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Martha Roberson from Granite Group International and Peter Prvulovic from Vermont Quarries Corp are new Natural Stone Institute board members

Ukraine in wartime: the country also fights on the economic level utilizing modern quarries and new processing plants

Oleg Majewski tells the story of Golovinski Stone company and its iridescent and mystical GOLOVINSKI LABRADORITE from the Zhytomyr region

Bärlocher AG has delivered a 7 m long maxi fountain for a residential complex using natural materials

The monumental piece belongs to a residential complex in the town of Buchs in eastern Switzerland and was reduced from 25 to 13 t during processing

Submissions for the German Natural Stone Award open for architects from Germany and abroad until January 31, 2026

Projects must have been completed in Europe after January 01, 2020, and a German company must have been involved in the realization

For its product “Jasper Blue,“ the Indian design house Orvi pairs the purity of white marble with the deep, celestial blue of lapis lazuli

Submission open for the Coverings Installation and Design (CID) Awards and the Rock Stars Program, until December 01, 2025

Natural stone focus on the Arabian Peninsula: The Sultanate of Oman wants to become a player in the global market with its domestic marbles, Italy is focusing more on Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Marble ROSSO VERONA, the stone that adds nobility and eternity to Romeo and Juliet’s city through the patina of the street paving and the walls of the Roman Arena

The Finnish city of Kotka has preserved the song lyrics of its son Juha Vainio in boulders along a street

The prolific artist, with around 2,433 lyrics and songs, as well as 245 recordings, never became known beyond his homeland

Beautiful little items made of natural stone, some of which can also be gifts

Stone-Ideas.com’s editors have collected some innovative product ideas from the wide culture of marble, granite etc