Markets and Industry

 Richard Watzke info@richardwatzke.de

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.

After the crisis? Is there a mistake in the title, is this magazine out of touch with reality? But is not Spain still in the middle of the worst economic crisis in 80 years? And are not Spanish companies of all kinds still closing down on a daily basis, after 5 years, leaving huge unpaid bills?

Dmitry Medyantsev, President of Russian STONE CENTER Association

Question.- How many factories and quarries are there in Russia?

 Jeffrey Matthews stonetrade@bellsouth.net