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The Mineral Products Association (MPA) is the United Kingdom trade association for the aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, dimension stone, lime, mortar, and silica sand industries. With the recent addition of The British Precast Concrete Federation (BPCF) and the British Association of Reinforcement (BAR), it has a growing membership of 480 companies and is the sectoral voice for mineral products. MPA membership is made up of the vast majority of independent SME companies throughout the UK, as well as the 9 major international and global companies. It covers 100% of GB cement production, 90% of aggregates production and 95% of asphalt and ready-mixed concrete production and 70% of precast concrete production. Each year the industry supplies £21billion worth of materials and services to the Economy and is the largest supplier to the construction industry, which has annual output valued at £135billion. Industry production represents the largest materials flow in the UK economy and is also one of the largest manufacturing sectors.〔http://www.mineralproducts.org/cont_mpa01.htm〕 ==Key Facts and Figures== In a typical year, the UK mineral products industry supports: * the building of over 100,000 new homes * over £7 billion of school and university improvements * maintenance of our 230,000-mile road network * a £3 billion programme of improvements to water services * over £3.5 billion of investment in our rail network * supplies of special sands for glass foundry and other industries * cleansing of emissions from coal-fired power stations In addition: * every year over three tonnes of aggregates are needed per head of the population in the UK. * a typical family indirectly demands a lorry load of aggregates each year * a new house requires some 50 tonnes of aggregates * the mineral products industry employs around 70,000 people directly and indirectly.〔http://www.mineralproducts.org/iss_industry01.htm〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mineral Products Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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