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Stone Stymies Port Security?

NEW YORK – Any homeowner can tell the difference between a granite countertop and nuclear materials, but sophisticated equipment used for security screening at U.S. ports apparently couldn’t, according to a report by the...

Quarry Needs EIS

BOISE, Idaho – The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) needs to prepare an environmental impact statement on mining operations at the Three Rivers Stone Quarry near Clayton, Idaho, a federal district judge ruled...

CarraraMarmotec 2005 Holds Its Own

CARRARA, Italy – Considering current trade-show competition and its own downward trend of attendance in recent years, CarraraMarmotec made an admirable showing in 2005 with a virtual repeat of last year’s performance. The twenty-sixth...

Pakistan’s Stone Stronger?

KARACHI, Pakistan – Stone quarrying is on the rise in Pakistan, growing at 20 percent annually for the last three years, according to the Daily Times of Lahore. Sanullah Khan, chairman of the All...

Briefs – August 2005

• The Marble Institute of America (MIA) offers a totally re-designed Website with a member’s forum, secure online publication ordering system, information on educational sessions, the association’s latest news, pinpoint searching techniques for MIA...

People – August 2005

• Universal Laser Systems Inc. adds Ron Emerman as director of finance and information management, and David Wilhite as its marketing coordinator. Emerman brings 30 years of domestic and international managerial experience to the...

Municipal Building, Beachwood, Ohio

By K. Schipper
  
   BEACHWOOD, Ohio — It’s not unusual for a government to run out of room, but this city also found itself with another problem: its municipal building seemed to lack the dignity taxpayers often expect for their investment.

Strong Euro, Weak Europe?

By Emerson Schwartzkopf   
  
   Jan. 1, 2000: €1 =US $1.01
   When the annual odometer turned over to The Big Two-Thousand, things look positively rosy in Europe. No more divided Germany. Former border outposts and customs houses literally going to seed. Commerce moving in all directions.

Cosentino, Cuellar Partner In U.S.

STAFFORD, Texas – Cosentino S.A will team with stone specialist Cuellar Arquitectura del Marmol S.L. to provide unique stone products to the custom building industry. While Macael, Spain-based Costentino specializes in the quarrying, fabricating,...