Balmoral Red Granite Quarry going strong in Finland
TAIVASSALO, FINLAND — Palin Granit Oy is continuing to equip its quarries with modern and well-maintained equipment, including its site for Balmoral Red granite (quarry no. 5), which is located in Taivassalo, Finland. The quarry is a challenging site for stone extraction, and Palin has enlarged it to have more space. The basic technology in place is hydraulic drilling machinery, and quarrying is done using the traditional “Finnish method.”
Production at the quarry is approximately 450 cubic meters per month, and the material is used for indoor and outdoor applications, as well as for monuments. Since it is used for a variety of purposes, the block sizes are variable — with both large and small blocks available. Like all of Palin Granit’s quarries, the Balmoral Red sites work with care to respect the environment in and around the quarry. Earlier this year, the Finnish Natural Stone Association — together with Geological Survey of Finland and Finnish Environmental Agency — has started a project where the best environmental practices in the natural stone industry will be studied.