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A United States Geological Survey webpage gives details on the Kahramanmaraş Earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 06, 2023, with a magnitude of around 7.5

“The general trend in Chinese stone consumption is towards an upgrade in quality and service including green products“

Chen Guoqing, president of China’s stone association CSMA, analyzes the recent import/export stone statistics of his country

Development of China’s natural stone sector in 2022 compared to 2021: fewer imports on average (-19.2%), but growth again in exports with in some cases extreme increases in value

MICHELANGELO NUVOLATO®️, a white marble with golden veins, from Brazilian company Michelangelo, located in the Southern state of Paraná

Ernesto Matos: the 1998 World Exhibition in Lisbon as a playground for new ideas on Calçada Portuguesa (Portuguese Paving)

Geometric porcelain stoneware by Casalgrande Padana

The pentagons in three shades of grey allow many design variants for the Experimenta Science Centre’s floor in Heilbronn, Germany

The German company Bamberger Natursteinwerk has developed a collection of charging stations for e-cars

The prototypes are made of granite, and there is little or no waste during production

Rugby training center in the south of France (Pôle de Rugby du Grand Pic Saint Loup) made of solid (massive) natural stone: an expression of “strength, durability, timelessness and noblesse“

Limestone PIŃCZÓW, a beige stone with exceptional features, quarried in Western Poland by Marmur-Plytki company

Wood is not the only ecological material, writes Claude Gargi in the editorial of Pierre Actual magazine (April 2023). He strongly criticizes France’s President Emmanuel Macron