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Construction materials demand to keep falling until 2028, MPA warns
The Mineral Products Association expects demand for aggregates, cement and concrete to fall for a fifth consecutive year in 2026, with no meaningful recovery expected before 2028. Construction output in 2025 rose 7.1% in the North East but fell 10.3% in Wales, and the East Midlands was the only region where sales grew across all mineral products. The association attributes much of the weakness to the continued slump in new-build housing.
Our readA forecast that pushes recovery out to 2028 and names housing specifically as the drag is a sign the industry no longer expects a housebuilding bounce to pull it out of this downturn.
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