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Mineral Products Association Abbreviation MPA Formation 2009 Legal status Not for profit company Purpose/focus Trade Association for the UK minerals products industry Location Registered Office: Gillingham House, 38–44 Gillingham Street, London, UK Region served UK Chief Executive Nigel Jackson Website www.mineralproducts.org The Mineral Products Association (MPA) is the United Kingdom trade association for the aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, lime, mortar, and silica sand industries. With the addition of The British Precast Concrete Federation (BPCF), it has a growing membership of 405 companies and is the sectoral voice for mineral products. MPA membership is made up of the vast majority of independent SME companies throughout the UK, as well as the 9 major international and global companies. It covers 100% of GB cement production, 90% of aggregates production and 95% of asphalt and ready-mixed concrete production and 70% of precast concrete production. Each year the industry supplies in excess of £5 billion of materials to the £110 billion construction and other sectors. Industry production represents the largest materials flow in the UK economy and is also one of the largest manufacturing sectors[1].
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Key Facts and Figures
In a typical year, the UK mineral products industry supports:
- the building of 130,000 new homes
- £8.0 billion on school and university improvements
- a £4.5 billion hospital building programme
- maintenance of our 230,000-mile road and 10,000-mile rail networks
- over £2 billion programme of improvements to water services
- growing investment in the rail network and the upgrading of UK airports
- the provision of new energy capacity, including renewable sources
- supplies of special sands for glass foundry and other industries
- cleansing of emissions from coal-fired power stations
- the construction of lottery-supported arts and community projects
In addition:
- every year nearly four tonnes of aggregates are needed per head of the population in the UK.
- a typical family indirectly demands a lorry load of aggregates each year
- a new house requires some 50 tonnes of aggregates
- The industry directly employs around 25,000 people and direct and indirect employment exceeds 60,000[2].
History
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) was formed in March 2009 from the merger of the Quarry Products Association, the British Cement Association and The Concrete Centre. MPA was officially launched in June 2009[3].
Structure
The Mineral Products Association has offices in London, Camberley, Glasgow and Fron in Wales.
QPA Northern Ireland is affiliated to the MPA and has offices in Crumlin, County Antrim[4]. The British Precast Concrete Federation (BPCF), the trade Association of precast concrete manufacturers, is a member of the MPA and is based in Leicester[5].
MPA has regional divisions, for London & South East, South West, East Anglia, Midlands, Wales, North, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
MPA is formed from constituent bodies, representing different mineral products:
- Agricultural Lime Association
- British Lime Association
- British Marine Aggregate Producers Association
- British Ready-Mixed Concrete Association
- Mortar Industry Association
- MPA Cement
- MPA The Concrete Centre – the central development organisation for the UK concrete industry
- Silica and Moulding Sands Association
- The British Precast Concrete Federation is a member of MPA [1]
See also
- Mineral Products Association www.mineralproducts.org
- Careers in Quarrying www.careersinquarrying.co.uk
- Eurocode2 www.eurocode2.info
- MPA Sustainable Development Microsite www.mineralproducts.org/sustainability
- Safe Quarry www.safequarry.com
- Sustainable Concrete www.sustainableconcrete.org.uk
- Virtual Quarry www.virtualquarry.co.uk
References
- ^ a b http://www.mineralproducts.org/cont_mpa01.htm
- ^ http://www.mineralproducts.org/iss_industry01.htm
- ^ http://www.mineralproducts.org/09-release003.html
- ^ http://www.mineralproducts.org/contact.php
- ^ http://www.agg-net.com/news/british-precast-members-vote-to-join-mpa
External links
- Asphalt Industry Alliance www.asphaltindustryalliance.com
- British Geological Survey www.bgs.ac.uk
- Building Research Establishment www.bre.co.uk
- Construction Products Association www.constructionproducts.org.uk
- Confederation of British Industry www.cbi.org.uk
- European Aggregates Association www.uepg.co.uk
- Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining www.iom3.org
- Institute of Quarrying www.quarrying.org
- Natural England www.naturalengland.org.uk
- Nature After Minerals www.afterminerals.com
Categories:- Industry trade groups based in the United Kingdom
- Organisations based in Hampshire
- Engineering organizations
- Organizations established in 2009
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