Tag: quarry
Wind of opposition against sand quarry projects in the countryside
In Saint-Colomban in Loire-Atlantique, two sand quarries already extract 700,000 tonnes of alluvial sand per year over more than 100 hectares. GSM and Lafarge, the operators, would like to exploit…
Rosenheim: Hope under the Heuberg – Bavaria
In the dispute over the planned expansion of the quarry at Heuberg near Nussdorf am Inn, the Rosenheim district council demands a new and, this time, regional examination of the…
Hope under the Heuberg – Bavaria
In the dispute over the planned expansion of the quarry at Heuberg near Nussdorf am Inn, the Rosenheim district council demands a new and, this time, regional examination of the…
“One of a kind”, the astonishing climbing spot at the Miséry quarry attracts
It is a spot described as “unique in its kind”, located in the city center, in a department (Loire-Atlantique) yet known to be the flattest in France … In Nantes,…
By recommending the burying of the ancient rope factory quarry, the prefecture is digging up an old fight
Will the ancient quarry from which the first stones that built Marseille came out return underground? At least this is what the State services recommend, which note the “great fragility…
Weiden – judgment in the quarry dispute – Bavaria
Stefan Krapf achieved his actual and most important goal even before this verdict. Because the Bavarian state government had already confirmed in July that the lease for the quarry in…
South of Nantes, the sand quarry extension project is causing turmoil
Illustration of a sand quarry – Caro Oberhaeuser / SIPA The sand quarries installed in Saint-Colomban (Loire-Atlantique) aspire to expand in the coming years. A project contested by some residents…
Clashes during the evacuation of a LafargeHolcim quarry
Clashes on the ZAD du Mormont, at La Sarrazentre in Switzerland on March 30, 2021. – Jean-Christophe Bott / AP / SIPA Clashes punctuated an operation to dismantle a Zone…