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Cement production and deliveries (GB)
Market summary 1980-2010
| Aggregates production (primary) GB |
148m t |
147m t |
| Recycled/secondary materials GB |
57.6m t |
56.5m t |
| Asphalt sales GB |
21.5m t |
20.5m t |
| Ready-mixed concrete sales GB |
14.3m cu m |
14.4m cu m |
| Cement - domestic sales GB |
7.8m t |
7.6m t |
| Cementitious materials GB |
10.5m t |
10.3m t |
| Per capita production aggregates (GB, incl primary and recycling) |
3.3m t |
3.3m t |
| Per capita production cement (GB) |
158kg |
152kg |
Aggregate sites with certified EMS
(84% of surveyed sites) |
323 |
363 |
| Cement sites with certified EMS (100% of sites) |
11 |
12 |
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| CO2 emissions directly from cement works (kg/CO2 per tonne) |
725.0 |
731.8 |
| CO2 emissions from crushed rock (kg/CO2 per tonne) |
5.50 |
5.27 |
| CO2 emissions from sand and gravel - land won (kg/CO2 per tonne) |
5.00 |
4.00 |
| CO2 emissions from asphalt production (kg/CO2 per tonne) |
26.30 |
30.22 |
| CO2 emissions from ready-mixed concrete prod(kg/CO2 per tonne) |
0.97 |
1.12 |
| Share of sales moved by rail (9.3% of aggregates sold) |
13.7m t |
13.5m t |
| Share of sales moved by rail (cement) |
17.0% |
21.1% |
| Average road delivery distance (aggregates) |
45.7km |
41.9km |
| Average road volume/load (aggregates) |
22.1t |
21.4t |
| Marine dredged aggregates landings for construction use (6.7% of aggregates sold) |
9.9m t |
9.6m t |
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| Trees planted |
139,392 |
313,238 |
| Hedgerows planted |
17.64km |
14.36km |
| Waste recovered as raw materials and fuels by cement industry at kiln sites (t) |
1,319,710 t |
1,281,642 t |
| Archaeology - land investigated pre-planning permission |
427ha |
473ha |
| Archaeology - land investigated post-planning permission |
344ha |
302ha |
| Proportion of UK land area being quarried (aggregates) |
0.10% |
0.14% |
| Ratio of land restored to land prepared for quarrying |
1:0.8 |
1:0.8 |
| Area of seabed dredged |
105.0km² |
123.6km² |
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| Number of reportable injuries (aggregates) |
128 |
142 |
| Lost time incidents from cement sector (direct employees & contractors) |
5 |
14 |
| Employment - direct by MPA members (aggregates and associated sectors) |
20,313 |
19,522 |
| Employment - direct by MPA members (cement) |
2,417 |
2,459 |
| Number of recorded complaints (aggregates & associated sector) |
570 |
385 |
| Liaison Groups (67% of aggregate quarries) |
257 |
283 |
| Liaison group meetings (cement) |
34 |
38 |
| Recorded visitors to aggregates sites, cement kiln sites |
20,569 |
18,390 |
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