China stone market

Stone has a wide range of uses and a broad market space.

Stone industry is one of the traditional industries in the world. After being cut, polished and shaped, stone is widely used in the interior and exterior decoration of various buildings. Some data show that stone, as a building material product, has occupied a considerable proportion in the global building material output value, and this proportion will continue to expand in the next 10 to 15 years.

According to insiders, as a typical mineral resource, stone can be divided into several categories, such as marble, granite and sandstone, with thousands of varieties. Because of its scarcity, environmental protection, naturalness and high quality, it has been a special material for large-scale public building projects, middle and high-grade buildings and home decoration all over the world.

Large-scale public building projects are one of the main markets for stone materials. For example, all kinds of stones are widely used in urban roads, squares, parks, airports, subways and so on. All parts of the world are under construction, which has won broad development opportunities for stone enterprises.

High-end stone products are mainly used in high-end real estate projects. Common star-rated hotels, high-end clubs, villas and high-end residential areas all need to use a large number of different kinds of stone materials for internal and external decoration. In addition, in the global market, art puzzles, stone carvings and stone pillars are increasingly used in halls, colonnades, doorways, elevators and other parts. In particular, the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain and other traditional stone consuming countries are using a large number of high-end stone products because of their architectural style, living tradition, environmental protection and other factors.

With the improvement of living standards, the proportion of stone materials such as floors, cabinets and walls in home decoration has also increased significantly. Taking China as an example, according to the statistics of relevant departments, the application of stone in the home improvement market has accounted for 20% of the total consumption, and it has reached 30%-40% in some high-end houses, which has also driven the unprecedented prosperity of the world stone market.