Anadolu Daglari Madencilik to invest up to $20mn in Kahramanmaras

Representatives from more than 120 companies and associations active in fields involving natural stone and machinery for quarries and building sites in Italy, Egypt, China, India, Turkey, Russia and Poland were meeting today in Cairo for the first day of MS Marmomacc Samoter Africa and Middle East.

The debuting four-day Veronafiere event aims to promote contacts between 120 exhibitors and a qualified audience of designers, construction companies, distributors and hire companies from the African cont

Cement production in the Middle East can be split into two different markets - the oil-rich nations and the population-rich ones. MENA region cement industry expert Amr Nader says huge government-funded mega-projects are generating materials demand in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, while the need for housing is driving private sector-led initiatives in Egypt, Morocco and Algeria.

The world marble-natural stone sector in 2014 continued its growth trend for the fifth consecutive year (+3.85% over the previous year), according to the XXVI World Stone Report edited by Carlo Montaini for publisher Aldus.

The Report states that 2014 saw total world marble-natural stone output in excess of 100 million m³, equivalent to 80 million tonnes gross (net of quarry waste) and 1.5 billion m² of equivalent products at the conventional thickness for a slab of marble of 2cm.

The XXVI World Ston