Conservation land mining ban a risk to building materials

Conservation land mining ban a risk to building materials
Gavin Evans
Quarry operators have warned of “major impacts” to supplies of rock and gravel if the government pursues its policy of allowing no new mines on conservation land.The Aggregates and Quarrying Association says it is good that the government’s new minerals and petroleum resource strategy recognises the need to have sources of rock, aggregate and sand close to the communities they will be used in.But that won’t count for much if the yet-to-be consulted on ban on conservation land mining, or national policy statements on urban development and indige...

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