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Coal mines and inner-city tunnels could be transformed into farms to help feed the planet’s growing population. Academics are exploring the use of abandoned mines and other subterranean facilities in the UK and China as alternatives to traditional agricultural land. “There are millions of redundant coal mines and tunnels in the world which could be […]

Many of the masterpieces of Michelangelo were made of the Pietrasanta marble A little further beyond the Tuscan coast lies a picturesque town with whitewashed mountains, Pietrasanta. These mountains are made of high quality marble, which has attracted famous sculptors for years. Many of the masterpieces of Michelangelo were made of this marble in the

What was the export trend of the world’s largest exporter of granite blocks and slabs in the first quarter of 2018? Stonenews.eu,after studying the statistical results* of the International Trade Centre, the UN Comtrade and the National Statistical Institutes, is presenting India’s granite blocks and slabs exports in the first quarter of 2018 and the

The work on the first phase of NEOM Bay, an urban project, will be completed in 2020 Construction of NEOM Bay, the first urban area within the $500bn mega NEOM development in Saudi Arabia will begin in the first quarter of this year, officials announced. A number of key facilities will be completed by the

FHL Kyriakidis marble company is in fifth best position in the country’s list of the most profitable productive companies, just after companies such as Hellenic Petroleum, Motor Oil and the tobacco companies Papastratos and Karelias. The classification is based on the last published use (2017), while the course of operations is also the same in

Construction demand is expected to remain strong this year due to sustained public sector contracts, as the industry continues to recover from a challenging three-year spell. Total construction demand, which is the value of construction contracts to be awarded, is expected to be between $27 billion and $32 billion this year, despite additional cooling measures

The total number of projects in East Africa has risen by a substantial 96% between 2017 and 2018 with an equally substantial increase of 167% in the total US dollar value of projects, a new report has shown. The Africa Construction Trends (2018) by consultancy firm Deloitte, reveals that East Africa has a total of 139 projects

What was the export trend of the world’s second largest marble blocks and slabs exporter in the first quarter of 2018? Stonenews.eu, after studying the statistical results* of the International Trade Centre, the UN Comtrade and the National Statistical Institutes, is presenting Italy’s marble blocks and slabs exports during the first quarter of 2018 as

While Carrara’s marble has been for many years the choice of many designers because of its color purity and flexibility, a new generation of marble has come to encourage us to adopt more … playful design in the interior and exterior. The colored marble meets the desire of architects and decorators to avoid clichés in

Iraqi-born UAE-based designer Layth Mahdi debuts a series of marble vases and tables with contoured surfaces milled by robots and designed using algorithms. Launched during Dubai Design Week last month, Layth Mahdi’s eponymous design brand makes products that are designed by a combination of humans and algorithms, and fabricated by robots. The first collection, called Ripple, is a series of vases and