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The four challenges of international trade for 2022

International trade is at a crossroads. Following the 2021 crisis with multiple bottlenecks, market analysts speculate that supply chains will not face the same...

The mining industry enters its most important decade

The international mining industry is facing arguably "its most important decade" as the world starts the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, the...

World economy to top $100 trillion in 2022 for first time

The world’s economic output will exceed $100 trillion for the first time next year and it will take China a little longer than previously...

Comparison of Italian marble, granite, and ceramic exports in the nine months 2021

Italy's marble, granite and ceramic exports recorded a different recovery rate in the first nine months of 2021 compared to 2020. Statistics show that...

The Architect Show 3: Total success for Greece’s only networking architecture event

On the 11th and the 12th of December, The Architect Show 3, at the Metropolitan EXPO, was the central gathering place for architects, engineers,...

Saudi industry, finance ministries prepare mining fund regulations

The Saudi Ministry of Industry said work is underway with the Ministry of Finance to prepare regulations for a mining fund to support the...

China’s marble blocks and slabs and granite imports in the first nine months of...

China's marble blocks and slabs and granite imports hit a five-year high in the first nine months of 2021. In contrast, China's marble imports,...

Portuguese quarry hands UNESCO a piece of history

A 460-million-year-old fossil has been donated to UNESCO in a ceremony that celebrated the owner of the quarry in which it was found and...

Julie Chaida: “I believe that, to the public perception, marble has a splendour…”

The Architects Talk, part of the 3rd Architects Show, took place last weekend. Leading names in architecture and marble industries attended. Among the guests...

Turkey’s marble exports in the nine months of 2021

With exports exceeding $ 1.4 billion in the first nine months of 2021, Turkey's marble exports have already covered 89% of the total 2020...