In Land of Marble, photographer Alessandro Gandolfi explores the past and future of Italy's striking marble quarries ...

The quarry has been in a boom and bust cycle for the 19th and most of 20th centuries, but since reopening in the 1990s there's been massive production, with 85 percent of the marble sent to Italy.

Augusta Quarry and Mead's Quarry, once used to extract famed Tennessee marble from deep within the earth, are now two of the ...

MARBLE — Colorado Stone Quarries, the operator of Marble’s famed Yule quarry, is facing scrutiny and possible penalties from federal and state regulators after an October diesel spill that shut down ...

The Colorado Yule Marble Quarry near Marble is under new management. Quebec-based Polycor Inc. announced last week that it has acquired the assets and rights associated with the quarry from Centennial ...

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The Colorado Stone Quarries above Marble aren’t what they used to be — and as far as the new owners are concerned, that’s a good thing. The rambling, cathedral-like chambers in the historic section ...

The marble quarry, reopened in 1990 after a 49-year repose, is Colorado’s largest and might be the largest deposit in the world-60 million cubic feet.

As elaborate scaffolding envelops the Washington Monument in the nation’s capital for a $9.4 million restoration, pallets of snowy-white Cockeysville marble await delivery to the site.Just as ...

SYLACAUGA – The Alabama Marble Quarry will soon be under new ownership. U.S. IBGS Holdings, LLC will finalize taking possession of the quarry from its previous tenant, the Alabama Marble Company ...