For this week's Throwback Thursday, we look back at June 1992 issue that features a limestone guardhouse.

GranQuartz recently moved one of its stores from its previous Chicago location to a 35,000-square-foot space in Elk Grove Village, IL. This new facility is a little over a mile from its former site where it had been for more than 15 years and it is approximately three-and-a-half times larger.

The Natural Stone Institute has released a new safety checklist designed to help fabricators prepare for an OSHA inspection. Titled “Be Prepared for an OSHA Inspection,” this document contains a summary of the most frequently cited standards following inspections of fabricator worksites by OSHA.

Innovation is a value for Epiroc, the company continuously search for new solutions. One promising technology that is gaining momentum is additive manufacturing or a phased build-up of an object using 3D modelling and printing, this has still not been widely developed for the mining and construction industry.