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“StoneLift“ aims to solve Brazil’s container shortage and make ship transport of stone slabs faster and more environmentally friendly

The open box has been patented. Investors are being sought for the international market launch

TAJ MAHAL, a quartzite from Brazil, with ivory or amber veins on a glassy background, quarried by Mineração Vermont in the state of Ceará

Vermont Danby Marble®, a prestigious white marble in North America used in many US-East Coast landmarks, with ten varieties, quarried only underground

The “Wave” conference and dining table from Marelli grows beyond itself in the “Maxi” version

By Bookmatching, marble tops are possible “up to any desired size” and in many stone types

The Spanish Premios Macael were bestowed for the 37th time

The award recognizes buildings from all over the world that have used natural and engineered stone from companies in Andalusia

There will be two new natural stone trade fairs in 2025: Stonegal at the beginning of June in Galicia (Spain) and Vulcanica Stone at the end of May in Sicily

The focus will be on regional varieties (granite and lava stone, respectively)

As part of the Vinschgau Symposium in the summer of 2024 in the mountains of South Tyrol, a sound sculpture was also created

For this, the artistduo Johannes Kroeker & Elias Nunner from Regensburg, Germany collected the sound of the marble and images of the processing

OMANI BEIGE/SAHARA BEIGE, a very special limestone (marble) quarried and processed by Stones World International Co. LLC in the Sultanate of Oman

6th Henraux International Sculpture Prize: winners are Olivia Erlanger, Nicola Martini, and Tarik Kiswanson

The Henraux Foundation sees the award as a platform for new ideas in contemporary sculpture for the purpose of further development and renewal

Peter’s Corner: Because consumers currently want more experiences and entertainment rather than just things, the natural stone sector has an ideal marketing tool with its quarries – if it does it right

Indian MAKRANA MARBLE, the stone of the Taj Mahal and the Queen Victoria Memorial of Kolkata, with a strong character and luster and outstanding material features

We leave no stone unturned

ADI INDEX 2024 for he “Flow” washbasin by designer Paolo Ulian for antoniolupi; WorldSkills 2024; Abstract submission for the Global Stone Congress; Video of the month: Antonio Canova‘s sculpture “Mars and Venus“

Restyling of an elegant apartment in Malta: Antolini® supplied translucent Cristallo Traslux natural quartz for a 360 cm dining table with brass joints as two semicircles on the top

Beautiful little things made of natural stone as (Christmas)Gifts

Like in the years before, Stone-Ideas.com’s editors have collected some inspirations for presents from the wide culture of marble, granite etc

Susan Moser from Fauske Marble by Moser Aps and Joshua Levinson from Artistic Tile are new Natural Stone Institute board members