Stones / Quarries
The latest news from the Stone Industry
6 January 2021 | Stones / Quarries
BS 8298: Code of Practice for the Design & Installation of Natural Stone Cladding & Lining, has been updated, a decade after it was previously amended. It has been one of the most useful...
23 November 2020 | Stones / Quarries
The Dry Stone Walling Association (DSWA) has once again produced an A4 size wall calendar for the year ahead. They are £7 each. To go to the DSWA shop to buy one, click here. The shop also...
18 November 2020 | Stones / Quarries
Published by The Dovecot PressAuthor: Treleven HaysomISBN: 978-0-9955462-...
13 September 2020 | Stones / Quarries
The British Geological Survey says response to its request for information for its four-yearly survey about stone being extracted has been small and it asks quarry operators to complete its...

The Quarry Forum is one of the focus groups of Stone Federation Great Britain. For more information about the Quarry Forum email [email protected].
19 June 2020 | Stones / Quarries
With construction activity picking up again, we’re encouraging architects to make a considered effort to select natural stone as their sustainable material of choice. Specifiers are...
22 May 2020 | Stones / Quarries
Twenty years ago we were all relieved to have survived the ‘millennium bug’, which turned out to be a damp squib, unlike the current bug.There were all sorts of celebrations and...
25 April 2020 | Stones / Quarries | 2 Comments
We are starting a discussion about British stone. If you have any questions about its use on your building or landscaping projects, post them below on this page (or on LinkedIn here if you want to...
24 January 2020 | Stones / Quarries
The Government has finally put the slate industry of north Wales forward as the UK's nomination to UNESCO as a World Heritagte Site.If accepted it will join sites such as the Taj Mahal, the Grand...
23 January 2020 | Stones / Quarries
Last year the Johnston Quarry Group brought the major Cotswold quarry of Guiting back into production. NSS visited the quarry to take a look and talk to Operations Director Paul Keyte about the...

For more information about the Stone Federation’s Quarry Group, email [email protected]
20 December 2019 | Stones / Quarries
The Quarry Group is one of the sector specific groups of Stone Federation Great Britain. It comprises the operators of some of the leading indigenous dimensional stone producers, whose stones have...
1 December 2019 | Stones / Quarries
Albion Stone, which mines limestone from the Dorset island of Portland, has joined up its two Portland Stone mines.The breakthrough between Bowers and Jordans mines, creating one working area,...
31 July 2019 | Stones / Quarries
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), along with conservation firms and other heritage organisations, says there is a crisis of supply of Horsham stone roofing slabs.Horsham...
5 June 2019 | Stones / Quarries
It is not every day you get an Inuit artist visit your quarry, but Kentish Ragstone producer Gallagher was delighted to welcome Piita Irniq, who is also an educator and statesman, to its Hermitage...
14 May 2019 | Stones / Quarries
The First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, praised the contribution to the principality of minerals extraction when he delivered the keynote speech at the annual Mineral Products Association (MPA)...

Penrhyn Welsh slate quarry in north Wales operated by Welsh Slate, which became part of Breedon last year as part of Breedon's takeover of the Lagan Group (read more...).
17 January 2019 | Stones / Quarries
Next up for Welsh Slate is consideration as a World Heritage Site, because it is this year's application from the UK to UNESCO's World Heritage Committee. The UK can put forward only one...