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2011 press releases

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Press releases	Date issued
MPA Members Deliver Key Sustainability Improvement Despite Challenging Times	14/12/11
UK Cement Industry Continues to Beat its Environmental Performance Targets	01/12/11
MPA Highlights Competence as Critical at its Health & Safety Conference and Awards	15/11/11
Declining Construction and Aggregates Trends Highlight Urgent Need for Additional Infrastructure Investment to Boost Construction	04/11/11
Breedon Aggregates CEO Joins MPA's Board	26/10/11
Government Needs to Back the Chancellor's Commitment and Support Cement and Lime Manufacturing and SMEs	25/10/11
Marine Aggregate Industry Launches Biodiversity Strategy	24/10/11
Mineral Products Association Awards Highlight Industry's Restoration Legacy and Quarries' Potential to Help Halt Biodversity Decline	19/10/11
MPA Calls for Calm and Constructive Reflection over Proposed New Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)	30/09/11
Dyfrig James Takes over as MPA Chairman	07/09/11
MPA comment on the Office of Fair Trading's proposed decision to refer the aggregates, cement and ready mixed concrete markets to the Competition Commission	16/08/11
Mixed Second Quarter Highlights Need for Urgent Investment in Construction	15/08/11
MPA Broadly Supports Aims of Pro-growth Draft NPPF, but Raises Serious Concerns on Detail	01/08/11
MPA Welcomes Crucial Government Support for Aggregates Planning Process	05/07/11
MPA Proposes New Sustainability Partnership with Government and Local Communities	23/06/11
MPA General Assembly: Economic Recovery will be Slow but is "on the Mend"	16/06/11
Strong Backing for Launch of the Mineral Products Association's National Cycle Safe Campaign to Prevent Accidents Between Cyclists and Lorries	15/06/11
London Launch of the Mineral Products Association's National Cycle Safe Campaign to Prevent Accidents Between Cyclists and Lorries	13/06/11
Mineral Products Association launches Stay Safe Campaign with support of parents of teenagers killed in quarry trespass accidents	09/06/11
MPA Expresses Concern about Implications for Industry of New Emissions Targets	19/05/11
Markets Improve Comparatively. but Doubts Increase over Official Data	10/05/11
New Online Resource to Cut Carbon and Save Money	20/04/11
Scottish Industry Fills Aggregates Training Gap for Planning Authorities	15/04/11
Budget Sobering but Generally Positive	24/03/11
MPA Holds Successful Pilot Event for National Cycle Safety Scheme	03/03/11
Mineral Products Industry and Conservation Groups Join Forces to Call for Reprieve for Key Environmental Fund Cut by Government	24/02/11
Calling All Cyclists to MPA's Oxford PIlot Cycle Safe Event	22/02/11
Calls for Greater Flood Resilience Welcomed	18/02/11
MPA Seeks Reduction of the Aggregates Levy and New Local Community Fund	16/02/11
Small Improvement in 2010 Industry Sales Volumes, but Decline in 2011 Construction Markets Expected	09/02/11
Name Change to Underpin Minerals Industry Message	08/02/11
Concrete Sustainability Credentials to be Showcased at Ecobuild	01/02/11
Minister Recognizes MPA Legacy and Role at Biodiversity Strategy Launch	27/01/11
Minister and Chief Construction Advisor Praise Concrete Industry's Sustainability Progress	24/01/11
MPA Says Scrapping of Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund Works Against 'Localism'	12/01/11
Concrete Foundation for Scottish Windpower	05/01/11