„Die Nachfrage nach Naturstein in Indien wird die in China übertreffen“, sagt Arvind Bajpai vom indischen Unternehmen Margralyx Global Mining in einem Interview mit Turkish Stone World

With the Long-Term Biodiversity Index (LBI) it is possible to analyze the biodiversity in a quarry and thus also to evaluate ecological measures

Researchers at the Austrian E.C.O. Institute for Ecology have developed the method

The sculptor Saied Ahmadi, born in Iran, studied in Ukraine and fled to Germany to live with a colleague when the Russian army bombed Kharkiv

Miscellaneous: news all around natural stone and rock

For sandcastles, you need sand, summer, and water. In the Netherlands, there is even a World Sand Sculpting Academy (WSSA)

Lee Ufan in a retrospective at the National Art Center, Tokyo: combining natural and artificial materials in large sculptures made of steel sheets flanked by bolders

A survey by the Swedish Natural Stone Association: young people want more traditional forms of burial, i.e., in a cemetery and with a headstone

For the first time, an association has obtained a database on this topic

Call for applications for Artist-in-Residence scholarships in 2023 by the Fondazione Internazionale per la Scultura in Peccia in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland

NIWALA YELLOW, an ochre sandstone full of texture whose unique aspect is created by sea fossils, from Spanish Levantina company

Stoneupdate has published the data of the United States‘ stone imports and exports in June 2022

German Natural Stone Award 2022: prizes for buildings in Europe with natural stone from Europe

The main award went to a rather inconspicuous new building for a monastery library