Stoneupdate has published the data of the United States’ stone imports and exports in June 2021

Jean-Louis Vaxelaire: „the skills for the future stone sector do not come only from craftsmanship but also from the industrial and digital world“

In an interview with Rocalia trade fair, the president of the French SNRoc association talked about how to attract young people and what to teach them

For fans of cigar smoking: the “Marquina Cigar Bag“ of the company Mikol conveys the lifestyle of luxury and value and combines for this purpose marble thin stone with leather

The natural stone gives the product its image and uniqueness

An elegant villa in Belgium with Italian company Grassi Pietre‘s limestone Grigio Alpi in several finishes

Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies: annual growth in home renovation and repair expenditures will reach +8.6 % by the second quarter of 2022

The Natural Stone Institute’s 2021 Stone Industry Education Returns to In-Person Events

Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone

“Marmointarsia“ is a wall mosaic by Endre Nemes at Högsboer Medborgarhuset in Gothenburg, Sweden

Turkish stone exports recovered from the effects of Covid-19 and grew from January to May 2021 by +32,21% by value compared to the same period in 2020, Turkish magazine Marble Trend reports (issue 142)

Important for the natural stone sector in the EU: the Commission in Brussels asks interested parties to submit their assessments on the planned Geographical Indication Protection

Such protection would prohibit the import of stone products under false names / Deadline is July 22, 2021

The mega project Berlin Palace was a special opportunity and challenge for the German natural stone sector

It offered the opportunity not only to present the material exclusively, but also the possibilities of modern machines from 3D scanners to CNC wire saws