By Emerson Schwartzkopf
For the past few years, it’s become old hat to say that Italy isn’t what it used to be in the worldwide stone trade. It’s even coming from the last place many would expect to hear it: Italy itself.
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
As the stone business booms in the United States, there’s one country that’s becoming a market leader in bringing its products to the American market: Turkey.
By Roseli Perrone
SANTO ANTONIO DE PÁDUA , Brazil – Here, deep inside of Rio de Janeiro state and 240 kilometers from the charming metropolis of Rio, rests this small city. The Pomba River, with gentle and clear water flow, runs through the city and brings an exceptional way of life for the 40.000 inhabitants.
From The Centre for Development of Stones (CDOS)
(In the April 2003 issue of Stone Business, CDOS gave an extensive overview of dimensional-stone production in India. This month, it’s time to match the varieties with locations throughout the country.)
From The Centre for Development of Stones (CDOS) Dimensional stones are a major economic commodity in India. The stone sector in India provides employment to more than one million people, and it has grown...
This is the last article of a series of three about the stone industry in Brazil. After presenting an extended retrospective of the sector published in the September and January issues of Stone Business,...
The Brazilian sector of dimensional stone gained, in the last few years, an incomparable attention from the Brazilian government, associations and consultants. The Exterior Chamber of Commerce in Brazil selected 55 industrial sectors with...
The Brazilian granite industry reflects, in a peculiar way, the economical and social development of the country. From exporter of blocks of granite to Italy during the decades of 1980s and 1990s, the Brazilian...