Vitoria Stone Fair | Marmo+mac Latin America 2017 will take place from 6 – 9 June 2017, in Espirito Santo – Brazil
The Portuguese Natural Stone industry
A short updated summary Portugal is an old and important natural stone producer and exporter – 380 M USD in 2015 (roughly over 70% of it as finished products) being, on a per capita basis, the largest world exporter. The country’s stone exports have a high added value, its average price being one of (if … Continue reading The Portuguese Natural Stone industry
Quartzite block loading in Minas Gerais (Brazil) quarry
Going to PDAC – meet and talk
A last minute decision – I am traveling to Toronto to attend PDAC 2016. It’s the perfect place to meet and talk: Angola, Mozambique, Brazil and Portugal, diamond and other gems, Nb-Ta and other pegmatite minerals, tungsten, gold, ferrous and base metal deposits, industrial minerals, natural stone. Challenges and opportunities. Where and when can we … Continue reading Going to PDAC – meet and talk
Pedra Natural 2015 – Competitividade das empresas portuguesas: Inquérito
Continuando a iniciativa desenvolvida em 2013 e 2014, a Sínese em associação com a ASSIMAGRA e, a partir deste ano, com o CEVALOR, lança agora a versão de 2015 do estudo da competitividade das empresas portuguesas do sector da Pedra Natural. Quais os principais problemas que a sua empresa enfrenta? A atividade da sua empresa … Continue reading Pedra Natural 2015 – Competitividade das empresas portuguesas: Inquérito
Portuguese marble: color and textural variation
Marble is a natural stone type extracted, processed and used in monuments, buildings and pavements in Portugal for millennia. Portuguese marble is used all over the world; in Portugal, at least since Roman times. Small samples (and photos) hardly capture the full variation range of color and texture of natural stones. Even so, the picture above … Continue reading Portuguese marble: color and textural variation
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