Slate News

GRANVILLE, June 5, 2014 by Doug Gruse (www.poststar.com) – Serena Kovalosky thinks slate is anything but dull. As exhibitions and marketing manager at Slate Valley Museum, Kovalosky is bringing out the rock’s true colors in “Slate as Muse,” a show that celebrates the stone through art. “Slate is viewed as mostly functional. But when it […]

  Le dallage en ardoise fait partie des revêtements de sol appréciés tant en intérieur qu’en extérieur. Il se présente sous différentes finitions, contribuant à donner un style à la construction. Ce matériau est également très résistant, garantissant sa longévité.   Un matériau ancien très tendance : l’ardoise   Les matériaux de construction aiment de […]

Una partida de 150.000 euros busca mejorar las condiciones laborales  El Clúster da Lousa firmará un convenio para mejorar las condiciones laborales de los trabajadores expuestos al polvo de sílice. El documento también llevará la firma de la Consellería de Economía e Industria, que ayer recibió el visto bueno del Consello de la Xunta para […]

Slate has been used throughout the history of civilization. In the ancient world, slate was used as an aid for communication  systems for hieroglyphic script and text and secondly as a building material. The Romans also used slate, for the roofs on their houses as well as for raw materials for their administrative and military […]

  Le Lithofin Brille Net contient une émulsion sans solvant de cires naturelles complétée par des polymères supérieurs et des additifs renforçant l’action nettoyante. C’est l e produit idéal à appliquer sur les sols en ardoise naturelle. Le Lithofin Brille Net réalise une pellicule protectrice qui peut-être légèrement lustrée à la surface. Silmutanément, le produit ravive la […]

GRANVILLE — May is going to start quickly at the Slate Valley Museum, with events Thursday and Friday, including the museum’s monthly First Friday open house from 7 to 9 p.m. The June First Friday will feature the opening reception for the big “Slate As Muse National Art Exhibition” show, and this month’s event will […]

  The quarry owners say the rock face has become too dangerous to be worked Workers at a Gwynedd slate quarry closed amid safety fears are waiting to see if they will keep their jobs. Nineteen quarrymen at Llechwedd in Blaenau Ffestiniog have been off work without pay since Easter after the rock face became […]

El sector, que da trabajo directo en la provincia a 1.500 personas, empieza a estabilizarse al recuperarse el mercado francés, con precios de hace diez años. Un grupo de cortadores de pizarra en unas de las naves productoras de la comarca del Bierzo – DE LA MATA El sector de la pizarra de la provincia […]

Pizarras Jbernardos anuncia la compra de la unidad productiva de Pizarrerías Bernardos (derechos mineros y terrenos, maquinaria de cantera, fábrica, oficinas en Bernardos y stock de piedra natural), más conocida en el sector de la construcción bajo su nombre comercial NATURPIEDRA. Con esta adquisición, Pizarras Jbernardos refuerza su posicionamiento sectorial, consolidándose como el principal fabricante […]

This is an age of great concern about the environment and climate change. We are continually reading in the media of the impact of increased global temperature and changes in the world’s climate. The predicted effects are wide ranging, from higher sea levels, due in part to melting glaciers, to increased intensity and frequency of […]