Thursday 2 May 2019

MPA reports Q1 dip in sales, and spams every MP with the news

The Mineral Products Association – the trade association representing Aggregate Industries et al – has reported a sluggish start for construction-related mineral products in 2019; seasonally adjusted sales volumes for aggregates had the sharpest decline.

Someone at @MineralProduct was plainly concerned about this – and presumably the impact that the Brexit impasse is having on the cement and aggregate multinationals – and spent this afternoon spamming all our MPs with the news: