Finished marble is used for tile and slabs (walls, countertops, etc.).

The first continuous-caster for slabs in the world was commissioned in Dillingen in 1962.

This is especially true for slabs that are less than 4 inches in thickness.

"I think his appetite for fighting matches his appetite for large slabs of red, dripping meat."

Prices for slabs start at $700.

For five-inch-thick slabs, he said, joint spacing should be every 10 feet.

In a phone interview, he once said: "When a firm pays for slabs of concrete, we call that investment.

It is protected as a Category A listed building, and is also notable for its burial ground and grave slabs.

In one area of Germany a quarry was being excavated for paving slabs and the fossils removed from there would otherwise have been destroyed.

One easy-to-order kit includes all the supplies you need for rolling slabs in a wide range of sizes.