Council leaders have met with representatives of the quarrying and mineral products industry to discuss how they could work together to cut carbon emissions on the journey to net zero.
The round table discussion, last Friday, between key industry delegates and council officials was hosted by CRH Tarmac at their Tunstead site, Buxton.
Topics for discussion included alternative fuels, road network capacity and constraints, carbon capture, storage, and utilisation, distribution logistics and education and skills.
Viv Russell, President of The Institute of Quarrying, said: “Establishing collaborative initiatives such as this between the regional authorities and the industry are critical to ensure we can meet the challenges of decarbonisation.
“I hope this meeting is the first step in developing a pathway to delivering on our collective ambition.”
Councillor Carolyn Renwick, DCC’s Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Environment, said the council was committed to becoming a net zero county by 2050 and the meeting was a great first step in finding out DCC can support the sector to become more sustainable.
She said: “We acknowledge the steps the industry has taken so far and the ongoing investments it continues to make towards achieving net zero emissions and we look forward to working with the sector more closely in the future.”
The Derbyshire Mineral Products Industry is worth £2.1 billion to the local economy and is the largest producing county to a sector which is the largest manufacturing industry employing 100,000 in the UK.
DCC is currently working with Derby City Council to produce the Derbyshire and Derby Minerals Local Plan to help plan for delivering sustainable minerals development for the period up to 2038.
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Viv Russell, President of The Institute of Quarrying, right, pictured with Derbyshire County Council representatives, from left, Cllr Tony King, Cabinet Member for Clean Growth and Regeneration, Chris Henning, Executive Director for Place, and Cllr Carolyn Renwick, Cabinet Member for Infrastructure and Environment.
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