Mining & quarrying

How old they are

• Under 3 years 20%
• 3 to 9 years 32%
• 10 to 19 years 27%
• 20 years or more 21%

8.1% carry a proposal to strike off (7.3% across all sectors). That is mostly dormant companies being removed, so it is not counted as insolvency.

What they do

1. Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction SIC 09100
   3,33939%
2. Extraction of crude petroleum SIC 06100
   1,32715%
3. Other mining and quarrying n.e.c. SIC 08990
   86810%
4. Support activities for other mining and quarrying SIC 09900
   8479.8%
5. Mining of chemical and fertilizer minerals SIC 08910
   5095.9%
6. Quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate SIC 08110
   4845.6%
7. Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores SIC 07290
   4104.8%
8. Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin SIC 08120
   3183.7%
9. Extraction of natural gas SIC 06200
   2773.2%
10. Mining of iron ores SIC 07100
    841.0%
11. Open cast coal working SIC 05102
    570.7%
12. Deep coal mines SIC 05101
    310.4%

Where they are registered

1. London
   1,88422%
2. Aberdeen
   5055.9%
3. Cambridge
   1882.2%
4. Cardiff
   1671.9%
5. Glasgow
   1291.5%
6. Montrose
   1231.4%
7. Edinburgh
   941.1%
8. Great Yarmouth
   921.1%
9. Dundee
   871.0%
10. Manchester
    750.9%

Legal forms

1. Private Limited Company
   8,42298%
2. Public Limited Company
   1531.8%
3. PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
   220.3%
4. Private Unlimited Company
   130.2%
5. PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
   100.1%
6. Community Interest Company
   2<0.1%