Italian industrial machine and plant specialist, Breton has launched its own White Paper – in response to the growing fears surrounding crystalline silica and the threat of silicosis. The company has produced an in-depth analysis drawing on its 60 years of experience in the stone industry and has been created by Breton Institute of Technology (BIT) scientists led by marketing & strategy director Arianna Toncelli.

An alliance in New Zealand, which includes New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, Construction Health and Safety New Zealand, the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation and others has written an open letter calling on the government to introduce a ban on engineered stone benchtops, panels and slabs.

In its latest report, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has outlined its annual statistics concerning work-related fatal injuries. The findings, released on 3 July, reveal that 138 workers were killed in work-related accidents in 2023/24.

Australia's landmark ban on the manufacture, supply, processing and installation of engineered stone benchtops, panels and slabs commenced today.

Five sector organisations unite at Hillhead 2024 to improve health and safety in the mineral products industry

According to its latest Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), Portland Stone by Albion shows the embodied carbon of Portland Stone extracted at Albion Stone’s mines and manufactured at the company’s factory has reduced by 68% since 2020.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has designated April as Stress Awareness Month and, as part of its Working Minds campaign has called on employers to support workers' mental health by employing five simple tips.

Burlington Stone in Kirkby-in-Furness has recently become the first quarry in the UK to trial new live air monitoring equipment as part of an initiative by the Minerals Product Association (MPA) in conjunction with Trolex Engineering

The director of a worktop supplier in the West Midlands has been sentenced following the death of a worker who was crushed by two granite slabs each weighing 250kg in 2020

The Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity will be visiting construction sites across the UK and Ireland in 2024 as part of its #MakeItVisible tour aiming to deliver wellbeing support and companies in the industry can request a free visit via its website