100,000-tonne self-discharging vessel resumes shuttle transportation service after £35 million rebuild. FOLLOWING 21 months of rebuild investment, the Yeoman Bontrup was relaunched on 26 April from Glensanda Quarry, Morvern, in north-west Scotland. The 100,000-tonne self-discharging vessel was taken out of service following a major fire …

The GMB claim half of the staff working at the Glensanda Quarry, north of Oban, face the sack from a new contractor. The union fears Spanish-owned Oban Earth Works will cut 50% of staff when it ...

Day 250: Rubha a' Chaiginn to Leacraithnaich Bothy – through Glensanda Quarry. by Quintin Lake. February 27, 2019. 11 comments. Argyllshire – North, Scotland. Art, Coast, Landscape, Long Distance Walking, Photography, Travel. Sunrise over Loch Linnhe, Highland, Scotland. I'm hoping I'll be able to walk through the jetty at …

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Rock armour for the project needs to be shipped from the Glensanda Quarry in western Scotland. 'Significant' holes. The existing sea defences at Blue Anchor are a mixture of angled concrete walls, ...

Following 21 months of rebuild investment the Yeoman Bontrup has been relaunched from Glensanda Quarry, Morven, western Scotland. The 100,000tonne self-discharging vessel was taken out of service following a major fire while in berth at the quarry in July 2010. Following a £35 million (€43 million) rebuild, the Yeoman Bontrup resumes …

Aggregate Industries, a leading UK construction and infrastructure player, has achieved international recognition from the Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC), receiving a Gold Certificate, the highest standard for aggregates supply, at Glensanda, the largest granite quarry in Europe. The company is the first in the UK to receive the coveted …

Rock delivery from Glensanda Quarry in western Scotland is expected to take 32 days. Image source, Somerset Council . Image caption, Rocks are being delivered to the beach by a barge.

Glensanda Quarry Visit. A number of Day Group's Directors recently went on a trip to visit Aggregate Industries' Glensanda Quarry. This super quarry, which is the largest granite quarry in Europe, is situated on the shore of Loch Linnie on the west coast of Scotland. ... The scale of the quarry is immense, with an output of some 7 million ...

Glensanda Quarry General oblique aerial view of Glensanda-Meall na h-Easaiche and Glensanda quarries, and the remains of Glensanda castle, farmstead and field systems, …

Glensanda was first discovered by John Yeoman while on a boating holiday in the 1970s. The site was then named as a potential location for a super quarry in a report commissioned by the Government in the 1970s. Extraction began in 1986 and Glensanda undertook its first shipment on 5 August that year, to Houston, Texas.

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Project Objectives. Glensanda use over 40 million litres of fuel a year. With the existing quarry now well developed, Glensanda is addressing the matter of uphill running costs involved in moving into 'Project Highlander'. 'Project Highlander' will enable continued extraction from reserves – which amount to an estimated 800 million ...

The Workhorses of Glensanda. 2006 Apr 01. At the huge Glensanda granite quarry on the coast of Scotland – the largest of its kind in Europe – only two bench drilling rigs are needed to maintain a yearly …

LOCATED in the Scottish Highlands, Glensanda – Europe's largest granite quarry – recently celebrated the completion of a new £30 million upgrade to its operations that has secured 500 Scottish jobs for the next 25 years. Aggregate Industries, owners of Glensanda and suppliers of high-quality crushed granite to markets across Europe, have ...

WHITWICK Engineering have taken delivery of several portable buildings from Chester-based Portable Offices to accommodate their workers at the Glensanda superquarry, on Scotland's isolated Morvern peninsula. Situated off the coast of Oban, such is the remoteness of Glensanda that there is no road or rail link to the quarry. The only …

Glensanda is an immense super-quarry occupying a remote location on the south coast of the Morvern peninsula, 10½ miles (17 north of Oban. The quarry, said to be the biggest coastal quarry in Europe, went …

Craig MacMillan, trainee quarry operations manager at Aggregate Industries' Glensanda operation, in Scotland, is also in agreement whilst commenting on the changing workforce: 'With a rise in the use of contractor staff at our sites, the challenge comes in trying to manage and provide leadership for these individuals whilst implementing ...

