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UK Mineral Processing, Refining, and Recycling Facilities (January 2026)

Publisher
British Geological Survey (BGS)
Updated
13 August 2026
Topic
Not set
Licence
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Summary

This dataset comprises 115 records capturing the geographic locations, operational characteristics, and value chain roles of prominent mineral processing, refining, and recycling facilities. The data is structured to support strategic analysis of UK capability, including the types of operations undertaken, commodities handled, facility status, and indicative outputs where available. The dataset underpins the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre’s interactive map of the UK, providing a high-level snapshot overview of key facilities operating across the UK critical minerals value chain. The data is intended to support policy development, market intelligence, and stakeholder understanding of the UK’s critical minerals processing and recycling landscape The data is intended to support policy development, market intelligence, and stakeholder understanding of the UK’s critical minerals processing and recycling landscape CMIC Interactive map: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/6306721821554bbd8447802676695588

Data links

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Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 13/8/2026
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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
13 August 2026
Harvest GUID
4debedf5-28ba-c336-e063-3050940a55c5
Dataset reference date (creation)
2026-03-23
Frequency of update
notApplicable
Access constraints
The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
Responsible party
British Geological Survey (distributor, originator, pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
nonGeographicDataset
Metadata language
eng