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The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA, shows objects from the rich and powerful kingdom that once was a superpower in the Nubian desert of modern-day Sudan and had long been misunderstood

The average purchasing power of Europeans per capita in 2022 was €16,344

On top of the 42 countries were Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Luxembourg, lowest were Kosovo, Moldova, and Ukraine

Marketing for natural stone (2): in addition to quarry steps in the landscape, the sector should also show pictures of animals in active quarries

In quarrying sites, there are habitats especially for endangered species

PIMAR GREY limestone, suitable for external covering and flooring, quarried in the province of Lecce in the heel of Italy’s boot by Pimar Company

Stoneupdate magazine reports on U.S. imports of natural stone, quartz surfaces and porcelain in June 2023

Marsotto Edizioni’s new “Largo“ collection comes in keeping with the redesign of the square in front of the showroom

Designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby unobtrusively translated the triangular shape of Largo Claudio Treves into the table legs

Raffaello Galiotto continues the Plus Theatre from Hall 10 of Marmomac 2022: “NextCreatures“ was the name of a presentation at the ADI Design Museum in Milan

Again, the industrial designer showed forms in natural stone that do not exist

“There’s a lot of gray energy in old materials, and a lot of history besides,“ says architect Martin Bruhin about his modernization of the barn at Wildegg Castle in Switzerland

The UseNaturalStone webpage describes the minerals out of which the different sorts of natural stone are composed

Xiamen Stone Fair 2023: fewer international exhibitors, almost the same number of visitors as before Covid, and furthermore a key event for the stone sector worldwide

The fact that the organizer had continued the new themes during the pandemic paid off

Michelangelo Mármores Company at the Expo Revestir in São Paulo: contrasting materials but produced and processed in the region

To create the stand, designer Ana Penso used local marble and corn straw that came as waste from the fields

A better argument than durability over millions of years is the stones’ value stability

During the Corona pandemic, private consumers invested more than usual in modernizations with natural stone because it is a safe haven

Limestone ALTAMIRA ROSAL creating the feeling of a timeless farmhouse around the Mediterranean, quarried by Spanish Rosal Stones company

How stone companies can benefit from Cloud technologies is a topic in the magazine Apuo Versilia Produce (August 2023, #136) of Cosmave association

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

The company Carl Picard Natursteinwerk has used the summer heat in June in Germany for a particular action: They staged their quarry of red sandstone as a bathing paradise