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In 2021, consumption of natural stone in Germany increased by +10.6% (by value) compared to the previous year

The total of stone products sold amounted to € 677.6 million, of which more than half was imported from abroad

TAUERNGRÜN black Serpentine with green and white veins from the foot of the Großvenediger mountain range in Austria, from German Lausitzer Steinbau company

„Natural Stone demand of India will surpass China,“ states Arvind Bajpai from Indian Margralyx Global Mining company in an interview with 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

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