Granite: What’s In a Name?
By Karin Kirk, Geologist“That is not granite.” I said firmly, brimming with 24-year old certitude. The salesperson gave me a look over his glasses, annoyed. In...
Future Minerals Forum 2024: Shaping the sector’s future
The Future Minerals Forum 2024 run from January 10 to 11, 2024. It will serve as a global platform to deliberate on pivotal issues...
The Book of Marble: Book Catalogs 570 Types of Marble in Vivid Color
Six years after the release of a monumental compendium of Dutch birds, the publisher and naturalist Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739-1811) shifted his focus from...
Visualizing the Abundance of Elements in the Earth’s Crust
Elements in the Earth’s crust provide all the basic building blocks for mankind.But even though the crust is the source of everything we find,...
600 million euros return to the Massa- Carrara region from marble sector
Does marble produce "little" employment? Is the wealth of the stone sector distributed over the territory or it remains in the hands of a...
National team: here is the new Adidas shirt inspired by marble
The images released by the website Footyheadlines.com show the veining of the precious material on all the shirts.It is only a sneak peek, but...
IMF downgrades outlook for the world economy
The IMF announced it had reduced its outlook on the global economy to a 3.7% growth rate for this year and next, down 0.2%...
The Kishangarh-Delhi flight will give fillip to the marble traders as SpiceJet will...
The Kishangarh-Delhi flight which will commence from October 8 will give fillip to the marble traders as SpiceJet will start the flight connecting the...
China’s foreign trade adds vitality to global market
Facing unprecedented headwinds from COVID-19, China's foreign trade sector has delivered better-than-expected performance this year, providing a much-needed positive impact on world trade, which...
Splendor of Marble: A book that describes the uniqueness of natural stones
The book Splendor of Marble: Marvelous Spaces by the World’s Top Architects and Designers, Rizzoli, New York, 2020 describes the uniqueness of natural stones and...
