Category: News In General

BELEN, N.M. – It may not be a world record, but it’s a high-water mark for New Mexico: A 72,000-lbs block of marble. The 13’ X 9’ X 4 mammoth cube came out of...

BOISE, Idaho – L&W Stone Corp. will continue to quarry its Three Rivers rock until 2009, according to a federal judge’s ruling. The Orland, Calif.-based company will continue operating under a three-year interim mining...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Industrial Diamond Association is now accepting abstracts for the INTERTECH 2006 International Diamond and CBN Conference, set for Atlanta on April 24-26, INTERTECH Conferences are comprehensive technical and application-focused conferences...

BARCELONA, Spain – The inaugural International Industrial Diamond Conference (IIDC) here in October drew almost 350 delegates from 34 countries, with stone getting plenty of attention. The two-day conference featured 86 papers, with the...

MILAN, Italy – Four of Italy’s major stone-industry association have joined in an effort to coordinate communications and promotion. The new consortium includes ACIMM, ASSOFOM, Italy for Marble and Associazione Marmisti Regione Lombardia. The...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – There’s still time to enter the 2006 PRISM Stone in Architecture Awards … but don’t delay. Single or multiple entries must be received by February 3, and projects must have been...

OLATHE, Kan. – Husqvarna is the new name – and ownership – for Electrolux Construction Products. The move is part of a strategy from Stockholm-based Electrolux Group developed earlier this year to spin off...

LAS VEGAS – Ken Krebs of OHM International in Nashville is the 2006 president of the Marble Institute of America. Krebs, an MIA board member for several years, served as vice president of the...

LAS VEGAS – The top strategies for promoting the stone industry received their due in October with the announcement of the First Rocky Advertising Awards. The competition, offered by the Marble Institute of America...

LONDON – A British Parliament committee took government officials to task in early November concerning problems with the Hyde Park fountain built in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. CNN reported that the Public...