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The Camerata Jovem Rochativa group with Brazilian young people from the stone sector visited Marmomac 2024 and played for the Pope in St. Peter’s Square

TEXASTONE PINK (West Texas Limestone) quarried only in the USA at the crossroads between Dallas, El Paso, Amarillo, and San Antonio

Modern Load-Bearing Stone Architecture is a topic in the new issue of the British Natural Stone Federation‘s magazine (#2)

The bells of Notre-Dame de Paris ring out for the first time since the fire in April 2019

The eight colossi, weighing from under 800 kg to a good four tons, are once again hanging in the cathedral‘s north belfry at a height of 50 m

14 international artists participate in the 4th “Forever Is Now“ exhibition near the Pyramids of Giza through November 16, 2024

The show confronts modern ideas with the almost 5000 years-old pyramids in the background

Catalina Sánchez from Rosal Stones on the torrential rain in Spain 2024: “This time, it wasn‘t bad in our quarries, but we have an emergency plan since 2018”

When catastrophic rain is forecast, the machines are removed from the bottom of the quarry

The Turkish natural stone sector is sponsoring the “Best Use of Stone” award at the World Architecture Festival 2024

The aim is to establish the “Turkish Stones” brand among architects and interior designers

A different kind of garden fountain: a watercourse in a public park with a bed made of crusted slabs

In the public gardens of Lübeck in Germany, the company Natursteinwolf has created a stream that has been in service for 23 years

TYNDALL STONE® with traces of primeval animals living in the mud of a tropical seabed once near the Equator, now Canada‘s province of Manitoba

Rainbow sandstones with their strong color patterns are a topic in the magazine Turkish Stone World (Nov/Dec 2024)

The “Vinschgau Kristallin“ sculpture symposium was also about better cooperation in the surroundings of the famous marble

The art event brought together not only stone sculptors, but also artists for the ephemeral sides of stone

With +3.9%, the United Kingdom is this year’s big winner in terms of citizens‘ purchasing power in Europe, according to a study by GfK

As in previous years, the frontrunners are Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Luxembourg, while Ireland is the 2024 loser

France’s natural stone sector has two more Protected Designations of Origin

India also has such protection titles for stone types and stone products / The EU-wide protection regulation will come into full force in January 2025

Italy’s natural stone and technology exporters will focus even more on the US market than before

A study was presented before Marmomac that even ranks the parts of the US as target regions

CHEROKEE RED, a well-known sandstone with a wonderful range of hues, quarried by StarStone Company near Heber City in Utah, USA