New Mexico Quarry Big On Calcium
BELEN, N.M. – It may not be a world record, but it’s a high-water mark for New Mexico: A 72,000-lbs block of marble. The 13’ X 9’ X 4 mammoth cube came out of...
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L&W Quarry Plan Ok’d; Land Sale Scotched
BOISE, Idaho – L&W Stone Corp. will continue to quarry its Three Rivers rock until 2009, according to a federal judge’s ruling. The Orland, Calif.-based company will continue operating under a three-year interim mining...
Diamond Confab Requests For Papers
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Industrial Diamond Association is now accepting abstracts for the INTERTECH 2006 International Diamond and CBN Conference, set for Atlanta on April 24-26, INTERTECH Conferences are comprehensive technical and application-focused conferences...
Diamond Conference Casts New Light
BARCELONA, Spain – The inaugural International Industrial Diamond Conference (IIDC) here in October drew almost 350 delegates from 34 countries, with stone getting plenty of attention. The two-day conference featured 86 papers, with the...
Italian Stone Groups Pool Resources
MILAN, Italy – Four of Italy’s major stone-industry association have joined in an effort to coordinate communications and promotion. The new consortium includes ACIMM, ASSOFOM, Italy for Marble and Associazione Marmisti Regione Lombardia. The...
Briefs – January 2006
• In a December online survey at the Chatterbean website, 48.8 percent of respondents selected granite countertops as their favorite kitchen trend in 2005, followed by the availability of professional appliances and more elaborate...
Company Briefs – January 2006
• Castelli Marble Inc. completes its newest production facility in Mexico; with 200,000 ft² of operations on the main interbelt connecting the three cities of Torreon, Gomez Palacio, and Lerdo in the state of...
People – January 2006
• W.F. Meyers Company Inc. promotes Susan Morrison to sales manager. Morrison brings more than 22 years of service at the Bedford, Ind., diamond saw manufacturer, including eight years in the sales department. She’ll...
Grassie Granite and Marble, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
By Terri Chance
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. –Boredom with his glass business drove Don Grassie to find something more challenging. Along with stimulating work from a new project, he wanted to find a business that would offer a way for him to use the knowledge he gained while operating a glass dealership, fabrication and installation facility.
Clean Shop: Who’s the Regulator?
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 – the legislation that created OSHA – also encouraged individual states to set up job-safety and –health programs. As of December 2005, the following states operate OSHA-approved state plans: