The rare marble used by Michelangelo is mined in a huge Tuscan quarry where panels are cut from solid rock at an altitude of ...

In recent years the quarries of Carrara have had an annual aggregate output of about 200,000 tons. They supply the bulk of the marble used in Italy and Europe to-day for sculpture and other ...

The parched, sunburnt hues of Diego Tenorio’s lensing take on a vivid summer-storm intensity, as the film’s leisurely rhythm seizes and short-circuits: “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake ...

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Game Commission confirms it had to euthanize hundreds of snow geese at two quarries in the Lehigh Valley in efforts to slow down the spread of avian influenza.

An environmental group is asking the Nova Scotia government to quash the approval of a small quarry in a Lunenburg County watershed it hopes will be designated a wilderness area. George Buranyi ...

Located west of Galway City, in large tracts of Connemara, is Ireland’s second-largest Gaeltacht region. Here the Irish language lives on in songs and stories. Connemara and the Islands offer a ...

A council has lodged objections to controversial proposals to develop a sand and gravel quarry next to houses in the village of Preesall. The plans for Preesall, by developer Baxters, will be ...

The ancient underground marble quarries of Marathi, dating back to the 5th century BC, are set to be digitally revealed in an ambitious project combining history and technology. Funded by European ...

In Portugal’s Alentejo region, Solubema Quarry faces some harsh operational challenges. Extreme temperatures and pervasive dust are met with Atlas Copco’s E-Air H250 VSD portable air compressors, ...

Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining (TRAM) requests the public submit comments on a proposed quarry and aggregate processing plant near Inks Lake and Longhorn Caverns in Burnet County.The Lower ...

One of the most well-known quarries in Singapore is Little Guilin, located in Bukit Batok Town Park. Named for its resemblance to China’s famed Guilin landscape, this quarry features towering granite ...

The Lower Colorado River Authority correspondence released recently to a senior civil engineer indicates LCRA is exercising caution related to its possible approval of a permit for construction of a ...