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EU taxonomy: in the future, all (construction) projects, products and services are to have precise descriptions of their sustainability

The Commission in Brussels is starting with the financial sector to get the transformation of the European economy to climate neutrality on track

ZEBRINO DOLOMITE, a white marble from Marmara Island, from Turkish Dereli company

2nd edition of the Turkish natural stone design competition “Amorf“: again, the target were items for use in everyday life and with opportunities for sale

The interior design trends 2022 stand „against all odds“, IMM Cologne furniture fair claims in its online magazine

Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing: unlike in the summer of 2008, no jade in the winners‘ medals

This time there is only a symbolic reference to the history and culture of the country through the neolithic “yu bi“ discs

Miscellaneous: ideas all around natural stone

During the volcano eruption on the Pacific island of Tonga on January 15, 2022, there were violent flashes for hours at the lower edge of the ash cloud

Rock art (petroglyphs) in the Great Basin in the western USA have been carved into the stone for 12,000 years and continuously renewed

Max-Planck researchers from Germany have dated the artworks with a non-destructive analysis of the “rock varnish“

Egyptian sculptress Mariam Radwan works with many materials besides stone, constantly rediscovering the nature around her

A while ago, she even participated in a symposium for sculpting with snow and ice at -270 C throughout

COASTAL GRAY, a new limestone with an appearance if polished like marble or onyx from Turkish Silkarstone company

The Natural Stone Institute‘s Stone of the Year 2022 is the Olympian White Danby marble from US-company Vermont Quarries