Quarry Waste: Chances of a Possible Economic and ...
The Montorfano and Baveno granite ore bodies are located in the Lake District (VCO-NE Piedmont). They were and are still quarried as dimension stones, with a consequent production of a huge volume of "waste." In 1995, an Italian company (GMM S.p.A) decided to invest in the valorisation of granite quarry waste as a secondary raw material.