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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...

Cloud Xiamen Stone Fair launch on june 6, 2020 – A new format to...

During the past 20 years, Xiamen Stone Fair has been committed to serving as a platform for the stone industry in communication and presentation....

India: Its marble industry has come to a halt

Once known as the largest marble market in Asia, Kishangarh in Rajasthan now appears like a ghost town. Not a single person can be seen on...

China’s Granite Blocks and Slabs Imports Growth: 1st Quarter 2020

Following our previous report on China’s marble blocks and slabs imports growth during the 1st quarter of 2020, Stonenews.eu is presenting the country’s granite...

China’s Marble Blocks and Slabs Imports Growth: 1st Quarter 2020

Natural stone trade in China has been hit twice, starting with the US - China tariff war and followed by the coronavirus outbreak and...

EU’s marble and granite products export value to Mexico 2015-2019

The European Union and Mexico recently concluded the last outstanding element of the negotiation of their new trade agreement. Under this new EU-Mexico agreement,...

Special “OPEN FOR BUSINESS” badge for Marmomacchine members

In expectation of the generalized re-opening of work for the Italian stone/techno-stone industry as of this May 4, CONFINDUSTRIA MARMOMACCHINE, through its graphics offices, has prepared...

Greece’s Marble Products Exports Growth: February 2020

The coronavirus pandemic first appeared in Greece in the end of February 2020. But the effects of its outbreak and spread globally were obvious...

World first geologic map of the moon released

The United States Geology Survey has provided a comprehensive and uniformly classified geologic map of the lunar surface for the first time.  The extensive geologic map of...

China-Europe rail freight bucks Covid-19 trend

China State Railway Group Company (China Rail) said that container rail freight to Europe grew in the first quarter of 2020 as Chinese manufacturers...