Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone
Stripes of light granite structure the main street in the Swiss town of Liestal, whose redesign was awarded the main Flaneur d’Or prize by the Initiative Fussverkehr (Pedestrian Trafic).
Peter’s Corner: 2020 brought the natural stone sector an increased demand from private customers despite the Covid-19 crisis
Overall, the coming years should also be positive because marble, granite & Co benefit from the eco-trend / However, increased freight costs bring shifts
Xiamen Stone Fair 2021 will be held from May 18 to 21, as the first hybrid natural stone show
There will be on-site visitors and exhibitors, and as a digital extension, the “Cloud“, which will continue throughout the year
Turkish natural stone exports in 2020 were negative compared to the previous year, but positive developments could also clearly be seen
Block exports to China collapsed by -22% by value due to Covid-19, but there are strong increases (almost) everywhere in deliveries of finished products
Oldest stone map from the Bronze Age rediscovered after more than 100 years in the cellar of a French museum
The relief with circles and lines comes from the Finistère region in the far west of Brittany and could depict the territory of a ruler
Nature in the Quarry: an active quarrying zone can be a Garden of Eden especially for pioneering animal and plant species
In the “Life in Quarries“ project in Belgium, measures have been developed to facilitate the establishment of rare species with little effort
EU program “Mine.The.Gap“: Promotion of innovation in the raw materials industry, including the natural stone sector
Until 08 May, 2021, interested companies can submit “solutions for a more digital, greener, and circular mining value chain“
For the time after Covid-19: the Mausoleum of Augustus in Rome is open to visitors again
The huge circular building with a diameter of 90 meters was once covered with marble and travertine, of which, however, nothing has been preserved
Application open for the Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20 stone sculptors are invited to publicly create a work in marble from November 10 to December 02, 2021
Science News: ocean freshwater plumes, meteotsunami in the Great Lakes, OSIRIS-Rex‘ final close look at asteroid Bennu, rock art of human figures in Australia
Recent discoveries about our planet, its rocks, and other “stone” topics
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