A research team has investigated the importance of limestone quarries for wild bee conservation. Diverse landscapes with good connectivity between quarries and calcareous grasslands proved to be ...

Vail-area residents who don't want three open-pit limestone quarries in the foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains will host a forum later this month to rally more opposition. Meanwhile state officials ...

The battle over the 2,600-year-old Greek limestone quarry in Marseille has reached a definitive—albeit ...

A map of a limestone quarry near Belle Mina in Limestone County. Residents and churches have filed a lawsuit to stop the ongoing mining at the site, saying it is having a negative impact on the ...

Parleys Canyon may soon be home to an open-pit limestone quarry, according to a proposal filed with Utah mining regulators this month. A recently formed LLC called Tree Farm proposes using explosives ...

A stone quarry in the San Gabriel Valley has pitted the cities of Azusa and Duarte against each another. KPCC's Molly Peterson says the fight is over the best place to mine for limestone. Vulcan ...

Alabama State Sen. Arthur Orr calls a proposed quarry in his district “a travesty.” He also believes the Limestone County Commission has the authority to stop it from being built near the Belle Mina ...

The Lemont limestone story begins eons before there was a Chicago with a Water Tower and Holy Name Cathedral, both built with locally mined stone that slowly turns from white to yellowish. Four ...