Passings: Renato Meiohas
Renato Meiohas, 54, director of sales for AGM’s U.S. operations, passed away in Torino, Italy, on July 30 after suffering from Cruetzfeldt Jakob Disease, a rare brain ailment. Born in Torino on August 20,...
Category: News In General
MIA to Certify Stone Consultants
CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) will establish a certification program next year for natural-stone consultants and inspectors serving the residential component of the industry, Gary Distelhorst, MIA executive vice president, says...
Tucker Entries Due in September
ITASCA, Ill. – It’s time again for the biennial Tucker Design Awards from the Building Stone Institute … and the entry deadline is coming soon. Architects, landscape architects, interior designers and other members of...
AGM, Hard Rock Partner Up
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hard Rock Tool and AGM Machinery announced a partnership in June to bring the best stone tools for computer numeric controlled machines (CNC) to the market. AGM Stone Tools, developed by...
Salem Sponsors MIA Ad Awards
CLEVELAND – Salem Stone will sponsor the First Annual Marble Institute of America (MIA) Advertising Awards Competition this year. Entries in the competition, honoring the industry’s best advertising efforts, will be judged this month,...
Nation’s Icons Get a Wash
KEYSTONE, S.D. – Nobody insinuated that four of our nation’s finest have dirty mugs, but they’re getting a nice, hot face-scrubbing anyway. At Mount Rushmore National Monument, the four great faces carved in granite...
Industrial Diamond Meet Set
MIDDLESEX, U.K. – The First International Industrial Diamond Conference will be held at the Fira Palace Hotel in Barcelona, Spain, on Oct. 20-21. In addition to the latest abrasive applications, new technologies and recent...
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...
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...