I.INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITION
Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations
Disclaimers
Data Interpretation & Reporting Level
Quantitative Techniques & Analytics
Product Definitions and Scope of Study
Limestone
II. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.INTRODUCTION
2.PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Limestone
Formation of Limestone
Characteristics
Physical Properties
Dimensions
Slabs
Blocks
Colors
Commercial Types of Limestone
Limestone
Slaked Lime
Lime/Quick Lime/Burnt Lime
Hydraulic Lime
Limestone Varieties
Chalk
Marble
Travertine
Tufa
Coquina
Carbonatites
Limestone Processing
Evaluation
Uses
Pricing
Prominent Limestone Deposits
Lime Overview
Lime Production Methods
Pure Limestone – A Must for High-Grade Lime Production
A Portable Heat Source
Uses
Categories of Lime-based Products
Lime Sand Bricks
3.PRODUCT LAUNCHES
Stancliffe Stone Launches New Range
Carmeuse Lime & Stone Rolls Out Premiacal Limestone
Victoria & Albert Unveils ENGLISHCAST Bathtubs
Imperial Tile Unveils New Line of Sandstone and Limestone
Limestone Recreations Launches Liquid Limestone
Lime Technology Introduces Hemcrete Blocks
T.I. Dynamic Facades Extends Aerolite Range
Bruhn Building Stone Introduces Limestone Products
4.STRATEGIC CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS
Lime Technology Acquires Hemcore
Natural Resource Partners Purchases Limestone Reserves from Blue Star Materials
Soda Sanayi to Acquire Vijenac Lukavac
Chrometco to Acquire Majority Stake in Lime-Chem
India Cements to Increase Interest in Indo Zinc
Silver Reserve Purchases Infrastructure Materials
Carmeuse Takes Over Oglebay-Norton
Linford Bridgeman Acquires Trumpers
Republic Cement and Lafarge Holdings Takes Over Certain Assets from Concrete Aggregates
Zirax to Purchase Limestone Supplier
Marifil Mines Acquires Punta Colorado Limestone Deposit
Martin Marietta Materials Takes Over Quarry Locations from Vulcan Materials
Sadbhav Engineering to Purchase Interest in Ocean Bright Corporation
Sandvik Purchases Aubema Beteiligungs
Ramsarup Industries Acquires Balasore Minerals
Readymix Purchases Limestone Mineral Reserves from Tullamore
The Andersons Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Pelleted Lime Production Facilities
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Signs MOU with Steel Authority of India
Tata Steel and Al Bahja Group Enter into Joint Venture Agreement
Atlantic Industrial Minerals Enters into Agreement with Municipal Capital
Sephaku Development Bags Limestone Mining License from Department of Minerals and Energy
National Mineral Development Corporation Obtains Approval to Mine Limestone
Reliance Natural Resources Secures Licenses for Mining Limestone
Kimtas Opens New Plant
Solvay and Carmeuse Establish Production Unit
Chemical Lime Closes Grantsville Plant
Alpha Natural Resources Sells Stake in Gallatin Material
CRH Purchases Cessford Construction
Boral Takes Over Assets and Business from Schwarz and Davis Arbuckle Materials
Ennstone Purchases Keplinger Lime
CRH Purchases H&S Whiting
Lafarge Portland Invests in Limestone Project
5.FOCUS ON SELECT PLAYERS
Adelaide Brighton Ltd. (Australia)
Atlantic Minerals Limited (Canada)
Buechel Stone Corp. (US)
Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc. (US)
Continental Lime Ltd. (Canada)
Elliott Stone Company, Inc. (US)
Fels-Werke GmbH (Germany)
Graymont Limited (Canada)
Independent Limestone Company, LLC (US)
Indiana Limestone Company, Inc. (US)
LWB Refractories Company (US)
Mississippi Lime Company (US)
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (Japan)
Nittetsu Mining Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Schaefer Kalk GmbH & Co KG (Germany)
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (Japan)
Taiheiyo Cement Group (Japan)
Tarmac Buxton Lime (UK)
Todaka Mining Co. Ltd. (Japan)
UBE Industries Ltd. (Japan)
II-A. REGIONAL MARKET OVERVIEW
1.UNITED STATES
High Calcium Limestone's Demand to Witness Robust Growth
Industrial Limestone Consumption
Limestone Deposits
Production Patterns
Some Issues Associated with Limestone Mining
Constraints for Limestone Industry
Dimension Limestone
Table 1: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Dimension Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 2: US Historic Review for Dimension Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 3: US Dimension Limestone Market (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Production Volume and Value by Product Segment for Worked Stone (Ashlars & Partially Squared Pieces, Slabs & Blocks for Construction, Flagging Stone, and Curbing Limestone, Panels, Tile, & Others), and Rough Stone (Rough Blocks for Construction, Irregular- Shaped Stone, and Rough Stones for Other Uses) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 4: US Dimension Limestone Market (2007): Percentage Breakdown of Annual Production Volume and Value by State for Indiana, Kansas and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Crushed Limestone Scenario
