Quarrying is essential for extracting raw materials like sand, stone, gravel, clay, and coal from the earth. Because it is such an essential part of construction manufacturing and even agriculture, if ...

A quarry is a site where a stone or gravel producer extracts a variety of raw materials from the earth. Common types of material extracted in quarrying activities include limestone, granite and sand.

The quarrying sector is pushing ahead with the development of many innovative features and solutions. Catrin Jones takes a look at some of the latest and greatest on the market. The UK’s construction, ...

EAST LONGMEADOW -- When town historian Bruce Moore was growing up in the 1960s, he and his buddies spent hours exploring the sandstone quarries that fueled the community's booming economy from the ...