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18 November 2018 | Market Intelligence
Robert Merry is an independent stone consultant. He ran his own company for 17 years and was a project manager, although now he has decided to take a break from that. He also acts as an expert...
18 November 2018 | Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
I have just completed this sculpture, called MJB (Magic Jumping Bean), for Lister House Health Centre on Abercrombie Way, Harlow. Although I have been working in public art for more than two decades...
18 November 2018 | Training
Callum Munro, a stonemasonry student at Edinburgh College, was one of three Scottish trainees to win a Gold Medal at the SkillBuild National Final held in conjunction with WorldSkills UK Live (...
16 November 2018 | Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
Kilkenny Irish Blue Limestone producer McKeon in Stradbally, Co Laois, has launched a new website at www.mckeonstone.ie.It has been designed to make it easier for visitors to learn all about Kilkenny...
13 November 2018 | Events
There is less than a month to go until the 2018 Natural Stone Awards Ceremony at The Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, London - so book your seat at the presentation lunch now.The standard of entries in the...
13 November 2018 | Equipment
Italian stone machinery manufacturer Breton has licensed its Worthy bridge saw to be made in China, mainly for the Far Eastern market.Breton has stopped making the Worthy, which it has replaced with...
13 November 2018 | Equipment
BAL is launching two new uncoupling mats with particular advantages for problem floors.Following the launch of the award-winning BAL Rapid-Mat in 2014, the Flexbone range offers two different...
9 November 2018 | Natural Stone Memorials
Prime Ministers Theresa May (Britain) and Charles Michel (Belgium) toured the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s St Symphorien Military Cemetery in Hainaut, Belgium, this morning (9...
9 November 2018 | Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
Channel 4 programme Old House New Home finds architect George Clarke tackling old properties with history, uncovering their potential as working, modern homes.Natural stone and...
8 November 2018 | Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
Fox Marble, the London Stock Exchange AIM-quoted company extracting and processing marble from Kosovo and the Balkans, has acquired Dubai company Gulf Marble, which it partnered to quarry the...
7 November 2018 | Events
The Mineral Products Qualifications Council (MPQC) is holding its inaugural BIG Event on Thursday, 29 November, at its headquarters of MP House 4a Meadowbank Way, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, NG16 3SB....
6 November 2018 | Training
Training opportunities might become an increasingly important tool in the recruitment armoury of companies if the jobs market continues to tighten. For the Stone Industry, the Natural Stone Industry...
5 November 2018 | Equipment
Wiseman has launched a sandstone cleaner under the name of SSC that it describes as "the next generation" of cleaner for sandstone (including York stone). It helps remove algae, moss,...
5 November 2018 | Equipment
Saint-Gobain Weber has launched a premium tile fixing grout called Weberjoint Premium that it says gives a high quality finish with long lasting performance.It is scratch-resistant, water repellant,...
2 November 2018 | Natural / Engineered Stone Company News
Lapitec Bianco Polare in a Satin finish has been used on the entrance hall of a skyscraper in New york.The luxurious building in the heart of the Big Apple, a stone’s throw from Times Square,...