Frederick Bradley MARBLE QUARRYING
Technical and Commerce Handbook
Promorama
The books deal with the topics of marble quarrying in its various components and is intended to be a full and exhaustive guide describing in detail all the technical and commercial aspects inherent to this work. The text is highly technical and follows a scheme in which the various aspects of quarrying work are shown to be reciprocally connected, giving a global picture of the subject matter.
The books deal with the topics of marble quarrying in its various components and is intended to be a full and exhaustive guide describing in detail all the technical and commercial aspects inherent to this work. The text is highly technical and follows a scheme in which the various aspects of quarrying work are shown to be reciprocally connected, giving a global picture of the subject matter. The main topics are:
- problem of classifying and to the commercial characterisation of stone materials, including the technical properties required to the their use as dimension stone
- morphological and functional characteristics of the quarries and quarrying technique and machinery. Technical and economic characteristics of the quarry output
- technical-economic assessment of the quarry area and exploitation plan. Criteria of economic management and environmental evaluation impact.
- picture of the world marble availability and showing the main production areas, by commercial types