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The Spanish Premios Macael were bestowed for the 37th time

The award recognizes buildings from all over the world that have used natural and engineered stone from companies in Andalusia

Peter’s Corner: Because consumers currently want more experiences and entertainment rather than just things, the natural stone sector has an ideal marketing tool with its quarries – if it does it right

The Camerata Jovem Rochativa group with Brazilian young people from the stone sector visited Marmomac 2024 and played for the Pope in St. Peter’s Square

The Turkish natural stone sector is sponsoring the “Best Use of Stone” award at the World Architecture Festival 2024

The aim is to establish the “Turkish Stones” brand among architects and interior designers

With +3.9%, the United Kingdom is this year’s big winner in terms of citizens‘ purchasing power in Europe, according to a study by GfK

As in previous years, the frontrunners are Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and Luxembourg, while Ireland is the 2024 loser

France’s natural stone sector has two more Protected Designations of Origin

India also has such protection titles for stone types and stone products / The EU-wide protection regulation will come into full force in January 2025

Italy’s natural stone and technology exporters will focus even more on the US market than before

A study was presented before Marmomac that even ranks the parts of the US as target regions

Multi-national collaboration to raise awareness of natural stone as THE building material to reduce the carbon footprint of construction

At Marmomac, stone associations from ten western nations came together and founded a “Global EPD Collaboration Initiative”

Spain’s exports of natural stone recorded -4.95% in 2023 compared to the previous year, while imports were -17.06%

Cluster Piedra head Javier Fernández Cortés sees the stone sector facing an adjustment to “increased uncertainty and volatility,“ for example in prices

Indirectly, sustainability reports will also be required from 2026 from smaller natural stone companies and those outside the EU

The aim is to present the company’s environmental and social policy

Study by the Boston Consulting Group: Consumers are prepared to pay a price premium for products with zero carbon emissions

We discuss the question how natural stone exporting countries can adapt to this

A look at the stone sector in 2023 worldwide: the year was also negative for Italy’s stone exporters, albeit moderately compared to other countries

After many years of growth, natural stone consumption in Germany fell sharply in 2023 (-19.1%)

The DNV association does not expect a trend reversal in the construction industry until 2025

Portugal maintained its all-time high of almost half a billion euros in natural stone exports in 2023 from the previous year

Significantly better sales prices per ton were achieved again in almost all target markets.

Austria: Environmentalists and the raw materials industry in the same boat

Active quarries or gravel pits are valuable habitats and breeding grounds for animals and plants