Quarrying
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- Created on: 16-03-13 20:55
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- Hope Quarry
- Background
- One of largest limestone quarries in Peak District
- Located on outskirts of Castleton in Peak District national Park
- It supplies 2m tonnes of limestone a year to the nearby Hope cement Works which produces 1.3 tonnes of cement a year
- The cement works were opened in 1929 to exploit the nearby reserves of limestone and shale needed to make cement
- It supplies 2m tonnes of limestone a year to the nearby Hope cement Works which produces 1.3 tonnes of cement a year
- Quarry and cement works owned by lafarge group which employs 182 locals
- The local economy benefits as locally employed people support nearby shops and services - multiplier effect
- Quarry estimated to have reserves for another 30 years and is working to a planned programme of extraction and restoration
- Quarrying + enviroment
- In 1951 the Peak District National Park was designated
- Is the responsibility of the Park Authority to strike a balance between environment and economical and social needs of the area
- HQ is a juage hole in the ground and has a massive visual impact on landscape. Initiatives have been taken to lessen effects on enviro.
- Landscaping and tree planting have reduced the visual impact of quarry
- Efforts have been made to reduce dust
- 15m spent to improv. transport. Rail used rather than road to reduce impact of heavy traffic
- Single train is equiv. to 57 lorries
- Hope cement works produces 1m tonnes of CO2 a year but in 2003 to offset this 7,000 trees planted
- One old quarry area is now managed as a wetland reserve
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