MILAN — Since the ancient Romans began excavating marble more than 2,000 years ago, the average price of Italian natural stone per ton has reached a record 1,016.4 euros. This new height is the ...

An Italian supplier of marble and granite has implemented RFID to track and trace stone slabs from the time they arrive at its factory until their delivery to the customer. Each tagged slab of marble ...

IN a case of ‘like taking coal to Newcastle’, a local company is exporting white marble out of Townsville to Carrara in Italy. Carrara is regarded as having the best white marble in the world. Marble ...

Conspicuously clad in bright white marble, HGA’s Capital One Hall stands out on its 2.5-acre lot amongst a sea of glass-clad skyscrapers in Tysons, Virginia. Capital One Hall is situated in a vibrant ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “You look at it and suddenly think: oh my God we’ve got a piece of Vietnam in here,” says Marcelo Carvalho, a ...

In 1517, Michelangelo climbed Mount Altissimo in Tuscany and found the marble of his dreams. It was, the Renaissance master wrote, "of compact grain, homogeneous, crystalline, reminiscent of sugar." ...