A Personal Vision for the future of the UK Extractive Industry

There are Over

1. 2000 quarries and associated manufacturing sites in the UK Industry

2. Supplies products and services worth £9 billion worth a year.

3. Construction industry

Contributes nearly 10% of the nation’s gross domestic product.

4. Demand

In 1989 peaked to 330 million tonnes, fallen to 200 million tonnes.

5. Provides

Nearly 30,000 jobs directly, supports even more indirectly through the industry’s spending on services. Many jobs are in rural areas where other employment opportunities can be scarce.

I believe the industry has committed itself to minimising the call on primary aggregates and is investing heavily in facilities which will maximise the proportion of recycled and secondary aggregates.

Britain leads Europe in the race to recycle with these materials now accounting for around a quarter of Great Britain’s aggregate market.