ECONOMICS
TECHNOLOGY
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physical capital
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human capital
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natural resources
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entrepreneurship
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sand, gravel, and crushed rock are widely available and provide raw materials for the construction industry. Clay and salt are found in northwestern England, and kaolin (china clay) is available in Cornwall. About one-fifth of England’s workers are employed in manufacturing.
Detailed explanation-2: -The UK produces a wide range of construction minerals – aggregates (from both onshore and offshore), brick clay, cement-making raw materials, gypsum, building stone and slate and a number of industrial minerals – kaolin, ball clay, silica sand, potash, industrial carbonates, fluorspar and barytes.
Detailed explanation-3: -The metals gold, silver, iron, manganese, copper, lead, zinc, tin, tungsten, arsenic and antimony have all been mined in Britain.
Detailed explanation-4: -The UK mining industry produces metals, fossil fuels and minerals. There are around 2000 mines in use in the United Kingdom. The UK mining industry employs around 36, 000 people, in a wide variety of sites such as underground mines, open pit, and off-shore drilling.