I.INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS
Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations
Disclaimers
Data Interpretation & Reporting Level
Quantitative Techniques & Analytics
Product Definitions and Scope of Study
Crushed Stone
Dimension Stone
Granite
Marble
Other Stones
II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
Introduction
Table 1: Global Stone Market (2006): Percentage Breakdown of Production Volume by Leading Country - China, India, Italy, Iran, Turkey, Spain, Brazil and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Polished Marble Tiles and Slabs in Demand
Granite Industry Shifts to a High-Volume Low Margin Business
Factories Focus on Working with New Materials
Growing Use of Granite in Major Projects
Granite Turns into a Capital Intensive Industry
Regional Market Trends
Slump in US Stone Imports Prevails
US EPA Confirms Safety of Granite
Sharp Decline in Italian Exports of Marble and Granite
Italian Stone Industry Targets Lebanese Market
War Against Terror Impairs Pakistani Exports of Marble and Chromite
Indian Granite Industry Targets Domestic Market
Indian Granite Industry Requires Latest Technologies
China to Witness Growth in Countertops Market
Turkey Fails to Meet the Demand for Processed Marble
2.PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Stone – Introduction
Key Features of Stone
Durability
Grain Size
Color
Pattern
Various Forms of Stone
Unpolished Tiles
Polished Tiles
Slabs
Decorative Objects
Chips
Glance into Select Product Categories
Crushed Stone
Dimension Stone
Granite
Origin and Occurrence
Types of Granite
Uses
Technological Evolution in the Granite Industry
Marble
Formation
Types of Marble
Uses
As a Construction Material
Industrial Use
Greenstone
Limestone
Sandstone
Slate
Traprock & Basalt
3.THE UNITED STATES – A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
3a.MARKET OVERVIEW
Market Analysis
Production Scenario
Dimension Stone
Table 2: US Production Volume of Dimension Stone in Thousand Tons for the Period 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Crushed Stone
Table 3: US Production Volume of Crushed Stone in Million Tons for the Period 2003 through 2008 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 4: US Crushed Stone Market (2008): Percentage Breakdown of Volume Production by Product Segment – Dolomite and Limestone, Granite, Traprock and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
3b.EXPORT-IMPORT STATISTICS
Table 5: US Exports of Granite (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Value Exports by Destination Country - Canada, China, Italy, UK, Mexico and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 6: US Exports of Granite (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Volume Exports by Destination Country - China, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Mexico and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 7: US Exports of Marble (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Value Export by Destination Country - Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Italy and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 8: US Exports of Marble (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Volume Exports by Destination Country - Canada, Mexico, Bahamas, Hong Kong, Japan and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 9: US Imports of Worked Marble (2008): Percentage Breakdown of Value Imports by Source Country - Italy, China, Spain, Turkey, Greece, India, Israel and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 10: US Imports of Worked Granite (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Value Imports by Source Country - Brazil, China, Italy, India and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 11: US Imports of Worked Travertine (2008): Percentage Breakdown of Value Imports by Source Country - Turkey, Mexico, India, Peru and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 12: US Imports of Slate (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Value Imports by Source Country - China, India, Brazil, Canada, Spain, Italy, UK and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 13: US Imports of Granite (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Value Imports by Source Country - Brazil, China, Italy, India, Taiwan and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 14: US Imports of Granite (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Volume Imports by Source Country - Brazil, China, India, Italy, Taiwan and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 15: US Imports of Marble (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Value Imports by Source Country - Turkey, Italy, China, Mexico, Spain and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 16: US Imports of Marble (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Volume Imports by Source Country - Turkey, Lebanon, Italy, Mexico, Spain and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
3c.PRODUCT LAUNCHES
DuPont-StoneTech Unveils New Stone Countertop Sealer
Real Granite Unveils Modular Granite Systems
Easy Granite Launches a New Service
Granite Countertop Rolls Out a Quartz Countertop
G&L Marble Unveils Granite Countertop Campaign
The Artison Group Releases Artison Stone Collection With Lifetime Warranty
RealStone Systems Releases Two Veneer Wall Products
3d.STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
Cambria Enters into Partnership with Renaissance
Martin Marietta Takes over Three Cemex Quarries
GranQuartz Buys Sommer & Maca’s Stone Business
Rock Tops Granite Inaugurates a New Store
Industrial Realty Group to Buy American Stone Industries
General Shale Brick Snaps Up Arriscraft International
Fletcher Building Buys Formica
Pearlman Industries Purchases Dimensional Tools
Dixieline Lumber Completes Snaps Up Sandstone Brick
Vulcan Materials Takes Over Avery Gravel
Graniterock Announces Gilroy Plant Closure
Owens Corning Divests CFM Business
3e.KEY PLAYERS
American Marazzi Tile, Inc.
