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Mine decline hurts tippers
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Tipper operators should benefit from any long-term increase in construction work, but not many seem to hold out any great hopes of a more profitable 2008. In general they are as concerned about fuel prices as any other operators, and some are entering the year having pulled in their horns in 2008.
Typical of these is Alan McGuinness Haulage, of Tideswell in Derbyshire, which does a lot of work for quarries and the asphalt industry.
McGuinness started 4-12007 with three trucks but is now back to just one, which he drives himself. The run-up to Christmas which usually supplies him with a reasonable amount of work —found him scratching around for business and he does not expect this year to be much better: At least I only have myself to think about now. This job is all Fever wanted to do but with the price of fuel and the increase in health and safety legislation it is not getting any easier."
This sector will not be helped by the output of the UK mining industry— it fell by nearly 25% between 2003 and 2007, according to National Statistics December Digest. This reflects the UK's long-term decline as a producer of raw materials.
In any case, hauliers relying on the mining and quarrying sectors are likely to continue competing for less and less work,