News

25 Sep 2026

Highways UK Conference 2026

MPA Lime is delighted to be exhibiting at Highways UK, taking place at the NEC Birmingham on 14th - 15th October 2026 on Stand 107.

24 Sep 2026

Britpave Conference 2026

MPA is pleased to announce its participation at this year’s Britpave Annual Conference, taking place at the Sketchley Grange Hotel, Hinckley, on Thursday 1st October.

31 Aug 2026

UK Lime Industry Benchmarking Health and Wellbeing

In October and November 2026, with the full support of its member companies, MPA Lime will conduct the second UK Lime industry wellbeing survey to identify and implement opportunities for improvement. The survey is using the Health and Safety Executive's (HSE) Stress Indicator Tool. Participating companies committed to reviewing the results, taking action where needed, and repeating the survey at periodic intervals to track progress.

07 Jul 2026

Dominic Mooney of MPA Lime Associate Member British Sugar receives Individual Award

Dominic Mooney received an Individual Award at the MPA Health and Safety Awards. This was in recognition of his work at British Sugar in the development and implementation of a behavioural safety program which delivered a paradigm shift in the approach to Health and Safety across the business.

07 Jul 2026

MPA Lime member Lhoist UK receives the John Crabbe Memorial Award

Being presented by the trade association with the highest safety award of the minerals industry is recognition of a team effort expressed by Adam Taylor, Operations Manager for Lhoist UK:

19 Jun 2026

Fire Safety workshop includes safety and business risks

Another very successful MPA Lime Health and Safety Working Group workshop took place in early June on the topic of Fire – prevention, detection, response. Valuable sharing of experiences included major fires which disrupted normal production and required special efforts to successfully maintain lime supplies.

28 May 2026

MPA to help deliver International Panel on Climate Change report

Dr Rachel Capon, MPA Sustainability Programme Manager, has been confirmed in the role of Coordinating Lead Author for the Carbonation of Cement and Lime Chapter in the 2027 IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) Methodology Report on CDR (Carbon Direct Removal) and CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage).

27 Apr 2026

MPA Lime members to support No Falls Week 2026

The full members of MPA Lime have agreed to support No Falls Week which takes place next month between 18th and 22nd May 2026

31 Mar 2026

Keeping up with Standards

The CPR Acquis for CEN standards is requiring the re-drafting of the building lime standard BS EN 459 and MPA Lime is working with the BSI B/516/11 committee to support the process of developing the new standard.

12 Jan 2026

Transport and Logistics Health and Safety Workshop

As part of an ongoing programme of twice‑yearly workshops involving the MPA Lime Health and Safety Working Group, a full‑day workshop was held focusing on Transport and Logistics. Members shared the issues they are facing, along with the solutions they are using to address them.