Stone Business Magazine

24/01/2025

The latest edition of Stone Update Magazine is now live! https://bit.ly/4hemfh5

20/01/2025

Chicago fabricator eyes Brazil to source more stone as threat of new tariffs loom - WBEZ Chicago.

Some developers and contractors are taking a wait-and-see approach, while others are scrambling to prepare for taxes that could increase prices.

20/01/2025

Pakistan should stop raw marble/granite exports and work on value-added products, says industry figure.

LAHORE: Chaudhry Khadim Hussain, a former executive committee member of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

09/01/2025

Brazil Goes to KBIS 2025 | Stone Update https://bit.ly/3C0KU9w

08/01/2025

November U.S. hard-surface imports up 23.2% in value from last year - Hard-Surface Report

November 2024 U.S. hard-surfaces-import total of $469,925,542 is up 14.8% previous month and 23.2% more than November 2023.

08/01/2025

O’Connor New CEO at Coldspring | Stone Update https://bit.ly/407o9sz

22/12/2024

New Zealand government seeks comments on engineered stone ban

Australia banned its use and manufacture in July.

20/12/2024

October 2024 U.S. hard-surfaces imports - Hard-Surface Report

October 2024 U.S. hard-surfaces-import total of $409,172,972 is 5.8% less than the previous month and 2.5% more than October 2023.

20/12/2024

California board backs rules aimed at protecting workers from deadly silicosis

California regulators voted to continue imposing workplace rules to protect countertop cutters from silicosis, an incurable disease that has been killing young workers.

17/12/2024

Outgoing OSHA Head Speaks on Silicosis|Engineered Stone Issue.

Douglas Parker began as the head of OSHA three years ago during “one of the most challenging times in the agency’s history,” the Covid-19 pandemic. He spoke in a wide-ranging interview about his initiatives at the agency and what’s in-store in the future under President-elect Trump.

11/12/2024

Computed Tomography Study Shows Emergence of Silicosis in Engineered Stone Countertop Workers

In an interview at the RSNA conference, Sundus Lateef, MD, discussed the rise of silicosis and associated CT findings in a recent study of engineered stone countertop workers.

06/12/2024

The IFDM Interviews: Marco Scapin and the Marmo Arredo Stone Gallery - IFDM

Last October, the ScapinGroup, which specializes in the processing of marble, granite, composites and agglomerates for the building and furniture industries through its Marmo Arredo and Quartzforms® brands, inaugurated the Marmo Arredo Stone Gallery in Tombolo, near Padua, a new space dedicated to ...

04/12/2024

California bill calls for certification for stonecutting shops amid worker deaths from silicosis

California has seen a rise in countertop cutters falling ill with silicosis, an incurable and deadly disease. A new bill aims to improve worker safety.

02/12/2024

Silicosis study presented at conference.

/PRNewswire/ -- Durable and attractive, engineered stone countertops are a popular feature in modern American kitchens, but the workers who build them are...

23/11/2024

Will there be a bill introduced in California next year to ban quartz surfaces? - The San Fernando Valley Sun

This is the fourth part in an occasional series on silicosis. Assemblywoman Luz Rivas has been fighting to protect stone fabrication workers from developing silicosis, a deadly long-term occupational lung […]

22/11/2024

The Number: September 2024 U.S. hard-surface imports up by almost 10% from previous year | Hard-Surface Report

September 2024 U.S. hard-surface imports of $434,264,979, up 0.8% from the previous month and up 9.7% from September 2023.

21/11/2024

U.K. silica-safety toolkit gets funding boost

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has awarded the first Paul Dockerill Award to Dr Scott McGibbon to develop a new silica safety toolkit, expected to launch in 2026.

13/11/2024

New Delivery Service Speeds Slab Delivery | Stone Update https://bit.ly/4fH9lHc