Founded in 1990, Andrade S/A Marmores e Granitos of Serra, ES, Brazil — part of the Andrade Group — is a large-scale stone producer with several locations within Brazil.

A physician named Dr. Edward Gantt first discovered Alabama White marble while traveling through present-day Sylacauga, AL, with General Andrew Jackson during the war of 1812.

While the quarry has been in existence prior to its current ownership, Nikolaus Bagnara of Appiano/Eppan (BZ), Italy, has taken the Silver Cloud granite operation to a new level with modern equipment, skilled quarry workers and experience as an international stone producer

The reins at Indiana Limestone Co. of Oolitic, IN, have changed hands many times over.

Through the acquisition of Mustang Stone Quarries, LLC, Walker Zanger will now source, design, finish and distribute the time-tested limestone which has graced historic and modern edifices alike.

Extracting more than 2.2 million cubic meters of material annually from over a dozen quarries, Levantina of Alicante, Novelda, Spain, is an immense stone producer with locations worldwide.

In 2009, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization decided there should be a permanent memorial established on the United Nations (UN) visitor’s grounds to honor the victims of slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade.