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SpainSpain: marble exports decline through August
On 26 October, Focus Piedra reported ICEX figures showing Spanish rough and worked marble exports at €197.39 million for January–August 2026, down 6.4% year on year.…
↗SpainAlcañizViolet: a Spanish sandstone enters the Stone Finder
Stone-Ideas.com added “Violet” to its Stone Finder on 25 October. The sandstone is quarried at Alcañiz in Spain and supplied by Rubio Stone. The listing describes red and…
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Athens BUILD EXPO opens with Greek marble in focus
BUILD EXPO Greece 2026 opened at the Metropolitan Expo in Athens on 23 October and runs through 25 October. StoneNews.eu reports a prominent Greek marble presence alongsi…
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United KingdomBristolBristol home extension uses limestone Stonebricks
Stone-Ideas.com reported on 23 October on the extension of a Victorian house in Bristol using Darney limestone Stonebricks. The design retains the reading of the existing…
↗Vienna: marble bust attributed to Corradini reaches €1.925 million
Il Giornale dell’Arte reports that a white-marble Veiled Woman, attributed to Antonio Corradini, sold at Dorotheum in Vienna on 20 October for €1.925 million.…
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United StatesLouisvilleHNA awards recognise Denver’s natural stone paving
Denver’s 16th Street revitalisation won the natural stone pavement category at the 2026 HNA Awards. The ceremony took place in Louisville on 22 October; OPE+Landscape pub…
↗Skystone to install nano diamond-wire cutting system in Jordan
Focus Piedra reports a planned Jordan installation of Skystone’s TSY-MLWA Nano Wire Saw for cutting large natural-stone blocks. The configuration combines block-lift feed…
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ChinaXiamenXiamen: eight designers explore stone in everyday objects
Stone-Ideas.com published its third retrospective look at Xiamen Stone Fair 2026’s “Stone Infinite Product Design Show” on 22 October. The project’s eighth edition, title…
↗United KingdomLondonAntolini opens its London Stone Gallery
Verona Stone District reports that Antolini officially inaugurated its London Stone Gallery on 22 October 2026.…
↗SpainStone façades: design and installation outweigh material failures
In a Focus Piedra interview, Ingepiedra’s Antonio Tello identifies breakage around fixings, corroded anchors, inadequate joints and unsuitable adhesives among recurring s…
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