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Articles tagged with: minerals
The Prime Minister’s 10 point plan must focus on delivery Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
The Prime Minister’s 10 point plan must focus on delivery
The Mineral Products Association cautiously welcomes the Prime Minister’s ten-point plan for the environment but as is too often the case, we are left asking about delivery.
How is the concrete industry decarbonising faster than the UK economy as a whole? Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
How is the concrete industry decarbonising faster than the UK economy as a whole?
Going further than 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.
Journey to net zero calls for carbon whole truths Partner content
Economy
By Mineral Products Association
Journey to net zero calls for carbon whole truths
The many tangible benefits of using concrete in construction are often underestimated or misunderstood.
Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Products Association
Mineral Products Association welcomes Flooding announcement
The Mineral Products Association has welcomed the Government’s announcement setting out details of the £5.2 billion pledged for flood defences and increasing resilience.
Partner content
Economy
By Mineral Products Association
Legalizing e-scooters could pose a threat to road safety, MPA warns
The Mineral Products Association has responded to the Government’s consultation on the ‘Future of Mobility’ with a strong call for e-scooters to be banned from shared roads, not legalized.
Coronavirus
By Mineral Products Association
Mineral products sector says Build Back Better must deliver quicker
The Mineral Products Association has cautiously welcomed the Prime Minister’s speech and his determination to “build back better” but warned that without a real focus on accelerated delivery it could disappoint and undermine confidence to invest.
Fire safety debate must be informed by net zero facts Partner content
Economy
By Mineral Products Association
Fire safety debate must be informed by net zero facts
Buildings are one of the main sources of carbon emissions in the UK, something which has to be tackled if we are to reach net zero. Simultaneously it’s critical that we take every opportunity to build safety into all new buildings in order to protect lives. It is possible to deliver both
Economy
By Mineral Products Association
Great Britain top of the league in construction aggregates recycling
Recycled and secondary sources of construction aggregates supplied 28% of total demand in Great Britain in 2018, well ahead of the European average. This is an ongoing success story for the mineral products industry and reflects the sector’s continued commitment to recycling and the circular economy.
To ensure the future supply of essential mineral products, the planning system must be reformed Partner content
Economy
By Mineral Products Association
To ensure the future supply of essential mineral products, the planning system must be reformed
A new policy paper published by the Mineral Products Association calls for reform of the mineral planning system to ensure future supply to support housing and infrastructure construction, manufacturing and other key strategic sectors of the economy.
Economy
By Mineral Products Association
UK Concrete outlines framework for ‘beyond net zero’
MPA UK Concrete, the group representing the UK concrete industry, has developed a framework to help inform the delivery of an ambitious roadmap for the UK concrete and cement sector to deliver net negative emissions by 2050.
Coronavirus
By Mineral Products Association
MPA calls for reform of mineral planning system to ensure future supply of essential mineral products
The Mineral Products Association has today published a policy paper calling for reform of the mineral planning system to ensure future supply to support housing and infrastructure construction, manufacturing and other key strategic sectors of the economy.
Coronavirus
By Mineral Products Association
‘Cash bridge’ remains at heart of MPA calls on Chancellor for more business support now and into recovery
Surviving the recovery, when bills will come in faster than payment of invoices for some months, will be another challenge for industry and we need Government to provide direct support and to ensure that planned infrastructure goes ahead as soon as possible.
Economy
By Mineral Products Association
MPA welcomes Minister’s acknowledgement of industry’s essential contribution to construction and wider society
MPA has today (31/3) welcomed the statement from the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, Secretary of State for BEIS which acknowledges the essential contribution that the mineral products industry is making by supporting the construction industry and wider society.
Coronavirus
By Mineral Products Association
Increased borrowing is not the best response to the current crisis
Loans increase costs at a time when reduced demand requires lower costs, says MPA.
Partner content
Coronavirus
By Mineral Products Association
MPA calls for a ‘cash bridge’ during crisis
The Mineral Products Association has today written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer calling for greater support for businesses during the Covid-19 epidemic.