Virginia Mist granite block supplier maintains a global presence
The Virginia Mist quarry, part of the R.E.D. Graniti Group, has produced granite blocks for some of the nations top buildings, as well as landmark projects overseas
Located 65 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., the Virginia Mist granite quarry site was opened in August 1999. The quarry was operated back then by a Canadian company before partnering with the R.E.D. Graniti Group, a large Italian stone producer with quarries throughout the world. “R.E.D. Graniti became partners in 2002, and was the distributor for this granite in Europe and Asia back then,” said Steven Rousseau of Virginia Mist Group. “In December 2004, R.E.D. Graniti acquired 100% of Virginia Mist Group and has been the sole owner and operator ever since. Between 2004 and 2008, Virginia Mist Group was operating two quarries simultaneously. The other site, known as the Aston quarry, was abandoned in 2009 since the company did not see the quarry as being capable of producing large size blocks.
“One of the first major projects from the current site was the Museum of Islamic Arts in Qatar in 2007-2008 -- roughly 500 cubic meters of blocks sold to an Italian customer,” Rousseau went onto say. “More recently, the quarry has supplied a Chinese client for the Ping An Financial Center in Shenzen. This project called for 1,000 cubic meters of first-grade blocks, which were supplied over the course of one year.” Among other important recent installations for the company was the Sean Collier Memorial in Cambridge, MA; the American Disabled Veteran Memorial in Washington, D.C.; the DTE Energy Park in Detroit, MI; the Cleveland Museum of Fine Arts in Cleveland, OH; and the Singapore Stock Exchange.