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Euroroc, the umbrella of the European natural stone associations, was invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2025 as the only organization from the Raw Materials Supply Group. According to Secretary General Gerd Merke, the opportunity was taken to highlight the strengths of natural stone and solid construction with stone. In the “Green Deal,” the EU Commission declared decarbonization one of its priorities. The 27 member states are to become climate-neutral by 2050.
Spanish Cupa Group, a leading producer of slate for roofs and façades, has announced key changes in its management: Eduardo Mera, before CEO of the slate business area, is now CEO of Cupa Group, a newly created position, Fernando Bandrés and Francisco Lorenzo are appointed heads of Cupa Pizarras and Cupa Stone, respectively. Recently, Cupa Group acquired Samaca group, a slate company based in O Trigal, Spain.
Coldspring company: Mike O’Connor was named CEO, succeeding Pat Alexander.
“Stone is Love” will be the motto of an international Forum on June 12 and 13, 2025, during the Biennal in Venice, organized by Pietra Naturale Autentica (PNA).
With its “Made Green in Italy” program, the Italian government wants to incentivize companies to launch products with a low environmental footprint on the market.
Planning in underway for a new main entrance for the Louvre in Paris.
Fake stone products are also available for gabions, namely in concrete.
The US website National Today has a program of commemorative days. Every year on January 07, it calls for “Old Rock Day.”
“Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection“ is the title of a publication by the Art Institute of Chicago.
Stone tools show that human ancestors in India butchered a 10-tonne giant elephant 300,000 years ago.
nur Englisch French archaeologists unearthed a large marble head dating back to the Ptolemaic era during excavations at Taposiris Magna, located 45 kilometers west of Alexandria, Egypt.
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/137780/Egypt-Uncovers-Ptolemaic-Head-from-the-7th-Century-AD-at
Video of the month: United Alabaster has launched the video “The Origin“ describing its stone stemming from a quarry in Aragon, Spain. The company is a producer of lamps and other household items made of the microcrystalline variety of the mineral gypsum.