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US and China sign deal to ease trade war

The US and China have signed an agreement aimed at easing a trade war that has rattled markets and weighed on the global economy. Speaking...

How the coronavirus outbreak affects Turkey’s mining sector

The impacts of the coronavirus outbreak on the natural stone and mining industry are also being monitored closely, as Turkey exports natural stones to...

Ugandan president commissions 13 million USD Chinese marble factory

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned a 13-million-U.S. dollar Chinese-owned marble factory in the remote northeastern part of the country.Museveni, according to a State...

World first geologic map of the moon released

The United States Geology Survey has provided a comprehensive and uniformly classified geologic map of the lunar surface for the first time. The extensive geologic map of...

United Kingdom’s finished marble and granite products import growth: 1st quarter 2020

Since the beginning of this century, the United Kingdom’s demand in natural stones has followed an upward trend, with the exception of the time...

South Korea’s finished marble and granite products import growth: January to April 2020

Following our previous report on South Korea’s finished marble and granite products import growth during the 1st quarter of 2020, Stonenews.eu, after collecting, studying...

Fitch Solutions report: Pandemic to accelerate industry automation

While the industry is currently in a recovery mode, covid-19 will have a profound long-term impact on the commodities sector by amplifying and accelerating...

IMF: The economics of lockdown

Government lockdowns are contributing considerably to the recession, according to new research by the IMF in their latest World Economic Outlook. Vulnerable groups,...

“Linked port” project to commence in China’s Greater Bay Area

In a pilot trial 200TEU were imported and exported between the Shekou and Shunde ports and the new technology reduced import and export-related logistics...

Key elements of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment

The cumulative EU foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from the EU to China over the last 20 years have reached more than €140 billion....