Lime is one of those usually unseen products that has a profound effect on our daily lives. It is used in many important industrial processes including steel manufacture, building/construction, food industry, agriculture and many environmental applications to name just a few!
Lime is abundant in much of the UK through outcrops of limestone and chalk. It was burnt as early as the fourth century BC where it was first used as a building material. The British Lime Association (BLA) is committed to broadening the public's knowledge of the benefits of lime as well as representing the interests of the UK lime sector in technical, promotional and any other matters of concern to the industry. The universal term "lime" includes both quicklime and hydrated lime.
The BLA members manufacture numerous different variations of the "lime" product based around these simple chemical reactions. It is this flexibility that allows lime to be used successfully in such a vast number of very different applications. The British Lime Association is a constituent body of the Mineral Products Association Ltd.
Please note this website is maintained to provide information and guidance on UK issues, products and applications of those products.
Please contact the BLA for further information.