Benchmark
CaesarStone
Cambria
CCM Enterprises
Craig Baker Marble Co., Inc.
Dakota Granite Company
Dal-Tile International, Inc.
Duracite, Inc.
Precision Countertops, Inc.
RockSolid Granit USA Incorporated
U.S. Stoneworks, Inc.
Vangura Surfaces Products, Inc.
3f.MARKET ANALYTICS
Table 17: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Dimension Stone Market - Annual Consumption Figures in US$ Million for Years 2007 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 18: US Historic Perspective for Dimension Stone Market - Annual Consumption Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 19: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Dimension Stone by Product Segment – Granite, Marble, and Other Stones Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures in US$ Million for Years 2007 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 20: US Historic Perspective for Dimension Stone by Product Segment – Granite, Marble, and Other Stones Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Consumption Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 21: US 12-Year Perspective for Dimension Stone by Product Segment – Percentage Breakdown of Consumption Value for Granite, Marble and Other Stones Markets for 2003, 2009 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 22: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Crushed Stone Market - Annual Consumption Figures in Million Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 23: US Historic Perspective for Crushed Stone Market - Annual Consumption Figures in Million Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 24: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Crushed Stone Market - Annual Consumption Figures in US$ Million for Years 2007 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 25: US Historic Perspective for Crushed Stone Market - Annual Consumption Figures in US$ Million for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
III. OTHER SELECT REGIONAL MARKETS
1.CANADA
Market Overview
Export-Import Statistics
Table 26: Canadian Exports of Marble and Other Stone Products (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Value Exports by Destination Country - China, Italy, US and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 27: Canadian Exports of Granite and Other Stone Products (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Value Export by Destination Country - US, China, Taiwan, Italy, South Korea and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 28: Canadian Imports of Granite and Other Stone Products (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Value Imports by Source Country - US, China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 29: Canadian Imports of Marble and Other Stone Products (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Value Imports by Source Country - US, Italy, India, Spain, China, France and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Product Launch
Blanco Releases New Color to Silgranit Range of Stone Sinks
Strategic Corporate Development
Silver Reserve Takes Over Infrastructure Materials
Granite Canada Exports – A Key Player
2.ITALY
Market Overview
Italian Stone Industry – A Recent Past Perspective
Export Statistics
Table 30: Italian Exports of Stone Products (2006 & 2007): Percentage Breakdown of Volume Exports by Product Segment - Finished Marble Products, Marble Slabs and Blocks, Finished Granite Products, Granite Slabs and Blocks and Other Finished Stone Products (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 31: Italian Exports of Stone Products (2006 & 2007): Percentage Breakdown of Value Exports by Product Segment - Finished Marble Products, Finished Granite Products, Marble Slabs and Blocks, Granite Slabs and Blocks and Other Finished Stone Products (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Marazzi Group S.p.A. – A Key Player
3.SPAIN
Stone Industry – An Overview
Spanish Natural Stone Trade
Export-Import Statistics
Table 32: Spanish Exports of Natural Stone (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Export Revenue by Material - Marble, Slate and Granite (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 33: Spanish Exports of Natural Stone (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Export Revenue by Destination Country - France, US, UK, Germany, China, UAE and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 34: Spanish Exports of Natural Stone (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Export Revenue for Leading Spanish Regions - Valencia, Galicia, Castile-Leon and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 35: Spanish Exports of Natural Stone (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Export Volume by Destination Country - China, France, UK and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 36: Spanish Imports of Natural Stone (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Import Value by Material - Granite, Marble and Slate (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 37: Spanish Imports of Natural Stone (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Import Value by Source Country - China, Italy, Turkey, Portugal, India, Brazil and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 38: Spanish Imports of Natural Stone (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Import Value for Leading Spanish Regions - Valencia, Galicia, Catalonia, Andalusia, Basque Country and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 39: Spanish Imports of Natural Stone (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Import Volume by Source Country - Portugal, China, Turkey, India and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Product Launch
