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Producers of engineered stone present themselves

(May 2013) Caesarstone, Cosentino and Stone Italiana show their new ideas and materials at Milan’s Fuori Salone

Natural stone jewelry

(May 2013) Finland’s University of Applied Sciences in Imatra is offering courses in Jewellery Art toward a bachelor degree

150-year-old underground with 150 million-year-old limestone

London’s „Tube“ is celebrating its 150th jubilee / Station Green Park with artistic design

Genuine Stone is now Word Mark and Trade Mark

(May 2013) The Natural Stone Council announces its writing’s and icon’s official registration by US-authorities

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(May 2013) Marble feels cold, because of its low heat conductivity according to the Dubai Chronicle. On the contrary, marble conducts heat away from our skin so quickly that it feels cool

To keep the profession young and to integrate young people

(May 2013) Ernesto Ghenzi is the new president of the Swiss association of sculptors and master stone masons (VSBS)

Luminescence in and on marble

(May 2013) Italian company presents an advanced product-idea for glowing stone tiles

A football tournament, a new hall and a new type of copies

(May 2013) The Xiamen Stone Fair has developed to a global meeting place for the stone branch

250 pieces of marble „Blanco Macael“ for the pavement of the Court of the Lions

(May 2013) Cosentino Group has participated in the restoration of the Alhambra

Italy showing sustained strength in export

(May 2013) The Italian natural stone branch is coming close to the pre-financial-crisis level of export / Imports down

„Without having to explain what it’s about“

(May 2013) Belgian-born New Zealand-resident Renate Verbrugge merely wants her natural stone works to leave an impression

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(May 2013) A mysterious stone hill in the Sea of Galilee is the subject of a report in the Journal of Nautical Archaeology

People & Jobs: Ilkka Ylitalo is the new head of Kiviteollisuusliitto ry

(April 2013) The Finnish Natural Stone Association has elected a new chairman

Architecture: A playful wall and a house of God on Goa

(April 2013) The „innovative usage of dimensional stones from India in outstanding projects“ is the object of the biannual All India Stone Architectural Awards (AISAA) presented at the Jaipur StoneMart Trade Fair