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European norms for construction products in natural stone
Peter Parler Award 2013 (Germany)
Rainbow – Teakwood
Tan Brown family of materials
Saudi Arabia: the new heavyweight granite processing country
Convention Center Doha (Qatar)

Popular Articles
Coral Stone
Choosing a multi-wire cutting machine
How to clean natural stone in the house
The immense world of Crema Marfil
Selecting a Granite Kitchen Counter Top, I
Indian Sandstone: The Stone with Universal Appeal

Latest Print Editions

LITOS 117, April-June 2013
LITOS 116, vol.1 2013
LITOS 115, October-December 2012

General
Shipping costs in stone industry
How to Present Natural Stone the Right Way?
The U.S. market today - an interview
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat (Sultanate of Oman)
Chopin's heart beat in Warsaw
Need for Information Technology in the Stone Industry
The language of yesterday and tomorrow
Avoiding non-payments
more General articles

Heritage
Two antique gangsaws
Marks of Quarriers and Signatures in Stone ar850101.jpg
The Obelisk of Hatshepsut ar840101.jpg
The Temples of Angkor (Cambodia) A treasure of stone hidden in the jungles ar560201.jpg
The Egyptian Pyramids

Maintenance and Restoration
Laser scans of fractured surfaces in the restoration
Reproduction of a Roman Doorway
Vienna Marble Church restored
The Old Bridge in Mostar. Reconstruction of a Symbol
Bundesplatz Bern, Switzerland Stone - Water - Light
The Hungarian Parliament restoration

Stone in the Home
GAUDI MÁRMOLES presents: luxury designs for the living room
PARDO STONE DESIGN: Exclusive Designs for Interiors
Stone in the garden
Chimneys in Stone: Modern Designs
Chimneys in Stone: Classic Designs
Designs in stone for bathrooms, II
Designs in stone for bathrooms, I
How to clean natural stone in the house
Selecting a Granite Kitchen Counter Top, II
Selecting a Granite Kitchen Counter Top, I

Novelties & News from Companies
Q- Seal, USA, presents first patented permanent protective sealer for natural stone
BATEIG NATURAL STONE, past and present of the stone industry in Novelda
CANTERAS VALSAN presents new sandstone: OKER
LUNDHS NEWS: New exclusive hotel opened in Oslo with granite from LUNDHS
SK Int´l, India- Discover a Unique World of Stone
DIAMANT BOART: New 12 mm wires for quarry
COSENTINO NEWS
ASCON - The stone company you go to for your luxury private home
LIFESTONE by Serrat: creating space for living with stone
LEVANTINA NEWS
SOUTHERN QUARRIES (SQ) NEWS
GEM GRANITES presents CHIDA WHITE - an outstanding project material

Understanding Stone
Coral Stone
Quartzite from India
New exotics stones from Brazil for the world market
Rainforest from India
Red limestones from Spain
Real Daino from Sardinia (Italy)
Travertine from Turkey
The immense world of Crema Marfil
Iron Stones: The new Brazilian speciality in the market
Stone Absolute (By any other name)
more about Understanding Stone

Markets & Industry
10 trends in the Poland stone industry in 2012
Granite industry of Rajasthan, India
Green Marble from India
The stone industry in Norway
The stone industry in Sweden
Construction downturn hits Bulgaria´s stone firms
Stones from Cataluña
Granite block supply in Russia
more Market articles

Technical
The importance of degree of absorption
Choosing a multi-wire cutting machine
Underground mining in perspective
Natural Stone vs Glass: the balance looks right
Stone Inside: Innovations for a Better Climate
3D-BlockExpert: Quantification of Unfractured Rock Masses
Surface Treatments and Stone Finishes
Cartography of Industrial Qualities of Ornamental Rocks in the optimisation of granite exploitations
more Technical articles

Industry Statistics
Stone exports in Turkey in 2012
Brazil ornamental stone industry statistics – 2012
Stone exports and imports in Italy in 2012
Statistics of the German Stone Industry
Report of the Spanish Natural Stone industry 2011
Exports & imports of marble and granite in Italy - 2011
Brazil ornamental stone industry statistics – 2011
Brazil stone industry trade statistics 2010
more Industry Awards

Photoreports : Design in Stones

“The Secret Garden” of Zaha Hadid
Cultural Village, Doha (Qatar) – Amphitheatre...
Macael Awards 2010
Design in stone for urban furniture
Sagrada Familia 2
Sagrada Familia 1
Sheikh Zayed Mosque (Abu Dhabi)
Rehabilitation of the Medieval Market of...
Recovering the history I