Employment in the Industrial Minerals Sector

of British Columbia - 1980 to 2007

Year

Number of Employees

2007

2,600

2006

2,500

2005

2,436

2004

2,290

2003

2,374

2002

2,132

2001

2,104

2000

1,800

1999

1,858

1998

1,908

1997

1,998

1996

2,074

1995

2,122

1994

2,080

1993

2,070

1992

1,975

2,789

3,443

3,476

3,750

4,888

3,166

1985

3,723

1984

3,789

1983

3,280

1982

5,149

1981

5,559

1980

5,203