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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
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
Italy remains world leader as exporter of natural stone machinery and equipment
In 2020, the Corona pandemic brought a global decline in exports in this sector of (-)8% to US$ 2.042 billion
Dr. Carlo Montani: the stone sector survived Covid-19 almost unscathed, and something has been happening in the global stone traveling circus for some years now
The master of statistics presented his assessments of developments in 2020 at Marmomac
The Via Appia from Roman times provides evidence of the excellent eco-balance of natural stone as a surface for paths and squares
The German Natural Stone Association (DNV) has presented a study on external paving, which is also available in English for the worldwide sector to download free of charge
“Stoneroom” is the simple name Antolini gave its new showroom in Milan next to the cathedral
The interior architect and designer Alessandro La Spada designed the 600 square meters of exhibition space
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
“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 campaign “It’s Natural – Brazilian Natural Stone“ is intended to open up new markets, especially for the country’s quartzites
One way to achieve this is to use the funds of the state export promotion also for more professionalism in the companies
India ranks 11th in the world as a sales market for luxury products, with sales of around US$15 billion in 2021
World Wealth Report market researchers assess the strength of a country’s economy by the potential for the rich and super-rich, not by the usual numbers
Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
The number of hotel openings in Europe is expected to hit an all-time high in 2021, with more than 100,00 new rooms estimated for the year
Peter’s Corner: the stone sector urgently needs to deal with its waste and residual materials in its public relations work
The reason is that in an article in the influential magazine Architectural Digest, a mood is being created against natural stone