Concrete market reports 62-year-low, confidence plummets

MPA data sees concrete volumes hit 62-year low - Builders Merchants Journal

Data from the Mineral Products Association (MPA), show that concrete volumes hit a 62-year low in the second quarter of 2025, fuelling fears of plummeting business confidence. Ready-mixed concrete volumes dropped by 11.5% to just 2.7 million cubic metres in Q2 2025. Over the last four quarters (Q3 2024 to Q2 2025), total sales were …

Concrete market reports 62-year-low, confidence plummets

MPA figures report that the concrete market is facing historic lows across all major mineral products, with mortar the sole exception New figures from the Mineral Products Association (MPA), based on actual market sales volumes across Great Britain in the last quarter, found that asphalt volumes over the last four quarters are the lowest in a decade and that concrete volumes have fallen to lows last seen in 1963. The news does not bode well for …