Granite Floor
Granite floor prices
Lower and lower pricesWhile production in the granite floors industry has increased dramatically in the last decade, the decline in prices has also been impressive. Not all the decline can be attributed only to reduced costs as a result of technological improvement. ...
Granite Competition from China
The strong competition from china.China, as mentioned earlier, has become a serious factor in the world markets in granite tiles for floor especially in greys, pink and other light colours. Its fast increasing presence has sharply accelerated the trend of lower prices. ...
New granite materials
New materials all the timeMore and more new materials are appearing everywhere and all the time. New granite quarries are being opened every day of beautiful materials in Brazil, India, Africa and elsewhere. There is a lot of choice of materials nowadays of a very wide range. ...
Granite slab Warehouses
The big companies setting up own warehouses.Some of the biggest companies are setting up their own granite slabs warehouses in other countries so as to be closer to their clients and also make sales of small quantities instead of having to sell only full trucks ...
Popularity of granite
Increasing popularity of granite in major projects.One of the most positive developments for the granite industry is the greater awareness of it among the architects, and its growing popularity in major projects. ...
Payment guarantees
Increasing difficulty in obtaining payment guaranteesThere used to be a time when exporting was risk free in terms of payments because all buyers were expected to open letters of credit. Nowadays, letter of credit has practically disappeared in the United States except for granite projects and even in Germany, ...
Economic environment
Uncertain economic environment in the world.for how long?As everyone knows, the world economic environment is extremely uncertain. No one knows whether the economic slowdown in the United States and now spreading all over the world, will be for a short period of time, lasting or will last longer. ...
Brazil and India granite
Will brazil and india ever fulfill the promise?By general consensus, India and Brazil have been blessed by nature with the widest variety of the most beautiful granites. Yet, when it comes to processing facilities, their development has been way below the potential. The volatile nature of the Brazilian economy with lots of uncertainty every two years or so, has discouraged investment. ...
The China granite factor
The China factor.The market share of China granite in the international trade in granite has been steadily increasing in recent years. Will Chinese exports extend to slabs and imported materials? ...
Ornamental rocks
Consolidation of industry - mixing with other ornamental rocksEven though natural stone means marble, granite, slate etc., the reality is each of them has been almost separate worlds up to now. Their cost structure is different, but often even the markets are different. Marble is exported by some companies to almost 75 countries in the world, ...
Capital industry
A high capital industry?This article has mostly examined the industry from the point of view of processing not extraction. Some of the current trends suggest that factories, to be competitive, are being forced to invest not only in (increasingly expensive) modern equipment, but also in extraction for access to the raw materials, and, moreover, ...
Technological changes
Technological changesThis is the age of technology. Resist it and you are dead. Invest in it and there is still no guarantee of success. One can be sure that technological advances will continue to play their disruptive role in the future. ...