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The Quarry Products Association is the trade association for companies involved in supplying crushed rock and sand and gravel from land and marine sources, asphalt and flexible paving, ready-mixed concrete, silica sand, agricultural lime, industrial lime, mortar, slag, recycled materials and construction and quarrying plant.

In representing the interests of over 90% of the UK quarrying industry, we are the key national contact on every aspect of the UK quarrying industry.

We also represent our members' interests on policy, planning and technical matters with government departments, local authorities, professional trade bodies and other key audiences at European, national and local levels.

Our regional structure, based on UK economic and planning regions, enables us to enter into dialogue with all interested parties at county and local levels.

The following organisations are constituent bodies of the Quarry Products Association - Agricultural Lime Association (ALA), British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA), British Lime Association (BLA), Mortar Industry Association (MIA), Silica and Moulding Sands Association (SAMSA).

www.qpa.org

Latest Press Releases

QPA: Sustainable development update

The QPA has published its fourth Sustainable Development Report, providing data up to 2007.

QPA: Smashing success for hand axes at archaeology awards

Prehistoric hand axes discovered in sand and gravel dredged from the North Sea by Hanson Aggregates Marine, have won the Best Archaeological Discovery Award at the prestigious British Archaeology Awards – described as the ‘Oscars’ of the archaeological world.

Quarry Products Association welcomes planning reforms

Quarry Products Association Scotland (QPA Scotland), the principal trade body for the aggregates and quarry products sector, has welcomed the announcement by Scottish Government to implement a wide-ranging package of improvements to make Scotland’s planning system leaner and fitter.

QPA: Sharp decline of concrete and aggregates volumes in third quarter confirms depth of construction recession

Sales volume of aggregates and ready mixed concrete declined very sharply in the third quarter of 2008.