Engineering materials

Engineering materials

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10 billion tonnes pa of engineering materials used globally

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1.5t person pa, main components are concrete, wood, steel, asphalt, glass, brick

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Concrete is by far the dominant engineering material (factor 10) and responsible for some 5% of global CO2

emissions

UK  materials construction   

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400mt construction materials

used annually (2008)

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1.5mt

steel

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100mt concrete

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7.5mt timber

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UK

has a trade deficit in construction materials/products (2011)

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UK construction products market is £40bn annually

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We import £12bn of construction products annually

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We import £3.5bn from

Germany and China

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We export £1.5bn to

Ireland and

Germany

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We import £650m of steel and export £475m

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We import £110m of cement and export £45m

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We import £135m of rebar and export £50m

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We import £625m of timber