Quality control of natural stone products
Eva Portas Fernández
The decline in oil price - Effect on the Stone Industry
Published in March, 2015
The big economic news in recent months (and there are many) which has gripped the minds of economists, politicians and businessmen everywhere in the world, has been the sharp decline in the price of oil. This decline began in the last few months of 2014, and, as of end of February, 2015 the price was still approximately half of the peak price only a few months ago.
2014 Pinnacle Awards, Marble Institute of America (MIA)
The Marble Institute of America (MIA) announced the winners of the 2014 Pinnacle Awards competition during StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas 2015 in Las Vegas, NV, USA. The Pinnacle Awards recognize excellence in commercial, residential and renovation/restoration of natural stone projects worldwide. Projects selected as winners must demonstrate exceptional beauty, creativity, ingenuity, and craftsmanship in the use of granite, marble, travertine, limestone, and other natural stones.
Macael Awards 2014
Under the theme “Naturally Macael”, the Association of Businessmen of Marble in Andalusia (AEMA), held the Macael Awards ceremony last November. The winners in this XXV111 edition, in the different categories, were the following:
Imports of Natural Stone in Germany, 2013
Natural Stone imports by countries (in thousand Euro)
Inside Marmomacc & Abitare il Tempo - The New Technologies in service of design in stone
The Marmomacc fair in Verona in its 2014 edition organised an exhibition inside Marmomacc and Abitare it Tempo on design.The use of new technologies along with the creativity of the artists who took part in these events have given as results innovative creations of which we reproduce a small summary.
A-Z of the Natural Stone Industry in 2014
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ARAB WORLD. With the ARAB world in turmoil, one of the most important region for demand for natural stone (and of production), many stone companies from all over the world with presence there, have been seriously affected. Libya and Iraq markets almost collapsed, and Saudi Arabia is showing all the signs of a saturated and over supplied market.
“The Secret Garden” of Zaha Hadid
The well known British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, winner of the Pritzer Architecture Award in 2004, formed part of the exhibition with “The Secret Garden”, a series of marble panels with geometric designs inspired in the complexity of organising systems of nature. A dialogue that establishes a direct relation between nature and architecture.
