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Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry: For Focusing On Development Of Marble Industry

President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Muhammad Ahmed Waheed on Monday urged the government to focus on the betterment and development of marble industry, which has great potential to promote exports and help the economy to improve. He said this while talking to a delegation of local marble industry that called on him led by Muhammad Shakeel Munir, former Chairman, All Pakistan Marble Industries Association. Group Chairman Saleem Mughal, Mian Abdul Sami, Naeem […]

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Turkish natural stone sector focuses on South America

The Turkish natural stones sector, which makes $2 billion export annually, is finding new markets in South American countries such as Brazil, Argentina and Chile, the head of Istanbul Mineral Exporters’ Association (IMIB) said. The natural stones sector must diversify export destinations due to contractions in its export markets including China, Aydin Dincer told Anadolu

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Middle East and North Africa (MENA) construction boom: Saudi leads market, Egypt, Ethiopia shine in Africa

Construction activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been relatively sluggish and is forecast to grow at 3.3 percent in 2019. However, after a lacklustre 2019, construction growth in the region is forecasted to steadily improve in the next four years, to reach 4.9 percent by 2022-2023, data and analytics company

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US Finished Marble Products Imports from Italy: 2019 First Half Growth

The US is Italy’s top destination of finished marble products exports. Although China was holding the leading position in finished marble products imports by the US in the last two years, in 2019 Italy takes the lead. More specifically, during the first half of 2019, the US finished marble products imports from Italy represent 31.28%

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Karl Lagerfeld’s marble ‘architectures’ presented at New York

Beloved German fashion designer and caricaturist, Karl Lagerfeld, continues to captivate from beyond the grave with his Architectures exhibition in the US. The sculptural showcase, which was originally launched in 2018 in Paris, is being exhibited for the first time at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York, where it will be on view until

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First Half 2018-2019 Marble Blocks and Slabs Export Growth: the cases of Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal

Italy is the second largest marble blocks and slabs exporter in the world after Turkey, but still the number one in Europe. Greece comes second among European countries in marble blocks and slabs exports, followed by Spain and Portugal. These countries are the main marble producers in Europe as well and some of the greatest

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