Abstract
This report presents results of a comprehensive analysis of the slate industry in Vermont-New York carried out to identify the present and future problems that are constraining the growth of the industry and to propose solutions to those constraints. All factors relevant to the industry's present and future status, such as markets and marketing techniques, competition from other producers both domestic and foreign, federal and state regulations affecting the industry, quarrying and processing technologies, slate resources and reserves, and industry structure and economics were considered.
