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The Department of Conservation has received an application from a business wanting to access parts of conservation land in Golden Bay's Cobb Valley to quarry for soapstone. Steatite Limited wants ...

A Ngatimoti company wants to mine soapstone from nationally unique outcrops above the Cobb Reservoir for the next 38 years. Conservation groups say the plan would ruin the rare ecosystem supported by ...

A British mission from Cambridge University working at Tell El-Amarna necropolis in Minya governorate in Upper Egypt discovered a small collection of gold and steatite (soapstone) jewellery in an 18th ...

Soapstone countertops are a bit of a utilitarian countertop option because of their functionality and lack of color options. Still, they shouldn’t be overlooked because they provide a good ...