Our Quarry in the Shaanxi Province of Central China has been operational since 2005. We have spent many years searching for the perfect slate which is of the highest quality. We have invested heavily in the quarry and have also helped to enhance the life of the local community by providing work for over 20 people. Other local community projects have included help with the funding of a new school next to our quarry and new roads and infrastructure to the remote village.
The Quarry Entrance -2006
Angus Charlton & Roy Wang inspect slate quality. Local Officials look on.
Cutting the raw material into the right sized blocks before splitting
Splitting of slate is always done by hand, many companies have tried to use machines to do the job, however the quality and consistency is always best done the traditional way by hand.
Roof Slates ready for packaging
Edge Chamfering machine for roofing slates
The Team
Gordon Chicken from I.C. Slate Ltd, Australia and Michael McLoughlin from Jewson UK, during a customer visit to the quarry.
Our slate quarry is now deep inside this mountain and has many decades of reserves to be worked.
A meeting with local officials to discuss business development, quarry expansion and improvement to roads and infrastructure, which we are investing in. Right of photo- Angus Charlton & Roy Wang of Matthew Charlton Shaanxi Slate Co. Ltd.
Pallets of slate at our Shanghai Railway Depot, waiting to be transported to Shanghai docks for shipping. All of exports are ex Shanghai.
Slate being unloaded at our North East Depot.
Our stock yard
Digger Buying in Shaanxi
Last Updated: November 03, 2007