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Marmomac Meets Academies 2025: From stone powder use to a blend of slate and polymer

The installation “Fabula Litica: La Foresta Incantata” (Fable in Stone: The Enchanted Forest) in Hall 10 showcases new ideas for the application of natural stone

PORTLAND JORDANS WHITBED, a variety of the famous limestone from England, quarried by Albion Stone

Unesco has inscribed 26 new cultural and natural properties on its World Heritage List (2025)

We present some of the new entries with clear references to stone

Tartan patterns and Chesterfield sofa covers from the British Isles on marble wall tiles by the Sicilian company Lithea and designer Elena Salmistraro

Stone+tec in Nürnberg, Germany, will take place from June 17 to 20, 2026

Main topics are “Building with natural stone,“ “Equipment for professionals,“ and “Place of remembrance“ (cemeteries)

Trump‘s special tariffs for Brazil not only threaten the natural stone industry there, but also worldwide, as US consumers might switch to ceramics or artificial stone

Editions Milano commissions well-known designers to develop down-to-earth everyday objects made of natural stone and sells them via its online shop

GRAND ANTIQUE, a marble with a theatrical spirit, from the French Pyrenees, brought to the market by Italian Marmo Arredo company

Woe betide the giant when he gets angry: Tourists with coins cause serious damage at the Giant’s Causeway

They press coins into the basalt cracks, causing the metal to rust and crack the stone or cover it with streaks of color

“Artus Quellinus – Sculptor of Amsterdam“ on show in the Royal Palace during the city’s 750 anniversary year

Stone Age people had a foible for colored stones as materials for their tools

Studies from Africa show that they traveled long distances for red jasper, green chalcedony, and black chert

We leave no stone unturned

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

With the “Open Mountain Chapel“ in the Sauerland region (in the German hinterland), Christoph Hesse Architects aim to create a connection between people themselves and with nature

Sandstone Clara, an elegant calcarenite, with a homogeneous neutral color bringing softness to any space, quarried by Rubio Stone in Northern Spain

For download: The 2024 import and export statistics of the major stone-producing countries

Stone-Ideas.com’s editorial team has compiled the data from national associations and national magazines