Largest Granite Quarry Scotland

The largest granite quarry in europe glensanda has enough rock to extract for 100 years.

Largest granite quarry scotland.

Super quarry glensanda marks 30 years of shipping. Glensanda is the flagship site of construction materials producer and supplier aggregate industries and the largest granite quarry in europe exporting to northern europe. It has an annual production capacity in excess of 9 million tonnes and a. 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.

There are larger pit quarries throughout the world but no larger open face quarries. It has an annual production capacity in excess of 9 million tonnes and a massive 760 million tonnes reserve of granite. 24th august 2016 23rd august 2016. Visit our observation deck where you can see nearly all the activities and are close enough to be plenty startled when we set off an explosion which occurs several times each day.

Mount airy nicknamed the granite city is home to the largest open face granite quarry in the world.