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Latest news: Next Xiamen Stone Fair goes hybrid with its Cloud and a real show from May 18 to 21, 2021
„The year of 2021 is sure to be a brand-new start of stone industry,“ the organizers write in a press release
Archive: all the stone news
Economical recovery before the second lockdown: in the 3rd quarter of 2020, GDP in the European Union had a growth by +12.1%
But compared with the same quarter of the previous year, it was -3.9%, according to a Eurostat
Brazil’s natural stone exports continue their growth with quartzites as bestsellers
The sector’s organization Centrorochas, led by foreign trade companies themselves, reached impressive results since it started cooperation with the governmental export promotor, APEXBrasil
Only virtually: the general assembly of Euroroc took place on October 02, 2020 in the internet
Hermann Graser of the German association DNV was elected president for the next two years on a rotational basis
Europeans have an average per capita purchasing power of €13,894 in 2020
Compared to 2019, there are 5% less due to COVID-19, according to the „GfK Purchasing Power Europe 2020“
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The colors of the Rainbow Mountain in the in the Peruvian Andes from red to brown to pale green, and pale yellow, are caused by chemical reactions in the rocks
Forensic geology: tracking victims through mineralogical characteristics of makeup ingredients
With a spectroradiometer, remains like talc, montmorillonite, and kaolinite could be identified at a crime scene
More than 120,000 m² of Jura limestone were used for the flooring in the new international airport Berlin-Brandenburg
The architecture of Gerkan, Marg and Partner is not spectacular but functional and conveys a little homeliness
Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2019: one of the winners was the Irish studio heneghan peng architects for the new Palestinian Museum on the West Bank
Buildings and gardens take up the ancient landscape and changes brought about by humans during many thousands of years
Shelf “Monument” by La Chance and Atelier Cocorico: easy to assemble and disassemble without tools
In the version made of natural stone alone, the empty piece of furniture weighs 380 kg
TU Graz researchers discover new sediment archive for historical climate research at the Styrian Erzberg in Austria
Specifically, these are sedimentary fillings of faults and fractures which consist of the carbonate minerals dolomite, aragonite and calcite
Spanish Cosentino Group launches HybriQ+, a new type of its Silestone that moves away from quartz and uses more recycled glass
With the new material recipe, the company wants to get its artificial stone out of the lawsuits around silicosis from respirable crystalline silica
Science: gemstones can grow in minutes, nanodiamonds can also form through low pressure, new species of small pterosaur discovered, global “Climate Reference Curve“
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
No more hybrid: in 2021, BAU in Munich will only be held in digital form
In a survey, the exhibitors have pleaded for the trade fair only online without a presence part