Table 5: US Crushed Limestone Market (2004-2007): Annual Production Volume in Million Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 6: US Crushed Limestone Market (2007): Annual Production Volume by Select State for Texas, Florida, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, and Others in Thousand Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 7: US Crushed Limestone Market (2004-2007): Annual Production Value in US$ Million (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 8: US Crushed Limestone Market (2007): Annual Production Value by Select State for Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Alabama, Indiana, and Others in US$ Thousand (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 9: Number of Limestone Quarries in the US (2004-2007) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
2.JAPAN
Japanese Limestone Production
Table 10: Japanese Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 11: Japanese Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
3.ITALY
Italian Limestone Production Analysis
Table 12: Italian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 13: Italian Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
4.UNITED KINGDOM
Production Analysis
Table 14: UK Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 15: UK Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Limestone Overview
Table 16: UK Limestone and Dolomite (Coated & Uncoated) Used as Roadstone Market (2004-2007): Annual Production Volume in Thousand Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 17: UK Limestone Market (2004-2007): Annual Consumption in Iron & Steel Industry in Thousand Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 18: UK Limestone Flux Market (2004-2007): Exports Volume in Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
5.SPAIN
Spanish Limestone Market
Table 19: Spanish Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 20: Spanish Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
6.ARMENIA
Limestone Production in Armenia
Table 21: Armenian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 22: Armenian Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
7.AUSTRALIA
Australian Limestone Production
Table 23: Australian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 24: Australian Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
8.SOUTH KOREA
South Korean Limestone Production
Table 25: South Korean Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 26: South Korean Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
9.INDIA
Limestone Industry in India
Table 27: Indian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 28: Indian Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Limestone Sales Analysis
Table 29: Indian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Sales Figures in Million Metric Tons for Years 2006 through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Imports Scenario
Table 30: Indian Limestone Market (2004-2007): Imports Volume in Thousand Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 31: Indian Limestone Market (2004-2007): Imports Value in INR Crores (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Depleting Limestone Reserves to Adversely Affect Cement Industry
10.ARGENTINA
Limestone Overview
Table 32: Argentine Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 33: Argentine Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
11.BRAZIL
Brazilian Limestone Production
Table 34: Brazilian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 35: Brazilian Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
12.CHILE
Production Analysis
Table 36: Chile Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 37: Chile Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
13.MEXICO
Mexican Limestone Production
Table 38: Mexican Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 39: Mexican Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
14.IRAN
Limestone Production Overview
Table 40: Iranian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2007 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 41: Iranian Historic Review for Limestone Market Analyzed with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2001 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
15.SAUDI ARABIA
Limestone Production in Saudi Arabia
Table 42: Saudi Arabian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Limestone Market with Annual Production Figures in Thousand Metric Tons for Years 2004 through 2012 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
II-B. REVIEW OF OTHER REGIONAL MARKETS
1.CANADA
Imports & Exports Scenario
Table 43: Canadian Limestone Flux and Other Limestone Market (2007 & 2008): Imports by Country for US, Europe and Others in US$ Thousand (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
Table 44: Canadian Limestone Flux and Other Limestone Market (2007 & 2008): Exports by Country for US, Japan, Europe and Others in US$ Thousand
2.GERMANY
Limestone & Dolomite Production
Table 45: German Limestone & Dolomite Market (2003-2006): Annual Production Volume in Thousand Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
3.CHINA
Limestone Industry Overview
4.SOUTH AFRICA
Limestone Overview
Table 46: South African Lime & Limestone Market (2004-2007): Annual Production Volume in Thousand Metric Tons (includes corresponding Graph/Chart)
III. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Total Companies Profiled: 151 (including Divisions/Subsidiaries - 164)
Region/CountryPlayers
The United States
Canada
Japan
Europe
France
Germany
The United Kingdom
Rest of Europe
Asia-Pacific (Excluding Japan)
Middle East
Africa
