ENCI quarry

ENCI Maastricht, ENCI's oldest production site, was founded in 1926 and is located along the river Meuse, at the foot of the Mount Saint Peter. Until 2018, the ENCI quarry in Mount Saint Peter was where the entire cement production process took place: the extraction of limestone in opencast, the production of the semi-finished clinker, and finally the grinding of this clinker into cement. For this, large chunks of the Sint Pietersberg and the underlying corridor system were excavated. What emerged was the ENCI quarry, a large 150-hectare limestone quarry.

Already in 2010, the implementation of the Transformation Plan was started. ENCI Maastricht did this together with the Municipality of Maastricht, the Province of Limburg and in close cooperation with Natuurmonumenten. Natuurmonumenten is the current owner of the ENCI quarry and develops and manages this special piece of new nature that is developing at a furious pace.
With its unique limestone soils and walls, its nature and partly industrial environment, the ENCI quarry is the ideal place for a nice walk. Via the viewing platform on Luikerweg, it is possible to descend via stairs (215 steps) to the quarry. The footpath then runs along an old corridor system and continues its way along the chalk grasslands and the pond to the other side of the quarry. From there, other paths lead further to D'n Observant and the Mount Saint Peter nature reserve.