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Government under fire for shunning cement and lime production from climate compensation scheme

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Exclusion of UK lime and cement producers from the government's new compensation scheme for climate change costs has left the Mineral Products Association (MPA) “disappointed”.

There are 14 sectors eligible for the compensation scheme, including aluminium production, copper production and battery manufacture – but cement or lime production are not listed.…

Britain tops construction aggregates recycling figures

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Recycled and secondary sources of construction aggregates supplied 28% of total demand in Great Britain in 2018 - well ahead of the European average – according to a Mineral Products Association (MPA) report.

In the report, the MPA estimates that a total of 71M.t of aggregates from a range of sources…