Architecture news / Archive»
- Call for architects to develop ideas about “Living Upon the Play”
- Swedish textile patterns as mosaic pavement on the Hagatorget in Karlstad
Design news / Archive»
- Call for ideas for luxury products using glass and glass fiber together with tiny artificial diamonds
- Dellostudio: dancing vases for dried plants
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Consumption by US citizens fell significantly in the second quarter of 2020
- China’s foreign trade seems to be recovering from the Covid 19 pandemic
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Initiators from Italy are planning a new fair called “Stone America” co-located with the KBIS in Orlando and simultaneously from February 09 to 11, 2021
- Xiamen Stone Fair postponed to 2021
Stone Stories»
- New construction of the Albula Tunnel in the Swiss Alps: at 1192 m driving, the rock is like a “paste and floating” at 21 m
- Most of Stonehenge’s large boulders called “sarsens” have their origin in West Woods, Wiltshire, 25 km away
Art news / Archive»
- Exhibition „En Passant“ about the influence of impressionism on the art of sculpting
- Call for ideas for luxury products using glass and glass fiber together with tiny artificial diamonds
Briefly noted»
Markets: Selling Stone
„Despite a decline of our block-exports to China, Trump’s tariffs can be favorable for Turkish deliveries to the US“
Interview with Banu Bekisoglu, member of the Board of the Aegean Minerals & Natural Stone Exporters (EIB)
„Çin’e yapılan blok ihracatındaki düşüşe rağmen Trump’ın uygulamaya koyduğu tarifeler, Türkiye’nin ABD’ye olan ihracatını olumlu etkileyebilir”
Ege Maden İhracatçıları Birliği Yönetim Kurulu üyesi Banu Bekişoğlu ile röportaj
Europe has endorsed considering social and ecological issues in public procurement
Up until recently municipalities were obligated to allot contracts to the lowest bidder
Euroroc informs: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) approves tariffs against Quartz Products from China
USITC says: Those artificial stones are subsidized and violate fair trade / Accusations also against quartz from India and Turkey and against ceramics from China
Lisbon is the new star in Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ ranking of economic prospects of European cities
The study „Emerging Trends in Europe 2019“ sees the ranking as a mix of newcomers and large well-tested markets
Promoting the „green“ side of natural stone in a sales pitch
A compilation of facts underscoring the strength of marble, granite, and other types of natural stone
„Trump’s tariffs create extremely favorable expectations for Brazilian Exports to the US”
Interview with Carlos Rubens A. Alencar, head of the Fortaleza Brazil Stone Fair
France imported stone products with a value of 325.7 million € (1.04 million t) in 2018
Trade Magazine Pierre Actual has published detailed statistics for import and export / 2024 Olympic Games
Market analysts rank countries by the wealth of their citizens
First place goes to the USA followed by China, Japan, the UK Germany, India, Australia and Canada
The Turkish Natural Stone Trade Organization EIB launched its WeChat-Account at the Xiamen Stone Fair 2019
The Aegean Stone Producers will use the Chinese social media for marketing purposes
