Comments on the U.S. market - mid 2015
At the beginning of the year experts predicted new housing starts as high as 1.5 million, giving support to the builder´s confidence levels.
At the beginning of the year experts predicted new housing starts as high as 1.5 million, giving support to the builder´s confidence levels.
Ornamental stones are usually associated with only a few well known countries, even though there are surely many other countries where commercially viable natural stone is found. This article highlights the current state of the development of the stone industry in Togo.
The German Natural Stone Award is endowed with € 15000 and was awarded to the winner of category A - “Public and commercial buildings”.
Exports
In the year 2014 the Brazilian exports of ornamental stone and cladding reached 1.276 billion US$, corresponding to physical volume of almost 2.5 million tons. Processed stone consisted of almost 80% of sales and more than half of the total physical volume exported. Rough stone, on its part, represented 20.69% of sales and 48.84% of total physical volume exported.
There is nothing better than the design created by nature itself to achieve unique environments. The natural veins of the stones offer infinite possibilities of creation of unique spaces for the interiors of homes. The Spanish company MARMOLSPAIN presents its proposals in its showroom located in Novelda (Alicante), some of which we show here.
Source: IMIB - MarbleTrend Magazine