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The city of Bern awards prizes for “exemplary craftsmanship and artistry“ gravestones and even has an advisor for the design

Next-of-kin receive a voucher for flower arrangements worth 100 SF and a certificate / The work of the sculptors is honored with a certificate

Stoneupdate has published the data of the United States‘ stone imports and exports in October 2021

Xiamen Stone Fair (March 16-19, 2022): Call for International Speakers for the World Stone Congress

The organizers invite lecturers with topics relevant for the sector, from abroad with an internet streaming or a prerecorded speech on video

Antolini is the official partner of 3 ski schools in Val Gardena in the Dolomites for 3 years: name-dropping on the red suits of the instructors for rapid descents or gentle turns

“Axis Mundi“ by Nicolas Bertoux: a Christmas tree made of tools that were used in marble quarries

In Seravezza, not far from Carrara, the artist has placed an installation of 111 hydro bags at Piazza Carduzzi

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