15 years of mining and we continue to lead the way on Portland

Another year has flown by and this meant the Natural Stone Awards were upon us. On Friday 5th December, 2014 the 17th year of the Natural Stone Awards took place in London.

One of the world’s most renowned scientist’s, Professor E. O. Wilson, visited Portland this week to ‘break ground’ at The MEMO Project that is proposed for Albion Stones’ Bowers Quarry site.

Once again, Marmomacc is coming to Verona in September. The 49th edition of this international trade fair for Stone, Design and Technologies is taking place from Wednesday 24th September to Saturday 27th September. With different exhibitors and visitors from all over the world, in Verona you can see all aspects of the stone industry: from raw blocks and processed materials, to machinery and equipment to training.

Albion Stone's Portland stone Quarry and Mine Manager, Mark Godden, shares his opinion on the Mine's Rescue Service in Materials World magazine.

The largest supplier of Portland stone have secured two planning permissions for their Portland stone mines, allowing for more environmentally mining extraction methods.

Portland stone supplier Albion Stone donates to local wildlife project. The project involves the management of wildlife habitats on Portland, including land restoration for the benefit of threatened wildlife.

Albion Stone are the only Portland stone supplier to achieve BES 6001, the standard for Responsible Sourcing of Construction Products. It could improve your BREEAM rating.

Albion Stone are exhibiting at both Ecobuild and MIPIM 2014 over the next couple of weeks. Albion Stone, the leading Portland stone supplier, will be promoting their sustainable stone at Ecobuild in London and meeting architects, contractors and developers at MIPIM in Cannes.