News

21 Mar 2025

Top conservationists unite about quarrying’s role in nature recovery

Leading figures in UK nature conservation gathered at The Royal Society, London this week to celebrate the essential role quarrying plays in nature recovery and biodiversity gain.

11 Mar 2025

Land use is about more than just farming, MPA tells Defra

The Government’s ‘national conversation’ on land use needs to take a broader view rather than focussing on agriculture, according to UK quarry operators.

05 Mar 2025

MPA calls out glaring gap between Government strategies

The Government has been criticised for publishing inconsistent plans on the future of some construction materials while overlooking the aggregates, cement and concrete needed to build sustainable homes and infrastructure.

26 Feb 2025

Decarbonisation can’t be through deindustrialisation — MPA

The UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) 7th carbon budget (published today) has been welcomed by the Mineral Products Association (MPA) amid calls for a reduction in the UK’s consumption emissions rather than decarbonisation through deindustrialisation.

19 Feb 2025

EA’s new waste crime levy “illogical and unjust”

The Environment Agency’s decision to fund its efforts to combat waste crime by charging businesses that play by the rules has been branded illogical and unjust by aggregate producers.

12 Feb 2025

MPA calls on Chancellor to act now to regain momentum on growth

Growing concerns about the economy, planning and the burden on UK business has prompted producers of essential construction materials to write to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves.

04 Feb 2025

Cautious optimism in construction materials markets as recovery takes root, but Government action needed

British construction’s demand for heavyside materials increased in the final months of 2024, according to new data from the Mineral Products Association (MPA) which is calling on the Government to turn pledges into policies that support growth.

23 Jan 2025

Planning application fee hike won’t improve planning warns MPA

Government proposals to raise planning application fees in England from April 2025 will not deliver the intended boost to local authority planning budgets.

13 Dec 2024

Planning reform welcome but needs to go deeper

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has welcomed the Government’s announcement of significant reform to planning for housebuilding, designed to ensure that applications for housing developments that are within policy and local plans set by local authorities should be approved by officers.

11 Dec 2024

UK Minister visits cement works to discuss decarbonisation policy

The UK Minister of State for Industry, Sarah Jones MP visited Cemex’s Rugby Cement Plant in Warwickshire today (Wednesday 11 December) to discuss barriers and potential policy solutions to decarbonise cement production.