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Association hosts ‘very positive’ exchange sessions with stakeholders on two critical policy areas
Trade association warns government not to take risks with competitiveness of UK industry
First-quarter growth in aggregates and concrete sales volumes increases doubts over government data
ON Wednesday 15 December, the member companies of the British Precast Concrete Federation voted unanimously to join the Mineral Products Association (MPA).
THE Mineral Products Association (MPA) has published its Sustainable Development Report 2010 which shows how, in spite of very difficult market conditions, the industry has continued to invest in...
CHANGES to the system for setting planning application fees proposed in a government consultation document published last week, could have serious implications for mineral operators, says the...
SALES of aggregates, asphalt, cement and ready-mixed concrete all improved in the third quarter of 2010, compared with the same period of the previous year, according to the latest figures from...
THE biggest Mineral Products Association Health and Safety Best Practice Awards to date were held last week, in association with the Institute of Quarrying, at the Institution of Engineering and...
THE Mineral Products Association (MPA) is raising concerns about the coalition Government’s current proposals to introduce third party rights of appeal.
THE Mineral Products Association says the Environmental Permitting Regulations (EPR) in no way has any implication on, or jurisdiction over, the production, use and application of any natural,...
THE latest data on second-quarter mineral products and construction performance have the potential to give a misleadingly positive impression of industry activity and prospects, according to the...
The United Nations has declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity and it is also a year when the Mineral Products Association (MPA) has made clear-cut progress on this front, as...
THE Mineral Products Association is calling for a shift in the focus of the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) to local communities, which would support the Government’s ‘localism’ agenda...
‘SAFER by Association’, the Mineral Products Association’s new site-based health and safety audit package, was launched at Hillhead on 22 June.
THE parents of two teenage boys killed in separate quarry accidents are backing this year’s Mineral Products Association (MPA) ‘Stay Safe’ campaign to prevent similar tragedies involving thrill-...