Not only are the Apuan Alps a region of unique and incomparable beauty – they also contain immense deposits of marble. The most famed and prized of these marbles are to be found in three principal gullies or canali: Torano, Miseglia, and Colonnata. Experts estimate the total excavable marble field of Carrara to have a [...]
A precise description of the oldest cutting technique is contained in a passage by Pliny the Elder (Nat. Hist. I, XXXVI): once the quadratari had squared the blocks, the sectores serrarii shaved slabs from the blocks using an unserrated iron blade which was “mounted on three boards and wedged permanently into the marble. This blade [...]
Quarries of America is a unique program designed to bring the best granites that North America has to offer to the Asian market in a coordinated effort to serve the needs of our customers. To give the QOA program maximum impact, Eurimex of Luxembourg was selected to implement the program throughout Asia. Eurimex has the [...]
Quarries Chelmsford Quarry on Route 40, North Chelmsford, Massachusetts Fletcher Granite’s first quarry, located on approximately 140 acres, has been in full uninterrupted operation since 1881. Today it is recognized across the nation for its achievements in wasteless extraction of dimensional stone. Chelmsford is a light gray stone of fine to medium grain, highlighted by [...]
Granite is among the oldest rock on earth. Hidden deep beneath the ground’s surface, granite reveals itself only after the softer, upper layers of dirt and rock have worn away, allowing its strength and power to be unveiled. Granite is a rock of the ages – a rock that has withstood the test of time. [...]
Granite is one of the oldest, most durable and most respected of building materials. Traditionally, it is the material chosen by both architects and engineers when permanence, enduring color and texture, and complete freedom from deterioration and maintenance are prime requirements. And granite is ageless–always contemporary. Today’s leading architects, knowing its unique qualities, are using [...]
The 46th edition of Marmomacc, the International Exhibition of Natural Stones, Design and Technologies, was presented in the prestigious setting of the Milan Triennial. The meeting was also the occasion for talking with famous architect Alessandro Mendini about design, architecture and the use of natural stone and marble. “I, despite never used having stone, must [...]
The Italian Ministry of Economic Development has been involved and it is promoting a supporting program for all the companies showing an economic interest in starting business activities, in the extractive industry, abroad, in order to satisfy the supply of raw materials for internal national purpose. With this purpose, the first milestone has been the [...]
Quarrying and processing up in 2010. China confirms status as main world producer. Italy gets going again despite problems and concerns Marmomacc was the occasion for presentation to advertisers of the XXII World Stone Industry Report, once again prepared by Carlo Montani, one of the leading international experts in the sector, published by Aldus Casa [...]
Final data for the last edition confirm the exhibition’s international vocation, with even more international exhibitors and visitors In readiness for the next edition of Marmomacc, scheduled next 26-29 September, analysis was recently completed of data for visitors arriving in Verona in 2011 and in parallel FKM (the German certification authority for voluntary control of [...]
Italy confirms its status as the leader in processing and sales of stone products. Import-export of processed materials, semi-finished goods and raw materials consolidated following the recovery in 2010. Italian marble confirms growth also in the third quarter 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. The balance of trade is still in the black, [...]
