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Dr. Carlo Montani: 56% of global stone production comes from quarries in Asia (including Turkey)
After years of growth, the Statistics Yearbook records a slowdown in both extraction and global trade for the first time in 2019
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A mysterious triangle metal pilar installed in the ground was discovered during a count of bighorn sheep in a small canyon in Red Rock County, Utah
Marketing via internet: a “Digital Natural Stone Trade Delegation” from Turkish Aegean region made contacts in Vietnam
As Chinese stone imports have declined, the EMIB-association reached out for new business partners in the Far East / Coincidence with the creation of the new free trade zone RCEP
Go Far East and Pacific: the new free trade zone RCEP abolishes import duties for natural stone end products between the 15 participating countries
The new economic area from China to New Zealand offers the stone industry great opportunities worldwide
Despite Covid-19: a (virtual) visit to Tullio Lombardo’s “Adam“ in New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art had realized an innovative restoration after the work of art had fallen down and shattered into pieces nearly 20 years ago
Italian Studio Marco Priva has designed the Huzhou Club Center in the ancient Chinese province of Zhejiang
The concept is inspired by the place, its tradition, and also its nature namely the sinuous shape of the Gingko tree leaves
In the new building “110 Rooms”, situated in the old Eixample district of Barcelona, the architects have implemented the pioneering ideas of 19th century planning in a modern way
The team of Estudio Maio Architects designed apartments with variable number of rooms and an entrance hall with large natural stone bodies
(Christmas-)Gifts for people who adore natural stone
Like in the years before, Stone-Ideas.com’s editors have collected some inspirations for presents from the wide culture of marble, granite & Co
New at Stone-Ideas.com: the Left Column offers innovative functions
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Kitchen with brushed larvikite from the Lundhs Real Stone collection
Shades of black surround the cooking area in the extremely open room, the stone with its mysterious mica softens the dark tone
Science: tectonic plates at the Aleutian coastline, new mineral petrovit, Mount Everest’s glaciers and microplastics, juvenile Plateosaurus’ skeleton
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
Online lecture by Raffaello Galiotto about modern usage of natural stone
For the virtual Marmomac Restart, the mastermind among Italy’s stone designers summarized his ideas from the last decades