Stone-Ideas.com

Turkish stone exports recovered from the effects of Covid-19 and grew from January to May 2021 by +32,21% by value compared to the same period in 2020, Turkish magazine Marble Trend reports (issue 142)

Important for the natural stone sector in the EU: the Commission in Brussels asks interested parties to submit their assessments on the planned Geographical Indication Protection

Such protection would prohibit the import of stone products under false names / Deadline is July 22, 2021

The mega project Berlin Palace was a special opportunity and challenge for the German natural stone sector

It offered the opportunity not only to present the material exclusively, but also the possibilities of modern machines from 3D scanners to CNC wire saws

26th “Marble“ fair in Izmir will be held from August 25 to 28, 2021, as usual at the exhibition center of Gaziemir

Science news: Continental plates dancing “pirouettes“, revised date of the Laacher See eruption, grain size of sand and the slope of the beach, Mercury’s big iron core

Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics

Citizen solidarity in response to Covid-19: eight sculptures of applauding hands made of Macael Marble were installed in Andalusia

The works of art are a reminder of the applause that people gave professionals in hospitals, among others, in the fight against the pandemic

Tales Machado from Magban company and current president of Sindirochas, was elected president of the Brazilian Center for Ornamental Rocks Exporters (Centrorochas)

Natural Stone Institute Completes 37th Home with Gary Sinise Foundation

Stoneupdate has published the data of the United States stone imports and exports in May 2021

Pierre Actual reports on the work of stonemason-restorers in the reconstruction of Notre Dame: “far more than just a new professional experience“

After the phases of inventory and safeguarding, the actual renovation will begin in winter 2021

In the course of the current trend to upgrade homes, there are also many opportunities for natural stone in the outdoor sector

Fields of action are kitchen, barbecue, patio and porch or mashrabiyas for natural temperature regulation

The international sculpture symposium in Sprimont in Belgium 2021 will last only 5 days (August 25 – 29) and will allow only tools with muscle power

“Les Éphémères de la Pierre“ (perhaps: “Stone, only for a short time“) is the title under which 13 artists from Belgium will work in the natural stone center not far from Liège

The new opponents of marble quarrying around Carrara see themselves as fighters for the liberation of the mountains from the “yoke of the quarries“ and strike sharp tones

“Let’s give them (the mountains) a different future than the present one,“ write the campaigners of Apuane Libere on their webpage

The global shortage of building commodities such as lumber or steel is unlikely to have an impact on the natural stone sector

However, it is interesting to ask whether stone companies can perhaps come up with substitute materials for such situations

Ukraine’s unique granite MAPLE RED (“Lezniki”), famous for its majestic color, from Leznykivsky Quarry in the Zhytomyr region in the Western part of the country