

Barytes

Chromite, Serpentine and Olivine rock

Diatomite

Felspar

Glass Sand (high-grade)

Haematite Iron Ore

Lead and Zinc Ores

Magnetite Iron Ore

Mica

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MINERAL RESOURCES (NORTHERN IRELAND) 65

NATIONAL POLICY-PAST AND PRESENT

MINING TAXATION

TAXATION.*AUT...··

VIII. MINERAL RIGHTS AND PLANNING

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PRINCIPLES OF FUTURE POLICY

X. THE NEED FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION

THE FUTURE ORGANISATION OF MINERAL

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XII. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

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XIV. Haematite Iron Ore-North-West Coast Production

XV. Haematite Iron Ore-Llanharry Mine Production

XVI. Lead and Zinc Concentrates-Production

XVII. Salt-Production (1913–1947)

XVIII. Salt-Production (1947) ···

XIX. Tin Ore-Production

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