The award presentation ceremony of the All India Stone Architectural Awards  2009 (AISAA 09) was held on 18th December, 2009 at SMS Convention Centre, Jaipur

Keeping its growing momentum intact in this slow-down situation of global economy, STONETECH 2010 SHANGHAI has already been booked

Among several events organised in China, XIAMEN STONE FAIR has a distinction for offering the best from the stone and machinery industry

Aiming at showing diversity of Brazilian ornamental stone and at encouraging its use VITORIA STONE FAIR 2010 is scheduled to take place from February 23–26, 2010 at Vitoria, Brazil

With the construction of Akshardham Metro Station built near Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple, New Delhi using world famous Dholpur sandstone, the undisputed utility and charming beauty of the material

The 9th edition of STONA, India's premier international exhibition, will be held at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bangalore, India. Looking to the growth of STONA

The trend of high-rise buildings or towers is fast catching up in India. Though it began in 1909 with the construction of Metropolitan Life in New York, USA

Though entire Europe is a big market showing continuous massive demand

When construction industry all over the world is struggling to regain its strong position held before the economic slowdown set on in 2008, countertop demand continues.  Countries such as Brazil, China and India continue to build large volumes of modern housing units each year to accommodate the needs of their growing population, so the demand for countertops is estimated to touch 341 million square meters in 2013 i.e. a rise of 3.3 per cent annually.  Remodeling market accounts for the larger share of global countertop sales.

The Asia Pacific region, the largest market, accounted for 43 per cent of global countertop sales in 2008.  Out of this China alone shared for nearly half of the sales.  India also posted stronger gain in countertop sales in lieu of additional modern housing to accommodate its population's needs.

North America was the second largest regional market in 2008, accounting for 19 per cent of global sales.

Brett. S. Rugo has been chosen as the new president of the Marble Institute of America (MIA)

According to the American scientist Michael Williams, a new method has been developed by geologists at the American University of Massachusetts

Anything distinguishingly different is likely to make news, and so is the case with Emirates ,which has hardly shown impact of recession on its construction sector

Slate is a fine grained metamorphic rock, defined commercially as layered stone that can be split into slices of thickness

INTRODUCTION
Pakistan, the sixth, largest country in the world in terms of the resident population and a land of rich natural resources is a growing country

Today new mobile hydraulic drilling machines are bringing a revolution in improving granite quarrying. The leading champion of this technology is Perfora's Girodrill 200 hydraulic mobile drilling unit

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