Issue 001 - 14th June 2026

In this week’s coverage, we find a shift in the natural materials realm. We are starting to see that Quartzites are fast becoming the specification of choice for the design community. Significant quantities of Brazilian Quartzites are being shipped to China in block form for processing with almost a 30% gain in growth year on year.

Supplier ‘A’ creates new product containing 100% recycled materials (5 minute read)

World’s tallest building clad in space age stone (2 minute read)

Canadian designer wins best use of stone award (3 minute read)

Wellness and leisure sector at the forefront of specifying marble (6 minute read)

Australian Border Force cracking down on mineral surface freight entering the country (7 minute read)

Californian health authorities to ban Crystalline Silica engineered stone (4 minute read)

North American class action against engineered stone suppliers dismissed (3 minute read)

China becoming the leading manufacturing nation of zero silica mineral slabs (1 minute read)

Donatoni releases revolutionary Sawjet (6 minute read)

A new generation of polishing pad being released by Klingspor (3 minute read)

Breton to release edge polisher to compete with Comenduli (10 minute read)

China to climb to the top of the ladder for stone fabrication equipment by 2030 (3 minute read)

Stone Pilot releases new operating system for stone fabricators (5 minute read)

Kuka planning to release a new robotic arm destined to shape the future of the stone industry (6 minute read)

Do you have a data problem? Best ways to maintain data for future AI integration in your business (10 minute read)

India to become the leading supplier of granite blocks to China by next year (8 minute read)

Brazil says demand is still strong for their quartzite, the data proves otherwise (4 minute read)

Shipping costs predicted to rise due to new conflict on the moon (2 minute read)

Italy’s Carrara region hit by earthquake, now it is easier to extract blocks of marble (1 minute read)