Resource efficiency in the clay brick and tile industryPart VI: Recycled calcite from marble processing
1 Geological background and site
In the Altmuehl valley, Juma GmbH & Co. KG extracts fine-crystalline flat-cleaving limestones (Plattenkalke) and bedded limestones (Bankkalke), which are sold worldwide under the long-established trade name “Jura-Marble”. The company maintains representative offices in Abu Dhabi, Italy, Poland, Russia and South Africa and agencies in Benelux, France and the USA. In quarries covering a total area of around 300 000 m², the raw material is extracted and machine-processed at the facilities in Gungolding. During sawing of the blocks of stone, a white carbonate water...
