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Hito Conmemorativo Comisión Pehuenche: 8 granite boulders at 2350 meters in the Andes look like figures immersed in the contemplation of the high mountains

In the stone world between Chile and Argentina there is a special memorial place

MARRÓN EMPERADOR, a dark brown marble with bright veins from Spanish Levantina group

imm cologne postponed to 2023: Industry sees success uncertain for planned relaunch coming January

Kölnmesse wants to integrate exhibitors into events such as spoga+gafa (garden lifestyle) or ORGATEC (modern working environments)

Natural Stone Institute Announces New Board Members: Sam Arcot (Rugo Stone, LLC), Darrell Petit (Stony Creek Quarry), and Filippo Emanuel (Tenax USA)

Swedish magazine “Sten“ discusses in its issue of December 2021 the “green” power of natural stone (Swedish)

Stonemasonry winners in the „The Good Form” and “Professionals Perform“ craftsmanship-competitions were announced in Germany

Marks are given for creativity and skill at work or for professional working under time pressure, respectively

The Getty Museum has acquired an early marble bust of the Roman general Germanicus, adopted son of Tiberius and father of Caligula, before the ritual first shaving of the beard

The Danish shipping company Maersk wants to switch to “green“ methanol for its ships

The world’s largest transport company is having 8 new container ships built, which will have a long-term impact on the entire transportation sector

Massive volcanism may have contradictionary impacts on climate: tropical warming on “shorter“ timescales, ice-age-cooling on multimillions of years

The emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) is a key process, next to ocean fertilization by phosphorus from volcanic ashes

The 2nd season of the documentary series “Uomini di Pietra“ (Men of Stone) is underway: the tough guys in the quarries of Henraux have been joined by a woman

The six films of 60 minutes each show the challenges of quarrying the marble in the mountains near Carrara

Porphyry with natural surface from Porfidi Italia 2000 Company

Salvatori brings with “Gravity Zodiac“ twelve stone spheres on the market, which have a connection to astrology

The objects are profanely suitable for example as paperweights

Beautiful little things made of natural stone, which can be sold not only as gifts

For the stone industry, the world of accessories offers countless opportunities, if not for sale, then as a promotion for their material

Miscellaneous: ideas all around natural stone

Ball’s Pyramid is a 560 m high spectacular rock in the Pacific Ocean between Australia and New Zealand. It is a remnant of a shield volcano

Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered beneath farmer’s field in Rutland, UK

The artwork in 3 parts, which had been the floor of a large dining or entertaining area in a villa, features Achilles in his battle with Hector at the conclusion of the Trojan War