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Natural Stone Institute announces Thor Lundh Quarrier Award

Floor Covering News

Thor Lundh Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) has released a new industry recognition award for 2024. The Thor Lundh Quarrier Award will recognize a NSI member who has made an extraordinary contribution to quarrying natural stone. Nominations are due by May 20. Learn more here.

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A Clean Slate: How Rough Slate Can Have a Clean Aesthetic

Architectural Ceramics

Most of Europe’s slate, for example, comes from Spain. They produce and export 90 percent of the region’s natural slate used for roofing or flooring. European countries that are lesser known but also offer slate quarries are Belgium, Germany, Italy and Wales. The cost is often a critique of natural slate.

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