Marble Institute of America: Industry and Professional Resources

Granite Information

Over 50% of the granite and marble used in countertop applications is imported. Surprisingly, imported granite cost per ton has decreased since its peak pricing in 2001.

Mineral Industry Survey-Dimension Stone (United States Quarried Granite Information) production, import and export data http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/stone_dimension/
Stone World Magazine Natural Stone import and export data by country, US dollar amount and tonnage http://www.stoneworld.com/CDA/HTML/ a8142955339b7010VgnVCM100000f932a8c0____
Basics/Mines, Harold A. Taylor Jr., offers US and world sales related demand and price indices for dimension stone. www.basicsmines.com
Ceramic Tile and Stone Consultants provides statistics on stone and ceramic tile sales. www.ctasc.com
IMM Carrara supplies statistics concerning the production and sale of natural stone materials, both raw materials and finished products, in Italy and abroad. http://www.stat.immcarrara.com/eng-site/studi/studi-dati.asp
National Building Granite Quarries Association provides architectural, ASTM and GSA specifications and color classifications for North American quarried granite. www.nbgqa.com
Stone Business presents content and resources from Stone Business magazine, a monthly publication catering to stone fabricators and building professionals that design, fabricate and install natural stone and stone tile for high-end residential and commercial building. www.stonebusiness.net
Stone Network is a business to business portal (B2B) with many links for data basis, stone testing, images, suppliers, etc. http://stone-network.com/
Stone World magazine publishes a State of the Industry in their January edition.
Stone Report offers international news relating to the natural stone industry. www.stonereport.com
Black Granite — there are many myths and marketing misinformation surrounding this material name. Black is popular, black looks great, black is more expensive. Absolute Black granite has almost become the de facto standard for kitchen tops. Find out more about this ubiquitous stone at: http://eurasian.com/info/2004/week01.html and http://www.litosonline.com/articles/68/ar6802e.shtml