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MPA and British Precast have joined forces to launch a new Health and Safety Awards scheme for 2021. The new awards build on the success of the long established and highly acclaimed MPA Health &...
Mineral products sales volumes in Great Britain, 2020 compared to 2019 Recovery in the market for mineral products like aggregates, concrete, asphalt and mortar was sustained during the fourth quarter of 2020, but full-year sales volumes were down on 2019. This is according to the latest survey from the Mineral Products Association, which said the figures are encouraging but also urged the Government to push on with delivering the UK’s planned infrastructure programme to support the economic recovery, construction and the supply chain. Following on from the faster than expected pickup in de...
Jeremy Greenwood has been appointed Chair of UK Concrete Jeremy Greenwood has been appointed Chair of UK Concrete to work with Director Chris Leese to marshall the collective resources within MPA in The Concrete Centre, MPA Cement, BRMCA and British Precast as part of the roadmap the sector is implementing to go ‘Beyond Net Zero by 2050’. MPA CEO Nigel Jackson said: ‘I am delighted that Jeremy is joining the MPA team as Chair of UK Concrete. Whilst at Tarmac he played a major role in developing the thinking within the sector on the promotion of concrete’s sustainability credentials an...
Mineral Products Industry was UK’s biggest producer in 2018 A total of 400 million tonnes of essential aggregates, industrial minerals and other manufactured mineral products were produced in Great Britain in 2018, according to the latest figures published in Profile of the UK Mineral Products Industry, by the Mineral Products Association (MPA), making the sector the UK’s biggest producer by volume. The latest edition of this publication and its supporting statistics are available to download from the MPA website. Profile of the UK Mineral Products Industry sheds light on the breadth of t...
UK concrete and cement sector sets out roadmap for beyond net zero The UK concrete and cement industry has launched a roadmap to become net negative by 2050, removing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it emits each year. Launching the ambitious roadmap, UK Concrete, part of the Mineral Products Association (MPA), has identified that net zero can be met through decarbonised electricity and transport networks, fuel switching, greater use of low-carbon cements and concretes as well as carbon capture, usage or storage (CCUS) technology for cement manufacture. The ‘ Roadmap to Beyond ...