Marble has always been a passion for people who work with stone, be it architects or sculptors. It has got a wide possibility to augment the beauty and elegance of the place it is situated. The Marble industry in India has been growing ever since ages.
India is one of the principal producers of stones chiefly granite and marble in the world with a share of about 27% of the world production. The major Indian stone products are marble, granite, flaggy limestone (known locally as Kotah Stone), slate and Quartzite. India ranks third in stone exports after Italy and China, and exports include predominantly of granites and marbles. It has a well-developed stone quarrying sector along with a effervescent stone processing and service industry employing over a million people. The phenomenal escalation of stone production in India has been steered in by pervasive modernisation of technology. However, the present status can only be viewed as a jumping block for leadership in the world market.
The bulk (90%) of the Indian stone exports is by way rough granite and marble blocks and only about 10% is by way of value added or branded products. Indian stone industry and the Government have set a target of raising this to 50% over the next 5 years.
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Countries |
tons |
Shares |
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China |
9.000 |
16.5% |
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Italy |
8.250 |
15.1% |
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India |
4.600 |
8.4% |
Rajasthan is the stronghold of the Indian stone industry and is a cradle of mineral wealth. It has over 90% of the country's marble, sandstone & flaggy limestone deposits along with a major share of Granite & Slate deposits. Stone deposits are divided all over the state of Rajasthan. Marble industry in Rajasthan is very efficiently industrialized with mechanized quarries, tiling plants, gang saws etc
