

Italia has acquired Perfora, an Italian company that manufactures and sells drilling and cutting equipment for the dimension stone industry, i.e. quarries that produce raw stone blocks. Perfora is a privately owned company based in Bagnolo, northern Italy. It has annual revenues of about €10 million.





Dimension stone mining involves the extraction of solid blocks of stone, such as granite, marble, and limestone, which are used in construction and architectural works. ... Crushers are essential equipment in the stone mining and quarrying industry, responsible for reducing large rocks and stones into smaller, usable sizes. These machines are ...



DIMENSION STONE MINING I. Ashmole1, M. Motloung2 1Greenstone Marble and Granite (Pty) Ltd 2Finstone (SA) (Pty) Ltd ... only likely in the event of petrochemical spillages from storage facilities and equipment, and these can largely be either prevented or cleaned up effectively. The major environmental impacts are of a visual nature, while in ...





Dimension stone is one of the most sustainable materials used in construction, cladding, paving and other applications. Epiroc offers drilling rigs for granite, limestone, marble and sandstone. Over the last 20 years, global production of dimension stone has grown rapidly, especially for building projects where architects are making increasing use of the wide variety of colors, …









Equipment. Surface drill rigs. Surface drill rigs. Our intelligent surface drill rigs bring the latest technology to surface mining applications. Designed to work in the toughest operating conditions, our surface drill rigs combine power with precision and are designed for efficiency and operator comfort. ... Dimensional stone drill rigs Rotary ...



III. professional mining design in line with the target stone geo-structural features; IV. appropriate mining methods and equipment. There are various methods of mining Dimension Stones, and the method used is determined by the geological and structural features of the ore body and by the nature of the final product being produced. Typical









polished dimension stone are of much higher value. USAID and OTF Group noted that recent investments for cutting equipment have been made, and dimension stone processors seem eager to capture more value and cooperate with the dimension stone project. Roughly 80 percent of dimension stone quarried in Afghanistan is exported as raw block.









Today Classic Dimension Stone Mining operates on two major Rustenburg district sites in this region for Kelgran Investments (starting from 2001) in which Italian dimension stone multi-national RED Graniti has a 50% interest. ... which in turn is dependent on optimal equipment selection and in this respect block handlers have always ...





Production and Prices. For U.S. production statistics and sale price, "Stone (Dimension)," go to p. 168-169 of the USGS Commodity Summaries 2024.. Mining Methods. Standard large stone cutting or mechanical separation is accomplished using diamond embossed wire saws, drill and blast, high temperature (oxyfuel) cutting tools followed by splitting with high strength alloy steel …



Dimension stones industry is an industry with significant economic potential that has been overgrowing in recent years. Despite this growth, this industry faces several significant challenges, including very low efficiency, high production costs, and many wastes generation and resource loss during extraction and processing phases. To overcome these issues, further …





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CIVIL ENGINEERING – Vol. II - Surface Mining Methods and Equipment - J. Yamatomi and S. Okubo ... • Quarrying of dimension stone • Highwall/auger mining Open pit and open cast methods employ a conventional mining cycle of operations to extract minerals: rock breakage is usually accomplished by drilling and blasting for ...



In mining: Quarrying …and monuments is known as dimension stone. The characteristics required of good dimension stone are uniformity of texture and colour, freedom from flaws, suitability for polishing and carving, and resistance to weathering. This section describes the quarrying of dimension stone. Read More





The advantages of an SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) Manual for Dimension Stone Mining and Quarrying are substantial. Firstly, it establishes standardized. procedures for mining and quarrying operations, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring safety in the extraction of dimension stones.. Secondly, the manual becomes a crucial tool for employee training, fostering …