Cosentino Launches Eco-Friendly Countertops
Cosentino SA – A Key Player
4.RUSSIA
Russian Crushed Stone Market – An Overview
Table 40: Russian Crushed Stone Market (2007-2012): Production in Thousand Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 41: Russian Crushed Stone Market (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Consumption by End-Use Segment - Construction Activities, Ready-Mix Concrete, Road Construction and Reinforced Concrete (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Crushed Granite Market in Leningrad and St. Petersburg Region
Table 42: Russian Crushed Granite Market (2006 & 2007): Market Share of Leading Players in Leningrad and St. Petersburg Region (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Strategic Corporate Developments
LSR Group Commences Production in the new Granit- Kuznechnoye Plant
VB-Development-Chernozemye to build Crushed Granite Plant
5.CHINA
Market Overview
Chinese Marble Industry – An Overview
Export Statistics
Table 43: Chinese Exports of Stone (2005-2007): Export Value in US$ Million (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 44: Chinese Exports of Granite (2005-2007): Export Value in US$ Million, and Export Volume in Thousand Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 45: Chinese Exports of Stone (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Value Exports by Destination Country - Japan, South Korea, US, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 46: Chinese Exports of Granite & Related Products (2006 & 2007): Percentage Breakdown of Value Exports by Destination Country - Japan, Korea, US, Germany, Netherlands and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Strategic Corporate Developments
Shanghai Plant Set to Increase Output Capacity
Silkar Mining builds pilot plant in China
6.INDIA
Indian Stone Industry – An Overview
Impact of Global Economic Recession
Adoption of Latest Technology
A peek into Indian Granite Industry
Exports Witness a Decline
Table 47: Indian Exports of Granite (2006-2008): Volume Exports in Thousand Tons, and Value Exports in US$ Million (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Tumbling Sales and Export Realization Delays Affect Granite Industry
Quarries Hit by Global Economic Recession
Marble Industry in Rajasthan - A Victim of Recession
Rajasthan Marble Industry Opposes Increased Ceiling on Marble Imports
Strategic Corporate Developments
Floriana Group enters Branded Marble Segment
Asian Granito Expands Capacity
SVIL Mines to Open Marble Processing Unit
Oriental Trimex to Establish Processing Unit
7.PAKISTAN
Granite and Marble Industry – An Overview
Development of Granite and Marble Industry
Government Initiatives to Boost Exports
Marble Industry in Islamabad – A Key Issue
Processing of Marble Stone
Marble Wastes
Threat to Environment
Human Life at Risk
Strategic Corporate Development
Pasdec Inks MoU with Fata Development Authority
8.TURKEY
Market Overview
Turkish Marble & Granite Industry
Export Statistics
Table 48: Turkish Exports of Natural Stone (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Export Value by Country - US, China, UK, Canada, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 49: Turkish Exports of Natural Stone (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Export Value by Product Segment - Processed Marble, Block Marble, Processed Granite, Block Granite and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 50: Turkish Exports of Natural Stone (2007 & 2008): Percentage Breakdown of Export Volume by Product Segment - Block Marble, Processed Marble, Block Granite, Processed Granite and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 51: Turkish Exports of Processed Stone (2006): Percentage Breakdown of Export Value by Country - US, UK, Spain and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Strategic Corporate Developments
Gefung to Buy MTN
GEFUNG Enters into Partnership with Tawjeed
9.BRAZIL
Brazilian Stone Industry – An Overview
Dimension Stone Market
Market Trends
Export Statistics
Table 52: Brazilian Exports of Dimension Stone (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Value Exports by Destination Country - US, Italy, China, Spain and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 53: Brazilian Exports of Dimension Stone (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Export Revenue for Leading Brazilian States - Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 54: Brazilian Exports of Stone Products (2006 & 2007): Percentage Breakdown of Export Revenue by Product Segment - Finished Products and Processed Granite Slabs, Blocks and Rough Granite Slabs, Slate, Simple Finished Stones, Soapstone and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Strategic Corporate Development
Cimentos Snaps Up Two Sao Paulo Based Companies
10.MEXICO
Market Overview
Marble Production
Table 55: Mexican Marble Market (2002-2007): Production Volume in Thousand Tons (includescorresponding Graph/Chart)
Strategic Corporate Development
PebbleArt Buys Several Marble Beverage Coasters in Mexico
11.EGYPT
Egyptian Stone Sector – An Overview
12.SOUTH AFRICA
Market Overview
IV. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Total Companies Profiled: 288 (including Divisions/Subsidiaries - 299)
Region/CountryPlayers
The United States
Canada
Europe
France
Germany
The United Kingdom
Italy
Spain
Rest of Europe
Asia-Pacific (Excluding Japan)
Latin America
Africa
Middle East
