This industry-led report is the first of its kind for a generation, probably more. It is intended to show the economic significance of the UK’s mineral extraction industry, particularly the non-energy sectors. It follows and complements the recent report published by the UK Minerals Forum ‘The Future of our Minerals,’ which the CBI Minerals Group facilitated and contributed to. By looking at our historic and current production, and considering our future needs, these two reports are underpinning the development of a UK Minerals Strategy which will be published in 2016.