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“Axis Mundi“ by Nicolas Bertoux: a Christmas tree made of tools that were used in marble quarries

In Seravezza, not far from Carrara, the artist has placed an installation of 111 hydro bags at Piazza Carduzzi

Hito Conmemorativo Comisión Pehuenche: 8 granite boulders at 2350 meters in the Andes look like figures immersed in the contemplation of the high mountains

In the stone world between Chile and Argentina there is a special memorial place

MARRÓN EMPERADOR, a dark brown marble with bright veins from Spanish Levantina group

imm cologne postponed to 2023: Industry sees success uncertain for planned relaunch coming January

Kölnmesse wants to integrate exhibitors into events such as spoga+gafa (garden lifestyle) or ORGATEC (modern working environments)

Natural Stone Institute Announces New Board Members: Sam Arcot (Rugo Stone, LLC), Darrell Petit (Stony Creek Quarry), and Filippo Emanuel (Tenax USA)

Swedish magazine “Sten“ discusses in its issue of December 2021 the “green” power of natural stone (Swedish)

Stonemasonry winners in the „The Good Form” and “Professionals Perform“ craftsmanship-competitions were announced in Germany

Marks are given for creativity and skill at work or for professional working under time pressure, respectively

The Getty Museum has acquired an early marble bust of the Roman general Germanicus, adopted son of Tiberius and father of Caligula, before the ritual first shaving of the beard

The Danish shipping company Maersk wants to switch to “green“ methanol for its ships

The world’s largest transport company is having 8 new container ships built, which will have a long-term impact on the entire transportation sector

Massive volcanism may have contradictionary impacts on climate: tropical warming on “shorter“ timescales, ice-age-cooling on multimillions of years

The emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) is a key process, next to ocean fertilization by phosphorus from volcanic ashes