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Italy’s exports of finished products crashed in 2017 but the fall was absorbed by strong rise in raw-material-exports
IMM Carrara’s data also corroborates negative growth in turnover with the USA and falling mean prices
Archive: all the stone news
Supreme Court instructs India’s government to search also foreign help to stop discoloration of the Taj Mahal
The once shiny ivory white marble has been turning yellow and now also has green and brown spots
New estimates of Mercury’s thin, dense crust and its relatively large core
Maybe giant impacts or solar winds stripped away a lot of its stony body
CNN: „Are architects turning their backs on glass skyscrapers?”
A pertinent report holds that a number of prominent architects are paying more attention to the energy footprint of their work and its repercussions
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
A table in Pedra Cairi Limestone and matching benches were on exhibit at the Fortaleza Brazil Stone Fair (April 18th to 20th, 2018) in Brazil
Sculptor Elsa: leaves of plants in dark slate
The French artist shows some of her worls in the Cercle Munster restaurant in Luxembourg from May 02 to 14, 2018
Fascinating Pont-du-Gard Limestone-façade for Les Domaines Ott Winery
Architect Carl Fredrik Svenstedt implemented Stone for insulation and to blend in with the landscape
The 2nd European Stone Stacking Championship was held in Dunbar, Scotland
About 30 artists came together to create complex artistic sculptures from small rocks and pebbles gathered on the beach
Portuguese LSI Stone turns vice to virtue by artfully filling faults in limestone to create unique marketing material
The company’s headquarters are in close proximity to stalactite caverns, so once in a while small zones with Onyx marble can be found in its quarry
It happened between 840 and 890° C: researchers find out how Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland was formed
Study identifies the temperatures of lava when it carved striking geometric columns which at first sight can only be done by titans from mythology
SNROC of France has reelected Sylvain Laval as president
Head of Carrières du Bassin Parisien defines his plans for official work in the Trade Organization in an interview with Pierre Actual
World Stone Congress at the Xiamen Trade Fair: product design made with stone rather than stone objects
Stone-Ideas.com’s Peter Becker gave a talk on ways and means to help the branch out of the design-doldrums
Engineered Stone Countertop Demand in the USA to Grow 4.5% Annually Through 2022
During the 2012-2017 period, growth had even been 28% mainly due to sales advances in the residential market
„Marmo Quotidiano“ Competition by Italian Pibamarmi Company
Designers were called upon to present ideas for everyday products in marble
Another source of global nitrogen: Earth’s bedrock
Important connections verified among the atmosphere, the biosphere, and the rocks at Earth’s surface