What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| geospatial/movement | Geological surveys and mineral planning authorities (quarry boundary GIS layers), satellite/EO vendors (Planet, Maxar, Sentinel open data)… | Per site polygon; per satellite scene for pit extent change detection | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National/regional mining authorities and geological surveys (e.g. UK Coal Authority/Mineral Planning Authorities, BGS, US MSHA mine ID… | Per quarry site / per permit, with operator, mineral type, area, validity dates | public |
| employment & workforce | Mine safety regulators (MSHA employment/hours quarterly reports), national statistics offices, operators' HR systems | Quarterly employee count and hours worked per mine; sector aggregates by region | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Local planning consultation portals, community objection records, employer review platforms (Glassdoor/Indeed), local press | Per planning application comment; per employer review | public |
| logistics & freight movement | Customs authorities (HS 2515/2516/2514/2520 trade data), port authorities, rail and bulk shipping operators, AIS vendors | Per customs declaration / monthly per HS code per country pair; per vessel… | public |
| financial filings | Company registries (Companies House, national business registers), listed parent groups (Holcim, Heidelberg Materials, Sibelco, Levantina)… | Annual per legal entity; segment-level for listed groups | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Mine safety regulators (MSHA in US, HSE in UK, national labour inspectorates), insurers | Per incident/accident report per mine; aggregated annual injury rates per site | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | National meteorological services, operators correlating rainfall/frost with extraction downtime | Daily per weather station / per site | public |
| waste & emissions | Environmental regulators (EU E-PRTR, US EPA TRI/GHGRP), operators' dust and overburden/waste-rock records, EIA documents | Annual per-facility emissions (dust/PM, CO2, NOx) and waste volumes; continuous… | public |
| production output | National statistics offices and geological surveys (BGS World Mineral Statistics, USGS Minerals Yearbook, Eurostat PRODCOM), operators' own… | Annual or monthly tonnage per mineral per country; per-site extraction returns… | public |
| pricing | Trade associations, national statistics (PPI indices), stone importers/distributors, market research vendors (e.g. IMARC, Roskill-type… | Per product grade (aggregate tonne, block m3, slab m2), monthly/annual index… | purchasable |
| sensor/IoT | Operators using fleet telematics (Caterpillar VisionLink, Komatsu Komtrax), crusher/plant SCADA vendors, drill monitoring… | Per machine per second/minute; per blast event | partnership |
| energy consumption | Operators (diesel and electricity for crushing/sawing), utilities, national energy balance statistics | Monthly per site invoices; sector-level annual energy use in national statistics | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Accredited testing laboratories, operators' QC labs, certification bodies (CE marking / EN 1341, 1469, 12620 declarations of performance)… | Per batch / per block / per test certificate | partnership |
| transactional/sales | Quarry operators and their stone distributors/merchants; ERP/weighbridge systems | Per weighbridge ticket / per delivery / per invoice | exclusive |
| inventory & supply chain | Quarry operators and stone wholesalers/slab yards (block and slab stockyard records) | Per block/slab item with dimensions and location; monthly stock aggregates | exclusive |
| maintenance & asset condition | Operators, OEM dealers and service contractors (crushers, wire saws, loaders), CMMS vendors | Per asset per work order / per service event | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.