Few, if any, industries in the world have a greater percentage of waste than marble quarrying as it is done in Italy, yet the famous Carrara deposits have been worked over 2,000 years, and ...

Copper production is about 3,900 tons. Quarrying of marble exceeds 1,100,000 tons and of dolomite 55,000 tons. Annual production of crude petroleum is about 88,000 tons and that natural gas about ...

Marble has been carved here since the Ancient Roman times, and because of its millennial history, the Carrara quarries have produced more marble than any other place on Earth. The market as a ...

Known for its mastery in sourcing and processing the finest natural stones, Royale Impex continues to push creative ...

The jagged peaks of Italy's Apuan Alps are home to some of the most sought-after marble in the world. This was Michelangelo's old stomping ground. There are more than 600 quarries above Carrara ...

A landslide at a marble quarry on Balıkesir’s Marmara Island claimed the lives of two workers. Ahmet Özmen and Mustafa Dak were trapped under large marble blocks that slid down with the cascading ...

The book follows a single marble block on its journey from a quarry on the slopes of Mt. Penteli (then called Pentelicon) to the Parthenon construction site. See for yourself in the following ...