News

04 Nov 2020

MPA: Planning Is About More Than Housing It Is About Mineral Extraction and Products

The Mineral Products Association has urged the Government to refine and strengthen the existing minerals planning system, rather than embark on wholesale, destabilising restructuring under the reforms outlined in the Planning White Paper ‘Planning for the Future’.

04 Nov 2020

MPA Calls for Caution on Highway Code Changes

MPA has warned of the potential dangers to cyclists from overtaking heavy vehicles, including concrete mixers and HGVs, on the left, as proposed in the updated version of the Highway Code.

02 Nov 2020

Increased Summer Demand for Mineral Products Gives Way to Winter Concerns

Following major disruptions to construction and manufacturing activity during the Covid-19 spring lockdown, and the associated demand for heavy-side building materials, the latest survey by the Mineral Products Association (MPA) points to a strong recovery over the summer, albeit from a low base. This has now given way to concerns about winter order books.

27 Oct 2020

MPA Launches New Workplace Transport/Pedestrian Interface Resources to Support Members in the Drive to Eliminate ‘The Fatal 6’

Workplace Transport and Pedestrian Interface has been identified by MPA's Health & Safety Committee as one of 'The Fatal 6' high consequence hazards that have been the main cause of fatalities and serious injuries and incidents over the last decade.

14 Oct 2020

New MPA Resources to Support Managers and Employees to Recognise and Manage Mental Health and Wellbeing Issues

Recognising that it is more timely than ever to acknowledge that mental health and wellbeing issues can be experienced by individuals at all levels within an organisation, the Mineral Products Association (MPA) has published new resources to support managers and employees to recognise and manage health and wellbeing issues.

14 Oct 2020

MPA Continues to Support Industry to Stay COVID-19 Alert and Secure

With COVID-19 levels rising across the UK, the Mineral Products Association (MPA) recognises the importance of maintaining the health and safety disciplines that will be essential to keep everyone Covid secure and safe and healthy at work. To assist members with the on-going need to remind all employees of these disciplines, MPA has produced some additional posters to help reinforce the key messages. Developing on the theme used in MPA’s ‘10 Rules of Engagement’, the posters remind individuals to ‘Stay COVID-19 Alert’.

05 Oct 2020

MPA Calls for Red Diesel Exemption to Remain

The MPA has responded to HM Treasury’s consultation on removing the rebate for red diesel. The Chancellor announced the policy in his March Budget, but opened a consultation to assess if some industries ought to be retain the rebate alongside agriculture, forestry and others.

05 Oct 2020

Roadmap to Beyond Net Zero Launched

Today is the launch of the MPA UK Concrete and Cement Roadmap to Beyond Net Zero. Download the roadmap from www.thisisukconcrete.co.uk

29 Sep 2020

Comprehensive Spending Review - MPA Calls for Focus on Delivery and Fairer Tax Treatment

The MPA has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to focus on delivery of infrastructure and fairer tax treatment of the industry in its submission to the Comprehensive Spending Review, which sets out Government’s planned expenditure for the coming years. It also opposed the removal of the red diesel rebate, made the case for the next steps on the Aggregates Levy and set out some of the long-term decisions needed now to support the industry achieve net zero.