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Introduction

What are minerals?

Where do minerals come from?

Why do we need minerals?

How much do you use?

Minerals and the environment

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Minerals & you

Image of people and train, © Ingram Publishing   Welcome to Minerals & you. These pages are designed for the non-specialist with an interest in minerals. Here you will find out what economic minerals are, where they come from, how their extraction and use affect the environment, and why they are important to you. You can also use our interactive map to look at where mineral resources are found in England.

 

 

 
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