Located on the remote and beautiful west coast of Scotland, it is a true "superquarry", measuring 2,400 hectare (24 sq km) – the largest in Europe and one of the biggest in the world. But what makes it more …

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Located on the Morvern Peninsula, near Oban, Glensanda is Aggregate Industries' flagship site and the largest granite quarry in Europe, exporting to markets all …

The category includes extraction from a mine or quarry, but also dredging of alluvial deposits, rock crushing and the use of salt marshes. While there has been no recent aggregate extraction from the sea, the land based Glensanda Quarry on the Morvern peninsula contributes significantly to the Scottish economy, with an annual production of ...

Date: 20 January 2022. The final phase of the delivery of stone to Orkney from the Glensanda Quarry in Oban is due to get underway next week. Around 40,000 tonnes of the 80,000 tonnes required has already been delivered - and the final phase will see the remainder delivered in three larger deliveries. The stone was sourced in January 2021 in ...

Glensanda Castle, late 15th century Simple, two-storey tower of local granite, originally the stronghold of the Macleans of Kingairloch,who emigrated to Canada c.1800. Sited atop a grassy mound looking out to Appin across Loch Linnhe, it was probably abandoned for good c.1780/90. The entrance on the south-east wall leads into an unvaulted ...

About Glensanda Quarry Glensanda quarry began operations in 1989 and produces approximately 6.5 million tonnes of aggregates per year, all production is dispatched by ship to desinationation across Europe and further afield. In 2015 a large scale redevelopment was undertaken to upgrade the primary crusher and conveyors that will allow increased

Glensanda (Old Norse, the glen of the sandy river) was a Viking settlement at the mouth of Glen Sanda on the Morvern peninsula within south west Lochaber, overlooking the Isle of Lismore and Loch Linnhe in the western Highlands of Scotland. Glensanda Castle (Caisteal Na Gruagaich (Maiden's Castle)

Leading construction and infrastructure player Aggregate Industries has achieved international recognition from the Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC), receiving a Gold Certificate, the highest standard for supply of aggregates, at Glensanda, the largest granite quarry in Europe, making the company the first in the UK to receive the global …

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Escape to a Random Place. Discover the quarries Disused Limestone Quarry in Tasmania, Australia and Former Lilydale Quarry in Victoria, Australia . Glensanda was a Viking settlement at the mouth of Glen Sanda on the Morvern peninsula within south west Lochaber, overlooking the island of Lismore and Loch Linnhe in the western Highlands of …

Glensanda Quarry, operated by Aggregate Industries, is the largest granite quarry in Europe and the largest quarry in the UK. In 2008 Quarry Management …

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The Glensanda quarry is located in an area with a long history of quarrying, and has been in operation since the 1980s. It extracts sand and gravel from the bed of Loch Linnhe and transports it to customers by …

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Oban Earth Works, a new Spanish company, was recently awarded the primary load and haul contract at Glensanda by Aggregate Industries, which operates the quarry site. The new company is due to take over control on August 1 and last month, in an anonymous letter, members of the worried workforce said they had been informed there …

The three men had been travelling to Barcaldine to catch a 45-minute ferry to the Glensanda Quarry where they worked as fitters and mechanics.

Glensanda Quarry Visit. A number of Day Group's Directors recently went on a trip to visit Aggregate Industries' Glensanda Quarry. This super quarry, which is the largest granite quarry in Europe, is situated on the …

Glensanda is the flagship site of construction materials producer and supplier Aggregate Industries, and the largest granite quarry in Europe, exporting to markets all across Northern Europe since the mid-1980s. It has an annual production capacity in excess of 9 million tonnes and a massive 760 million tonnes reserve of granite.

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