Euroroc General Assembly at Marmomac 2022: central issues among companies across Europe are high energy costs and shortage of skilled workers

Representatives of natural stone associations from countries in and outside the EU presented the situation at home

Premios Macael: Spain’s King and Queen paid recognition to the stone sector in the province of Almeria

Don Felipe and Doña Letizia presented the awards at the Premios Macael gala / 20 years ago, TV journalist Letizia Ortiz was herself the presenter at the event

Miscellaneous: news all around natural stone and rock

“El Desierto Florido“ (The blossoming Desert) is a phenomenon in Chile’s Atacama when it has rained there. During October 2022, the driest place on Earth was in color again

Miscellaneous: news all around natural stone and rock

“The Planets!“ is a 2000-piece puzzle set featuring 8 celestial bodies of our solar system. They range in size from Mercury at 7“ up to Saturn with rings of 39“

Venue for the 2023 EuroSkills from September 05 to 09 will be Gdańsk in Poland

The vocational competition’s umbrella organization withdrew the event from the original host St. Petersburg as a city in Putin’s Russia

Miscellaneous: news all around natural stone and rock

Vesuvius‘ last major eruption was in 1944, and this could be the beginning of a longer period of quiescence with only minor volcanic events, scientists at ETH Zurich suspect based on studies of the magma chamber under the mountain

Miscellaneous: news all around natural stone and rock

For sandcastles, you need sand, summer, and water. In the Netherlands, there is even a World Sand Sculpting Academy (WSSA)

Miscellaneous: news all around natural stone and rock

It is the meteor shower caused by the tail of the comet Swift-Tuttle, through which the Earth flies every year

In the awarded documentary „Quarries & Nature – A 50 Year Success Story“, the UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) informs about restored quarries and nature conservation

Miscellaneous: news all around rock and natural stone

The Southern Ocean’s seafloor is shown with unprecedented accuracy in the updated version of the International Bathymetric Chart IBCSO v2