Mining and quarrying include the extraction of minerals occurring naturally as solids (coal and ores), liquids (petroleum) or gases (natural gas). Extraction can be achieved by different methods such as underground or surface mining, well operation, seabed mining.
This sector only makes up around 1% of all employment in our area as a whole which is similar to the national average.
This accounts for
of employment within all districs
Cambridge
East Cambridgeshire
Fenland
Huntingdonshire
Peterborough
South Cambridgeshire
Source: Business Register and Employment Survey 2019
