Category: News In General

LOS ANGELES – Something is killing the great stars of Hollywood. This doesn’t involve serial celebrity murders or the plotline of a Lifetime TV potboiler. The crime involves that noted stroll of the stars:...

ITASCA, Illinois – Entries are being accepted until Feb. 4 for the 24th Tucker Architectural awards competition sponsored by the Building Stone Institute (BSI). The biennial event honors architectural firms exhibiting excellence in the...

CLEVELAND – For two of the more-onerous jobs in running a business – credit-card processing and payment collections – members of the Marble Institute of America (MIA) can seek relief through alliances with Paymentec...

JAMUL, Calif. – Stone usage is on the rise and beats ceramic tile in dollar-value consumption, according to the first-ever detailed industry study of dimensional-stone in the United States. Produced by Ceramic Tile and...

WASHINGTON – Jeffrey Bloomfield and Tim Cushey received the esteem of their peers – and a little something else – from their peers for good stone skills in October. The two apprentices in the...

CLEVELAND – The Marble Institute of America (MIA) is now accepting pre-publication orders for the newly revised and expanded Dimension Stone Design Manual, Version VI, which will ship next month. Substantial discounts of up...

VERONA, Italy – If there’s one message the stone industry would like to send to this continent, it’s a simple one: Keep buying. North America continues to be the bright spot for stone consumption,...

KEYSTONE, S.D. – The four presidential figures chiseled into Mount Rushmore may be getting a bit fidgety, but don’t expect any of them to bolt from their batholith anytime soon. Observational data from RESPEC,...

VERONA, Italy – Diamant Boart should expect few changes – except for finding more business in the stone industry worldwide – in the immediate future. The Brussels, Belgium-based maker of stone-cutting implements will be...