The Gwynedd structure lies in a six-acre site already earmarked for the “lateral expansion” of one of the world’s oldest slate quarries. Bethesda’s Penrhyn Quarry secured planning consent ...

At the time of the strike, Penrhyn Quarry was considered to be the largest slate quarry in the world, employing 2,800 men and swelling the population of Bethesda. It turned from a rural village at ...

a quarry firm has said. Welsh Slate is expanding its operations at Penrhyn quarry near Bethesda, Gwynedd, and reopening two quarries in Blaenau Ffestiniog. It will mean 29 new jobs in a part of ...

Vital' conservation of an historic Gwynedd hospital site which tells the story of health and welfare in the north Wales slate industry is getting underway. An extensive programme of "sensitive ...

Barry O’Connor, general manager - Welsh Slate, Special Aggregates, Circular Economy, Breedon Group, added: “We are thrilled ...

By the 1870s, slate was one of Wales' major industries and Blaenau Ffestiniog had become an industrial town. The Dinorwig and Penrhyn quarries were the two largest slate quarries in the world ...