Mr Kurt Larson, a director of Foster Yeoman (Morven) Ltd, which operates Glensanda Quarry, said: ``We are saddened at the loss of three colleagues. Our thoughts and condolences are with the ...

Happy St. Andrew's Day to all of our customers and team in Scotland 🏴 Located on the banks of Lock Linnhe is our unique flagship site, Glensanda, which is the largest granite quarry in Europe.

While no marine aggregate dredging has been carried out in recent years, Scotland's Annual Business Survey reported that 'Other Mining and Quarrying' contributed £301 million to Scotland's economy in 2017 and …

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 …

BONTRUP Aggregates is the international expert in sourcing and producing high quality aggregates and rock armour for a wide variety of applications across the world. As part of BONTRUP Aggregates, the company owns and operates Bremanger Quarry (Norway) and has long-term partnerships with Glensanda Quarry (Scotland), Stevin Rock in Ras Al ...

Scotland needs to hold on to its remaining natural beauty. The human cultural wealth for which we are famous is rooted in this, the true wealth of Harris - the real meaning of ''conservation''.

TODAY marks the 30th anniversary of the first shipment made from the Glensanda super quarry on the west coast of Scotland. Located on the Morvern Peninsula, near Oban, Glensanda is Aggregate Industries' flagship site and the largest granite quarry in Europe, exporting to markets all across Northern Europe. It has an …

At approximately 15:19 on the 2 nd July 2010 a fire was discovered on the vertical conveyor belt, by a crew member on board the Yeoman Bontrup. The alarm was raised verbally at first and then the ships fire alarm sounded at approximately 15:21. Other crew members tried to tackle the fire, the Glensanda Quarry harbourmaster and the …

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. It was developed by Foster Yeoman but is now exclusively owned by Aggregate Industries. The scale ...

Glensanda is Scotland's largest hardrock quarry, and is situated on the banks of Loch Linnhe, near Oban. It can operate 24 hours a day and has the capacity to produce 15 million tonnes of crushed aggregate per annum. The quarry is divided into 2 distinct operational areas. ... The quarry walls have been incorporated into the centre to …

Glensanda Quarry is Europe's largest granite quarry, located on the remote Morvern peninsula in Western Scotland. The quarry has an annual production capacity in excess of 9 million tonnes, with 760 million tonnes reserve of granite. Project 'Highlander' is a development contract with Aggregate Industries to modernise and relocate all of ...

SuperFlow 20. Aggregate Industries SuperFlow 20 is a high performance open graded aggregate specifically designed to provide controlled water management within Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS). Pitching stone. A 150-300mm stone used as a walling stone some also use this for a larger option when filling gabion baskets.

Country: Scotland Ownership: Foster Yeoman Ltd Type: Private Usage: Commercial, Ferry Terminal ... The quay and quarry at Glensanda is owned and operated by Foster Yeoman, a major supplier of coated stone producs. Some 6m tonnes of granite are exported annually from Glensanda, placing it in the top twenty of all UK ports for exports. Nearly 5m ...

the quarry jobs in Scotland. Sort by: relevance - date. 28 jobs. Heavy plant Engineer. EPM. Ayrshire. £15 - £17 an hour. Full-time. Overtime. Driving Licence. Easily apply: Urgently needed. Hiring multiple candidates. Heavy plant engineers required for plant maintenance of Asphalt plants /concrete plants/conveyors/Crushers.

Map of Glensanda Quarry (Highland) from the Gazetteer for Scotland An immense super-quarry occupying a remote location on the south coast of the Morvern peninsula, 10½ miles (17 km) north of Oban, Glensanda is said to be the biggest coastal quarry in Europe...

The transportation of 50,000t of rock armour as part of a sea defence project in north Wales has been completed ahead of schedule. The rock was shipped from Glensanda Quarry in Scotland to Ellesmere Port Dock on Merseyside from Glensanda Quarry between September and December. Contractor Jones Bros used two teams to unload …

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Glensanda. Latitude: 56° 34'N Longitude: 05° 31'W Country: Scotland Ownership: Foster Yeoman Ltd Type: Private Usage: Commercial, Ferry Terminal Address: Glensanda Quarry Operations, Rhugh Garbh Depot, …

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 …

Quarry Manager. May 2012 - Aug 2022 10 years 4 months. Cairneyhill Quarry. In my previous roll as quarry manager I was responsible for the operation of a 700,000t per year fixed crushing plant incorporating a 550tph primary crushing section, and a 450tph secondary plant with five crushers in the line. I also operate a 350,000t per year asphalt ...

Glensanda. 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 …

Glensanda Quarry is Europe's largest granite quarry, located on the remote Morvern peninsula in Western Scotland. The quarry has an annual production capacity in excess …

Headland Archaeology Ltd carried out an archaeological walkover of an area of some 138 hectares around Glensanda Quarry. The quarry is situated at 400 to 600 m above the …

quarry jobs in Scotland. Sort by: relevance - date. 35 jobs. Yard Person. Argyll Resources Group. Oban. Completion of basic paperwork such as waste and quarry tickets. Assisting with the processing of material in both the quarry and waste transfer station. Employer Active 3 days ago.

QME worked on the Glensanda Super Quarry at the west coast of Scotland for 1 year and six months. The quarry produces a high quality aggregates for the UK and European construction industry. QME was contracted to work on the tunnelling and raise boring jobs at the sites as part of an overall expansion of the quarry known as Project Highlander.

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 production of six million tonnes of …

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 while in berth at the quarry in July 2010. Now, following a £35 million rebuild, the Yeoman …

By Mike Travers. Union bosses have accused the Spanish-owned earthmoving company that is taking over load and haul operations at a Scottish superquarry of "sticking two fingers up" at employment regulations. GMB officials said up to half of the 50 jobs could go at Aggregate Industries' Glensanda quarry on the west coast when Oban …

Aggregate Industries announces the launch of a new bagged aggregates range comprising quality granite sourced from its super quarry in Glensanda. …

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)