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Looking back at the Covid-19 crisis: in Germany, domestic consumption of natural stone rose by +7.9% to €612 million in 2020

Especially domestic producers benefited and increased by +7.5% by value

Four Companies Join Natural Stone Foundation Leadership Society

“Living Stone“ by Nicolas Bertoux

The artist from near Carrara has cut a boulder into waves and made them movable

News from coming 55th Marmomac: poster campaign with people’s faces in front of to marble busts and Marble+Tech, a stage for technologies

“Alpi 4.0“: Grassi Pietre makes terrazzo from small remnants of its stones

The company from the vicinity of Verona is also not afraid to work with engineered stones, as demonstrated a few years ago with Pietranova

The restoration of Notre Dame can begin in winter

Work on securing and restoring the cathedral in Paris has been completed on schedule / Tenders are being invited

Casual luxury: The new interior trend creates a cosy atmosphere with heavy fabrics, black furniture and dark colours, IMM Cologne trade fair’s magazine knows

The US-startup Parting Stone transforms the ashes of the deceased or of pets into pebble-sized stones

The bereaved can have these “solidified remains“ close to them or carry them with at all times, if they wish

Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone

Raw materials for construction ranging from sand and gravel to natural stones hold enormous potential for local value creation in developing and emerging countries

There are many stories to tell about the stone in the Arc de Triomphe fassade coming from Souppes-sur-Loing situated roughly 100 km south of Paris

According to plans by Christo, the monument will be wrapped with sheets of shiny silver plastic from September 18 to October 03, 2021

Marmomacchine magazine (#273) has an overview of Tunisia’s and Algeria’s dimension stone sector

Continental Cut Stone Earns Natural Stone Sustainability Standard Certification

The company has achieved Gold status for their quarry, which extracts Cordova Cream and Cordova Shell limestone, and Silver status for their fabrication facility

The exhibition Diversity United in 2 hangars at the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin has been extended until October 10, 2021

90 artists from 34 countries pose questions about the role of the European continent in a globalized world

Justin Bateman: pebble painting

The British artist creates ephemeral land art that takes a lot of work to create, yet he simply leaves it on the beach or on a path

Water from pores or cracks in bedrock is much more used by trees than previously known

For those plants, the rock is a regular source of moisture, not only an emergency reserve during droughts