Stones from Cataluña

For most of the natural stone industry Cataluña is usually considered a market and few people even within the industry think of it as a significant stone producing centre or one which has its own local stones. A visitor to the elegant city of Barcelona is immediately conscious of the widespread use of a wide variety of natural stone in all kinds of applications, be they wall claddings, interiors, or public squares. But yes, there is a local industry too and there are actually some local stones with possibilities not only in the local market but also in the wider world.

Chopin's heart beat in Warsaw

“This is not Chopin who needs us, we are the ones that need to warm up with the splendor of his fame and genius” – said Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, capital’s president, during the official opening  of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw. The building that honors the memory of the great composer is situated in the seventeenth-century Ostrogski Castle at Tamka Street. The works lasted several years.

Granite block supply in Russia

The legal obstacles to be overcome before opening a natural stone quarry in Russia are explained. Investments will not be forthcoming without a resolution to these problems. Meanwhile the country´s stone processing factories have to rely to an increasing extent on imports. In this report*, I.O. Sinelnikov & O.B. Sinelnikov propose some practical solutions. (*This article was translated from the Russian original in Gorny Zhurnal 2009, No.3, and appears here by kind permission of the publishers and authors.)

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