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Final 20 artists selected for Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium

Following an overwhelming response to Riyadh Art’s open call for submissions, the final 20 sculptors have been selected for the 3rd edition of the...

Turkey’s marble exports to Saudi Arabia have been reduced to zero

How much has the unofficial boycott of Saudi Arabia affected Turkey's marble exports?Despite efforts to restore strained relations between Ankara and Riyadh, the months-long...

A different Marmomac…

The restart of the big and open events of the stone market is marked in the best possible way. Hundreds of companies and thousands...

RCEP: World’s largest trade deal will come into force in January

RCEP groups the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations – Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand...

Saudi Arabia launches National Geological Database

The Saudi Geological Survey has launched the National Geological Database to mark the authority’s end of the year meeting.The initiative, which aims to contribute...

IMF: Global Shipping Costs Are Moderating, But Pressures Remain

Shipping costs soared over the past year as consumers unleashed pent-up savings to buy new merchandise while the pandemic continued to snarl the world’s...

Empty container avalanche predicted to cause chaos

When global supply chains snap back to some form of normality – widely tipped to be in the second half of the year –...

Germany’s imports of processed marble, granite, and ceramics in 2021

In 2021, a five-year high was registered in Germany's processed marble, granite, and ceramics imports. Specifically, the record was observed in the value and...

Xiamen launches BRICS event to further deepen economic, trade cooperation

As a city that hosted the ninth BRICS summit in 2017, Xiamen in Fujian province launched a serial event on April 28, aiming to...

China accounts for 30% of global manufacturing output

China accounted for 30 percent of the global manufacturing output in 2021, marking an increase from 22.5 percent in 2012 as the industry grew...