Holcim UK completes nature restoration at former quarry

Stuart Stone
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Sustainable building materials maker transforms Newbold Quarry into natural habitat

Holcim UK has completed an environmental restoration project at Newbold Quarry in Warwickshire, transforming the former aggregates extraction site into a thriving natural habitat. Quarrying for blue...

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