Holcim UK completes nature restoration at former quarry

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Holcim UK

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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