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The magazine “ApuoVersiliaProduce” of the Cosmave Association (April 2024) analyzes the natural stone exports from the Carrara region to Latin America in 2023

In a series about US quarries, the UseNaturalStone website tells the story of Yellowstone Rock made by volcanic hot springs

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

German designer Bernhard Müller characterizes his work as “timeless and minimalist.“ He founded the Hamburg-based Studio [more] in 1993

The Grande Pinnacle Award from the US Natural Stone Institute went to Polycor for its work with natural stone at the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations

Pinnacle Awards 2023 of the Natural Stone Institute (NSI)

The annual awards reflect the state of design with natural stone worldwide

AVOCATUS, a granite as green and mysterious as the Brazilian Rainforest, from Magban company located in the state of Espírito Santo

In France, the market for kitchens with countertops in 2023 was for all materials 3.9 billion € or 700,000 pieces (-6.9 % compared to the year before), Pierre Actual informs (#1036, April 2024)

Purchasing power of Europeans increased to €17,688 per capita in 2023

The biggest winner of the year was Ireland, while Norway, Germany, and the UK fell a slightly

Nature’s grandeur enhances the interior design of a chalet between heaven and earth in the Eastern Alps

Italian Antolini company provided the stone for the interior design

The 11th edition of the Turkish IMIB Association’s design competition once again attracted interesting submissions

The aim is to create saleable objects and thus add significant value to local stone on the global markets

Tuwaiq Sculpture Symposium 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: we present the 30 artists from around the world and their works

The Tuwaiq Sculpture Symposium in the Saudi capital Riyadh is unique in the world in many ways

From January 14 to February 08, 2024, a total of 30 participants from all over the world created their monumental works

Marble MICHELANGELO CIELO®, a stone from Brazilian company Michelangelo Mármores that brings the sky above the country’s Southern state of Paraná down to Earth

“Harmony in Hue: Embracing 2024 Color Trends with Natural Stone Elements“ is the title of a report on the Use Natural Stone webpage

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

National Geographic reports about new forms of burial: human composting, alkaline hydrolysis, and coffins with mushroom spores