asked the Taoiseach if he will state in respect of the mining industry for each of the years 1950 to 1966 (1) the amount paid in direct salaries, established charges, wages and earnings; (2) the number in direct employment (mid-October); (3) the estimated multiplier for indirect (a) salaries and (b) numbers in employment; (4) gross output of (a) copper, (b) lead, (c) zinc, (d) gypsum, (e) barytes, and (f) other metals (nonbedded) in tonnage and value respectively; and (5) the value of exports of base metals both absolutely and as a percentage of merchandise exports.
Written Answers. - Mining Industry.
99.
The information collected for establishments engaged in the mining of the products referred to in the Deputy's question relates to output, wages and salaries paid, materials and fuel used, and certain supplementary labour costs such as social welfare charges. Information on the other items mentioned at (1) and (3) of the question is not available. The available data are given in the following statement:
TABLE I.—PARTICULARS RELATING TO ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDED IN THE MISCELLANEOUS MINING INDUSTRY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ANNUAL CENSUS OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 1950 TO 1966
|
Unit |
1950 |
1951 |
1952 |
1953 |
1954 |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
1958 |
|
|
(1) Salaries, wages and earnings |
£ |
129,206 |
179,723 |
185,828 |
127,213 |
141,217 |
159,237 |
248,723 |
294,628 |
319,189 |
|
(2) Number of persons engaged in mid-October |
No. |
550 |
593 |
547 |
382 |
370 |
496 |
677 |
710 |
697 |
|
(3) Output of metals and specified non-metallic products:— |
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|
(a) Copper‡ |
ton |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
652 |
|
£ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
103,194 |
|
|
(b) Lead‡ |
ton |
245 |
779 |
1,872 |
898 |
1,349 |
2,617 |
2,285 |
1,852 |
— |
|
£ |
26,035 |
120,334 |
144,207 |
58,124 |
108,545 |
246,669 |
221,098 |
122,623 |
— |
|
|
(c) Zinc‡ |
ton |
399 |
1,238 |
1,689 |
1,624 |
1,534 |
2,472 |
1,605 |
1,545 |
— |
|
£ |
34,125 |
131,122 |
49,640 |
35,058 |
53,306 |
106,540 |
55,178 |
15,159 |
— |
|
|
(d) Gypsum |
ton |
81,362 |
85,026 |
73,467 |
90,871 |
110,799 |
124,460 |
118,144 |
116,667 |
105,687 |
|
£ |
83,071 |
82,850 |
70,730 |
85,419 |
94,032 |
94,840 |
74,607 |
81,216 |
75,209 |
|
|
(e) Barytes |
ton |
4,745 |
8,108 |
1,793 |
— |
2,750 |
5,565 |
6,901 |
10,064 |
7,800 |
|
£ |
26,536 |
39,397 |
9,299 |
— |
16,620 |
30,620 |
33,571 |
51,218 |
46,867 |
|
|
(f) Other metals:— |
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|
Iron pyrites (incl.cupriferous pyrites) |
ton |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
4,873 |
|
£ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
10,551 |
|
|
Silver‡ |
Ozs. (000) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
£ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
(1) Salaries, wages and earnings |
£ |
407,649 |
497,779 |
439,994 |
314,110 |
111,268 |
145,419 |
248,808 |
333,200 (Wages and earnings only) |
|
|
(2) Number of persons engaged in mid-October |
No. |
700 |
816 |
690 |
184 |
175 |
200 |
288 |
500 (Sept.) |
|
|
(3) Output of metals and specified non-metalic products:— |
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|
(a) Copper‡ |
ton |
4,229 |
6,145 |
5,834 |
2,350 |
— |
— |
— |
1,243 |
|
|
£ |
841,732 |
950,196 |
776,388 |
316,499 |
— |
— |
— |
... |
||
|
(b) Lead‡ |
ton |
1,318 |
1,322 |
249 |
— |
— |
— |
2,589 |
39,303 |
|
|
£ |
90,154 |
76,508 |
10,993 |
— |
— |
— |
219,495 |
... |
||
|
(c) Zinc‡ |
ton |
1,163 |
1,229 |
164 |
— |
— |
— |
1,437 |
21,776 |
|
|
£ |
40,491 |
33,318 |
1,786 |
— |
— |
— |
117,403 |
... |
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|
(d) Gypsum |
ton |
135,312 |
178,200 |
164,426 |
173,593 |
200,757 |
228,036 |
† |
† |
|
|
£ |
114,700 |
155,830 |
144,919 |
137,078 |
143,133 |
213,338 |
† |
† |
||
|
(e) Barytes |
ton |
6,014 |
10,450 |
4,160 |
20 |
13,319 |
40,386 |
92,226 |
123,040 |
|
|
£ |
37,156 |
65,304 |
25,500 |
70 |
30,728 |
104,371 |
167,654 |
|||
|
(f) Other metals:— |
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|
Iron pyrites (incl. cupriferous pyrites) |
ton |
3,930 |
21,666 |
49,921 |
37,229 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
£ |
8,969 |
36,427 |
100,244 |
45,398 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||
|
Silver‡ |
Ozs. (000) |
— |
— |
... |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1,211 |
|
|
£ |
— |
— |
1,114 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
... |
*Provisional†Data confidential....Data not available.‡Estimated metal content of ores and concentrates.
TABLE 2.—DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF BASE METALS, BARYTES AND GYPSUM IN EACH YEAR 1950 TO 1966.
|
1950 |
1951 |
1952 |
1953 |
1954 |
1955 |
1956 |
1957 |
1958 |
1959 |
1960 |
1961 |
1962 |
1963 |
1964 |
1965 |
1966 |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
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|
Base metals—total |
66,047 |
265,073 |
350,609 |
183,670 |
165,620 |
306,158 |
437,212 |
286,949 |
270,188 |
980,102 |
1,274,390 |
902,397 |
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|
Above as Percentage of domestic exports |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.6 |
|
Barytes* |
7,318 |
38,283 |
19,816 |
3,800 |
11,441 |
36,666 |
45,022 |
47,542 |
53,294 |
48,873 |
54,634 |
46,790 |
3,568 |
27,959 |
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|
Gypsum* |
23,104 |
46,497 |
73,531 |
71,875 |
85,144 |
103,246 |
69,028 |
111,416 |
140,612 |
140,261 |
140,133 |
128,358 |
133,595 |
*In addition to exports of base metals there were exports of Gypsum and Barytes as shown.
Data not available.