Increase in cost of ready mix and stone

[startinghandle]

Talking to local builder this afternoon.. he had been informed about substantial increase in cost of stone and ready mix

 

[Steevo]

Local stone supply companies round here are putting prices up on 1st January for quarried and recycled. Guess quarries are charging more (diesel price increased a lot in recent months) and haulage cost has added up too.

Be even worse next year if all quarry machinery has to be run on white diesel.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Had an email last friday with another round of price rises from January 3rd,,cant price for anything nowadays

 

[Chae1]

Quarries can't run plant on red diesel anymore. Passing on the extra cost.

 

[shumungus]

Stone here going up £1 a ton on 1st Jan. Readymix £12 per m3 and cement 21% due to Greta carbon tax. In the same emails have also been warned that 1st of April doesn't look good either.

 

[Steevo]

The question becomes if/when will things drop back again.

I think some things will fall back again (as someone mentioned on here timber has done so now), but others may not do so....or at least will take quite a while longer. I'm not too sure which goods to put in each category though.

Can't see stone dropping.
Concrete may fall a bit but stone price will firm the base
I expect steel will likely come back a bit in time

A lot probably depends on energy prices....which may well not drop for a year or so.

Who knows!

It's not helping the wider economy to recover that's for sure.

 

[shumungus]

The carbon tax thing will only get worse.

 

[Stw88]

I don’t think the government realise what a Knock on effect the removal of red diesel usage on plant will have. Not looking forward to quotes for lime in the spring.
Surely the cost of hs2 is going to go through the roof now.

 

[serf]

Surely the cost of hs2 is going to go through the roof now.

And we never thought that would happen did we ........
White elephants come to mind !

 

[serf]

Be even worse next year if all quarry machinery has to be run on white diesel.

These quarries and construction comp. ect will have to leave the machines empty overnight and the fuel in Fort knox till morning or it will be gone .

 

[roscoe erf]

The carbon tax thing will only get worse.

and achieve nothing just a tax revenue

 

[Steevo]

and achieve nothing just a tax revenue

...which will just be wasted!

 

[Chae1]

These quarries and construction comp. ect will have to leave the machines empty overnight and the fuel in Fort knox till morning or it will be gone .

Do you think people that trade stolen diesel care what colour it is?

 

[serf]

Do you think people that trade stolen diesel care what colour it is?

I would think white is going to be more tradeable to a wider fraternity than red !
They are all thieving scroats but if they can run on a stolen white rather than stolen red its going to be more of a target for them its going to be one less thing the authorities will have them on 'IF ' ever they were dipped !

 

[Doing it for the kids]

just been quoted £7 for a bag of cement!?

 

[Andy26]

just been quoted £7 for a bag of cement!?

Blue Circle General Purpose Cement - 25kg | Wickes.co.uk

Blue Circle General Purpose Cement - 25kg

www.wickes.co.uk

 

[ollie989898]

These quarries and construction comp. ect will have to leave the machines empty overnight and the fuel in Fort knox till morning or it will be gone .

Quarries around here run 24/7 anyway. A lot of the plant has to be refuelled around lunchtime as well or it won't last long into the night.

 

[shumungus]

Do you think people that trade stolen diesel care what colour it is?

Certainly, clear is worth twice the money of red.

 

[Secret Agronomist]

Ag lime up £1 to 7 ex quarry

 

[Steevo]

Certainly, clear is worth twice the money of red.

You raise a valid point there....."white diesel" is clear, not white.