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14 September 2021 | Planning & Development
First published in the September 2021 issue of Quarry Management
By Dr Martyn Kenny, sustainability director, Tarmac
The carbon debate is often too focused on embodied carbon measurements that...
18 May 2020 | Planning & Development
First published in the May 2020 issue of Quarry Management as Can You Dig It?
Rare find puts Mesolithic timber in the frame at Tarmac quarry
Once-in-a-lifetime finds have come from a more than...
18 May 2020 | Planning & Development
First published in the May 2020 issue of Quarry Management as Unearthing the Past
Archaeologists shed light on Late Iron Age–Early Roman life ahead of final phase of mineral extraction at...
Tagged in: SummerleazeWessex ArchaeologyArchaeology
10 April 2019 | Planning & Development
First published in the April 2019 issue of Quarry Management
How is the industry performing?
Demand for aggregates is set to increase over the next decade, supported by major infrastructure...
Tagged in: BDS Marketing ResearchIndustry forecasts
14 November 2018 | Planning & Development
First published in the November 2018 issue of Quarry Management as Shaping the Strategy
Nigel Jackson, chief executive of the MPA and chair of the CBI Minerals Group, discusses the background to the...
16 February 2018 | Planning & Development
First published in the February 2018 issue of Quarry Management
Moreton Cullimore, managing director of the Cullimore Group, champions the role of aggregates and calls for greater government support...
20 July 2017 | Planning & Development
First published in the July 2017 issue of Quarry Management
It is vital for mineral planners, aggregates companies and other interested parties to know the current state of aggregates reserves....
Tagged in: BDS Marketing ResearchMineral planning
01 March 2016 | Planning & Development
Nigel Jackson, chief executive of the Mineral Products Association, discusses the current constraints on aggregate supply and outlines some of the steps necessary to ensure demand can be met in the...
Tagged in: Mineral planning
12 August 2015 | Planning & Development
First published in the August 2015 issue of Quarry Management as: Recovery vs Disposal - A substitution for common sense
By Adrian Lynham, associate director, and Stuart Austin,...
Tagged in: WYGMineral planning
28 July 2014 | Planning & Development
First published in the July 2014 issue of Quarry Management
Thought-provoking national event debates the crucial issues around sustainable minerals supply
The annual MPA/RTPI Mineral Planning...
28 October 2013 | Planning & Development
First published in the October 2013 issue of Quarry Management as Landscape Update
Changes to planning guidance and planning policy has raised the stakes for landscape and visual impact assessment...
19 March 2012 | Planning & Development
Stephen Barry, technical director and chartered mineral surveyor with Wardell Armstrong, explains how to find a way through the mineral reservations minefieldWhat, exactly, is a mineral? That might...
12 March 2010 | Planning & Development
Insights from the Magnesian Limestone Project
By Ian Roberts, Archaeological Services WYAS1
Mineral operators have long recognized the archaeological implications of their work and have...
Tagged in: Archaeological Services WYASArchaeology
01 May 2008 | Planning & Development
With the spread of ‘NIMBYism’, the aggregates industry continues to face the challenging task of changing the negative public perception of quarries. The Saint Consulting Group offer some advice on...
Tagged in: Saint Consulting Group
01 April 2008 | Planning & Development
John Penny, area estates manager for Aggregate Industries, looks into the debate and draws on his own experiences in the past few years
There has long been a relationship between quarries and...
Tagged in: Aggregate IndustriesArchaeology