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New types of stone do not jeopardize the established ones; on the contrary, they attract attention to the sector

Brazil is constantly presenting new products at trade fairs, as are Turkey and Iran, and Africa is expected to do so soon

Reid Kubesh Appointed to NSI Board of Directors

He is Vice President of Sales at Coldspring’s headquarters and responsible for dimensional block trade

Brazil showed its stones and wood at the Design Week in downtown Milan and on the fairground

Furniture and everyday objects were presented sponsored by the export organization Apex

SUN Weixing: “We need a brand for our stones, more ‘green’ production, and new uses“

The Secretary General of the China Stone Material Association (CSMA) gave a presentation on the state of the industry at the stone fair in Xiamen

China’s stone industry had poor exports in 2023 and its imports also declined

The Secretary General of the China Stone Material Association (CSMA) speaks of a “a super-sized market in terms of demand“ in a lecture at the trade fair in Xiamen

The Grotta degli Animali in the Villa Medicea di Castello is one of the topics in the magazine “ApuoVersiliaProduce” (#141) of the Cosmave Association

Doug Lafave decorates chimneys and fireplaces with small and large works of art

The stonemason from the Great Lakes region in the north of the USA came to his current occupation as an artistic craftsman via roofing

Photo gallery (3), Design Week in Milan (April 14 – 21, 2024): some of the major brands in the natural stone sector show their latest collections in the city center

Photo gallery (2), Salone del Mobile 2024: what the major natural stone brands are making out of Marble, Granite & Co in terms of interior architecture and product design

The Spanish company Rosal Stones has stonemasons and students rebuild the Junterones vault from Murcia Cathedral to scale

The project entitled “Construir en Piedra Hoy“ (Building with Natural Stone Today) also focused on the ecological strengths of the material

MARJAN SILVER, a travertine with a unique tone of gray, renowned for its timeless elegance and sophisticated appeal, quarried by Iranian MGT Stone company

The Hotel “El Fuerte” in Marbella is one of the topics in the Spanish Macael Association’s magazine #15 (June 2024)

Salone del Mobile in Milan 2024: trying out what the Trade Fair of the future could look like

Under its President Maria Porro, Milan’s major event for the furniture industry is applying the industry mantra of creativity to itself

(S)-T-O-P principle: one of the topics at Stone+tec (Nuremberg, June 19 – 22, 2024) will be protection against fine dust at work

Ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders will also be featured

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

Some 125,000 years ago, Neanderthals deliberately hunted down and slaughtered European straight-tusked elephants . They used stone tools to cut up the giant prey