Walsh & Port of Tilbury announce big investment in expanded London #aggregates supply business https://t.co/k4R1f3oC1M#Tilbury #constructionmaterials #sustainable pic.twitter.com/8RTQ3GemgX
— Aggregates Business (@Agg_Business) January 27, 2021
Walsh will bring 400,000 tonnes of secondary aggregate into Tilbury by sea and river each year from china clay producer Imerys in Cornwall. This material – known as Cornish Granite – is a by-product of the china clay industry and is rated as one of the most sustainable aggregates available in the UK.
Joe Gifford, Managing Director of WALSH said: "...our new partnership with the Port of Tilbury means we can bring in Cornish Granite that would otherwise be discarded and turn it into high-quality products to support London’s development and regeneration."
We have posted about this company before, their plans to increase the use of secondary aggregates in the form of china clay waste – of which Devon and Cornwall have hundreds of millions of tonnes blighting the landscape – and their assurances that there was 'no need for any more new quarries':
Our message is clear... quarries should only be used as a last resort. Digging and filling holes in our countryside does not provide a sustainable future for Britain’s building requirements.
