ON THE ETHOS OF PROFESSION

And what about ways that led us to professional identity? Most of us could say that our professions are extremely useful. That's it – most of us “could” say it.
My mate's profession is quite unique. He works at a stone company. When he speaks about it, those that listen to him are usually … perplexed.  
This quote from the Internet proves, and the author of this short text admits to it, that reasons for choosing the profession of a stonemason are hard to understand. One of the most basic components of material culture that has been with us since the beginning of settlement are cemeteries. Should the perception of our profession be limited to sepulchral art and be associated only with funeral industry? Or perhaps, in the near future, it will be done only by archaeologists? 

 
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•     Spis treści
•     Table of contents
•     Od redakcji   
•     Editorial   
•     Szczęśliwy w miejscu pracy?    
•     Are you happy in your workplace?    
•     O etosie zawodu   
•     On the ethos of profession   
•     (Nie)bezpieczna kamieniarska misja w Brazylii    
•     Impresje z odwołanych targów   
•     BUDMA 2017   
•     Securityscape   
•     Design, architektura, nieruchomości…   
•     Metropolia dwóch kontynentów   
•     Aby ze skały wytrysnęła woda   
•     Pierwszy konkurs Trawertyn Design rozstrzygnięty!   
•     Wyrób budowlany   
•     Lapitec® z technologią Bio-Care   
•     Konglomeraty marmurowe   
•     O kartach technicznych produktów    
•     Czemu (też) nie dach?   
•     Rogala – największy wybór kamieni od ręki    
•     Budynek biurowy firmy WITTCHEN   
•     The best solution? Autoblaster CNC!   
•     Obróbka strumieniem wody spieków kwarcowych   
•     O założeniu parkowym, cz. 1   
•     Cmentarz w Partenkirchen, cz. 3   
•     Schody granitowe, cz. I 

 
MIGRANTS CAPITAL

In Poland there are relatively few migrants, but foreigners may save Poland in the near future as the working age population is getting smaller and smaller. The place of birth of the worker is not important at all when we speak about a craft where, except for skills, you need talent, willingness to learn and commitment.

A huge number of foreigners who are applying for international protection has come to Europe since last year. The wave of over million refugees who arrived to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea was obviously linked with unstable political situation in the Near East. The European Union and particular member countries are not able to separate themselves from the migrants mainly because … the countries need them. The European Commission estimates that by 2020 there will be 16 million of new work places that require high qualifications. According to one of the scenarios in 2050 the demand for foreigners will reach around 130 million people! Many EU countries have been looking for economic migrants in sectors where the problem of no qualified labour force exists. 

 
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• Od redakcji   
• Editorial   
• 3D – Dirty, Dangerous, Difficult   
• Kapitał migrantów   
• Migrant capital   
• MARMO+MAC 2016    
• NEW MARBLE GENERATION    
• THE POWER OF STONE    
• XV Kongres Kamieniarski    
• Drugie życie kontenera   
• Świat kamienia – raport 2015    
• New Cereser APP    
• High-tech i pani domu   
• Katedra w Kolonii   
• W najlepszej kondycji, w nowym terminie   
• Czy kamienie leczą?   
• Międzynarodowej sławy   
• Twardy jak kamień?   
• Najważniejsze to zadowolony klient   
• 400 cmentarzy   
• Kosze gabionowe w krajobrazie    
• Wydarzenie wielkiego formatu   
• DLA Investments z RPA   
• Świetlik   
• Cała branża w Poznaniu    
• Donatoni gotowy do wielkich wyzwań w Granicie   
• ABRAPHOTO – wyjść naprzeciw oczekiwaniom   
• Cmentarz w Partenkirchen, cz.1   
• Warto? (cz. I)   

 
HOW ARE MINES !

The time horizon of the navigable rivers project (and the demand for hydro-technical stone) is quite distant, but we can already see some signs of recovery. Prices seem to get stable on a low level and it is difficult to find incentives which could improve the demand for local stone in a short time – except for the programme of improving railway infrastructure.

Together with the reduced number of infrastructural investments we can also observe a decrease in extraction and slow employment of means from the current EU budget. They are all serious threats to the condition of some broken stone and aggregate mines. One more threat appeared in late June: Brexit. Although Great Britain is not going to leave the EU at once, this situation may influence the EU financial envelope. In short, we can say that the dynamics of the demand for rock mining products has slowed down, so it is difficult to expect a significant price increase. Situation like this may be beneficial for companies which are able to combine rising costs, which result from, among others, worse geological and mining conditions of deposits, some of which have been exploited for a long time, with ensuring the most important thing, that is exploitation which is safe for people and environment together with applying optimum technical and technological solutions for a given deposit. 

 
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• Od redakcji   
• Editorial  
• Ręce opadają na… smartfon   
• Turning to smartphones for help   
• Sto i… żyjmy dłużej!   
• The 100th issue… and expect more!   
• Spotykać się, by inspirować   
• Z nowym zarządem w pełnoletność   
• Xiamen Stone Fair 2016 w obiektywie   
• G(ł)odni naśladowcy   
• Strzegomscy technicy w akcji   
• Kamienie w medycynie antycznej   
• Indywidualny pomysł na przestrzeń    
• Kariatyda dla zwycięzcy w kategorii nagrobek    
• Technistone – jakość z Hradca Králové   
• METEORA – monastyry na niedostępnych skałach   
• Idea, forma, warsztat   
• Brazylia (cz. II)   
• Kamień a okrągła rocznica chrztu Polski  
• Wyłączność na dystrybucję włoskich konglomeratów    
• Praca kotwy nośnej na elewacji (cz. II)   
• Wschód na Zachodzie   
• Pawlimex rozwija potencjał technologiczny   
• Sandmaster Junior Plus – ewolucja piaskarki   
• Sezon trwa? (cz. II)   
• Monachium – Cmentarz Zachodni cz. 2