Another poor year for new quarry reserves

摘要

The UK aggregate industry's inability to replenish its output with new reserves is continuing to give serious cause for concern, particularly in light of the fact that markets fell by more than 10% during 2008.rnIn a new analysis of the situation by BDS Marketing Research Ltd, it is estimated that aggregates companies obtained consents to extract around 190 million tonnes of new reserves in 2008, compared with actual production of just under 200 million tonnes during the year.rnNevertheless, BDS say last year was still a much better year for companies than 2007, when only 100 million tonnes of new aggregate reserves were consented, representing less than half of total extraction during that year.