Metals recycler, S Norton & Co, has travelled to a remote Scottish super quarry to remove over 1,500 tonnes of scrap steel by boat.
Loading a ship alongside the Glensanda Super Quarry
The Liverpool-based recycler sailed in after the Glensanda Super Quarry’s workshop, crusher house, conveyor system and ‘glory hole’ building were demolished by AR Demolition to make room for new facilities.
Located on the shore Loch Linnhe, near Oban, the Swiss-owned quarry can only be accessed by boat with no roads in or out of the site.
Despite its isolation, the granite quarry is one of the largest in Europe. In what AR Demolition director, Richard Dolman, described as “their most complex and challenging projects to date”, the removal presented a few “unusual” challenges.
S Norton & Co used thermic lances to process the oversized scrap pieces into more portable pieces, even bringing in specialist machines to downsize the 50-tonne castings from the crusher building.
Liverpool
After loading their vessel in under two days, S Norton & Co shipped the metal to their Liverpool base for further processing.
S Norton & Co’s contracts manager, Kenny McKeen, said: “It was a highly unusual job due to the remoteness and inaccessibility of the site. We sent two men with burning equipment and lances who assisted in the processing and loading of the metal and worked as part of AR’s team.”
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