CARRARA, Italy – The CarraraMarmotec stone-industry event will support the Pietra Autentica logo as part of the European campaign launched by the European & International Federation of Natural Stone Industries (EUROROC). The logo, recently...
Craig W. Hamilton, 55, director of research and development at MAPEI Corp., died unexpectedly from a heart attack on September 16, 2005. Hamilton worked in the ceramic tile and stone industry for more than...
BILOXI, Miss. – Plans are taking shape from the broken wreckage of a memorial of one hurricane with a remembrance of two storms – including the one that destroyed the original monument. The Jackson,...
NAPERVILLE, Ill. – A piece of limestone from the Pentagon walls damaged in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks went missing from a local monument, presumably as the booty of some very petty thieves....
Stone-industry groups are offering help to those in the trade along the Gulf Coast affected by Hurricane Katrina. The Marble Institute of America (MIA) made a $5,000 contribution to aid victims of the storm,...
FLORENCE – It’s taken 500 years to verify the story, but now it can be told: The world’s most-famous work of stone is also the world’s most-famous remnant. The Guardian of London reported in...
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – A waterjet-cut granite mosaic – among other bits of stone and mortar – is the target here of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Associated Press reports that the...
UNSPUNNEN, Switzerland – In a world often torn by violent acts in the name of politics, not even the Swiss are immune. This summer, someone swiped a 176-lbs. rock. Not just any old boulder,...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Roanoke Companies Group Inc., announced a voluntary recall last month of approximately 300,000 cans of Stand’n Seal “Spray-On” Grout Sealer sold earlier...
NAIROBI, Kenya – Some forty potential players in the African stone industry met here this month with European industry figures on the possibilities of forming joint ventures in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.The conference,...