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United Alabaster’s new collection; Makrana marble for Jain temple in Australia; 2nd issue of British Stone Fed‘s magazine; Quartzite from Brazil; Confindustria Marmomacchine held its general assembly 2025, and more

We leave no stone unturned

Transporting marble 1 and 2; restoration of Missouri State Capitol; natural stone vs. artificial stone; rockfall and mountain permafrost; the history of Gantts Quarry, Alabama

We leave no stone unturned

“Today, Carrara is a battleground“; best result in the history of Veronafiere; ideas for a national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II; giant replica of the horse’s head from the Parthenon’s chariot of Selene; video of the Month: Arches made of natural stone bricks

People & Jobs: Canadian Picco Engineering Expands U.S. Presence with Senior Project Engineer Jeff Liedel

Global Stone Congress 2025 (June 16 – 20) in Drama, Greece: Ornamental stones viewed scientifically from the perspectives of technology, architecture, sustainability, and geology

Open NSI-discussion on April 29 at Coverings 2025: tariffs, silica, fierce competitors – what is the stone industry’s state of the art?

We leave no stone unturned

“Minutes“ from Euroroc’s General Assembly; FILA Solutions with double-digit growth 2024; University of Sydney with webpage about sand sculpting; Video of the Month: “Why marble is the king of art and architecture“

NSI webinar with Pierre Bidaud on “Structural Stone: An introduction to the Load Bearing Potential of Natural Dimension Stone” (April 17, 2025, free to attend)

A new map of Antarctica allows a view under the thick ice of the white continent to the rocky landscape above the pole of the southern hemisphere

We leave no stone unturned

European Stone Festival May 2025 in Halifax, England; underground drug tunnel Morocoo-Ceuta in former marble factory; Turkish stone quarrying in Afghanistan; natural beasts created by Tafoni Weathering in Norway

We leave no stone unturned

Euroroc at the World Economic Forum in Davos; Spanish Cupa Group announces management changes; Coldspring with new CEO; “Stone is Love” by Pietra Naturale Autentica

X’baatún, a long forgotten but well-preserved Maya site in Tekal de Venegas, Yucatán, reveals its secrets

An initiative of researchers from Spain and Mexico has advanced in the mapping of the core area of the site, with the registration of between 35 and 40 structures

We leave no stone unturned

Radio Award for the brand Macael el Mármol and the AEMA-Association; the Italian initiative “MARMO Carving the Future” was on show in downtown Dubai; the Brazilian Stone Sector will have a stronger focus on the Australian market; the Greek National Herald reports about the country’s marble sector

We leave no stone unturned

Limestone and glass will be the facade materials for the MET’s new wing for modern and contemporary art; quarries with diverse landscapes are particularly valuable habitats for wild bees; Video of the Month: „Sculpting this Earth“ follows artist Strijdom van der Merwe over four consecutive seasons as he creates land art in remote locations in southern Africa

We leave no stone unturned

ADI INDEX 2024 for he “Flow” washbasin by designer Paolo Ulian for antoniolupi; WorldSkills 2024; Abstract submission for the Global Stone Congress; Video of the month: Antonio Canova‘s sculpture “Mars and Venus“