The stone industry in Norway
When you come out of the Sandefjord Torp airport, a few kilometres away from the city of Larvik, in Norway, during the long days in the month of June, the sun is spectacularly blue.
The stone industry in Sweden
While natural stone is found all over the world, many people usually associate their location to more familiar countries like Brazil, India, Italy, Turkey, etc. Few people, perhaps only the more knowledgeable professionals, tend to associate natural stones with Sweden. The natural building material which first comes to mind associated with this part of the world is usually wood.
Construction downturn hits Bulgaria´s stone firms
Paul Daniel
Compared with neighbours Turkey and Greece, Bulgaria´s dimension stone industry is small. Vratsa limestone however has remained popular for a long time. The growth of private enterprise since 1989 has seen imports grow, and the market further developed with accession to the EU in 2007. But the past 2 years have not been easy.
Turkey stone industry trade statistics 2010
Source: Marble Trend Magazine (Turkey)
Cultural Village, Doha (Qatar) – Amphitheatre Project
Project name: Cultural Village- Amphitheatre Project
Owner: State of Qatar
Contractor: Midmac Cont Co W.L.L.
Architect: Cansult Maunsell
Stone Type: Travertine
Stone producer: Haz Marble
Installation area: app. 25.0000,0 sqm
Type of fixing systems: Mechanical Fixing System (HDG Profiles and AISI 304 fixing elements)
Completion period: 13 months
Underground mining in perspective
Paul Daniel, paulantdaniel@arrakis.es
Dr Nicola Careddu, ncareddu@unica.it
Travertine from Turkey
One stone variety from Turkey is especially popular in the international markets: Travertine. Turkish travertine comes in different varieties and is similar to the travertine found in Tivoli, near Rome, Italy as well as the variety available in Iran .Turkey, as more and more people are discovering all the time, has vast resources and great variety in natural stone, with deposits spread all over the geographically big country.
How to clean natural stone in the house
Teresa González Díez (teresa.litosweb@gmail.com)
There are few people who would not like to have in their house some corner where natural stone is the main protagonist: a staircase, the floor of a living room, a chimney, the corner of the barbecue, or, more commonly, the counter-tops of a bathroom and the kitchen.
The main doubt that one often has, before installing stone in our house, is not, as many tend to think, its cost, but: how to clean it?
