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Architecture with natural stone»
Design with natural stone»
- Lithea Company’s new natural stone collection refers to the Byzantine Empire
- Marble, alabaster and onyx are also popular as material for lamps
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Europe has endorsed considering social and ecological issues in public procurement
- Euroroc informs: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) approves tariffs against Quartz Products from China
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Italian Stone Theatre at Marmomac 2019: „Naturality: The Uniqueness and Purity of Natural Stone“
- Milan’s FuoriSalone: the grand furniture forum outside the fairgrounds in the city center
Stone Stories»
- The „breathing“ of magma chambers below the ocean may cause soft earthquakes related to the tides
- Stone Age, mother-of-pearl
Art: Sculpting with Marble etc»
- Sculptors and other artists may apply for residence scholarships of Künstlerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop, Northern Germany
- Art aficionados and citizens of Carrara bring opera to the marble for a change
Briefly noted»
Markets: Selling Stone
After years of recession in natural stone exports, Turkey has again overcome the 2 billion US-$ hurdle
But a closer look at facts and figures shows that all is not well in the country’s stone branch
Inland natural stone markets in China: all eyes on middle-class private customers
Former Trade Organization President speaks about challenges faced by the stone branch at the Xiamen Trade Fair World Stone Congress
Brazil’s natural stone statistics show sustained negative growth in export profits
Abirochas, Brazil’s natural stone trade Organization, has published its 2017 edition of „Informe“ / plummeting prices probably due to saturation of the market
Italy’s exports of finished products crashed in 2017 but the fall was absorbed by strong rise in raw-material-exports
IMM Carrara’s data also corroborates negative growth in turnover with the USA and falling mean prices
Portuguese LSI Stone turns vice to virtue by artfully filling faults in limestone to create unique marketing material
The company’s headquarters are in close proximity to stalactite caverns, so once in a while small zones with Onyx marble can be found in its quarry
Engineered Stone Countertop Demand in the USA to Grow 4.5% Annually Through 2022
During the 2012-2017 period, growth had even been 28% mainly due to sales advances in the residential market
How producers of ceramics, quartz composites, and engineered stone practice plagiarism
Protecting names such as „Marble“ or „Calacatta“ is the topic of discussions / A clean slate for the stone branch?
China: increase in imports of natural stone, decrease in exports
Local production of marble slabs was up slightly but down significantly for granite slabs
Market researchers at New World Wealth analyze to which countries and cities the super-rich are moving to and which they are leaving
Australia, the USA and Canada lead in growth as most popular for new arrivals
Only the export of value-added products, not of raw blocks, can make a difference in a country’s economy
The World Bank has based its latest report on global wealth on a new method of calculation
