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Historic England launches the country’s first online building stones database

Historic England has launched a new online database of the stones that define the rich diversity of country’s buildings.Historic England is unveiling the first Building...

The Surface Design Show opens today

The Surface Design Show opens in London today and will conclude on February 10. The show hosts the design industry, showcasing new materials and...

Growth at the world’s 30 largest container ports exceeded 6.5% in 2021

The 30 leading ports handled 450 Mteu during the year, versus 421 Mteu in 2020.Shanghai continued to build on its lead as the world’s...

The Association of Marble Companies of Macedonia-Thrace, Greece, elected its new Board of Directors

The annual general meeting of the Association of Marble Companies of Macedonia-Thrace, Greece, was held in a pleasant atmosphere. After the meeting, the new...

The Ascent of Asia-Pacific (APAC) in the Global Economy

Over the past two decades, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has played an increasingly important role in the world economy. The weight of APAC in...

Build EXPO 2022: a meeting point for the industry

The Build EXPO 2022 exhibition, which will take place at the Metropolitan Expo from 14 to 16 October, Athens, will be a meeting point...

Meteor mining unlocks solar system secrets

Drone technology has allowed researchers from Curtin University to study the potential of mining asteroids as a source of rare elements, following the successful...

Stonehenge breakthrough scans uncover ‘complete new sites’ after experts ‘join dots’

STONEHENGE archaeologists are beginning to "join the dots" of the ancient Neolithic landscape after a breakthrough in technology allowed them to uncover several "completely...

Post-pandemic spurt in global trade leading to container shortage

About 55 per cent of the container fleet is currently sitting in various ports or on water, as against a normal average of approximately...

New discoveries shed light on Stonehenge mysteries

Geologists have long known that 42 of Stonehenge's smaller stones, known as bluestones, came from the Preseli hills in Pembrokeshire, in western Wales. Now a...