Key Takeaways
- World natural stone industry employed over 2.5 million people directly in 2022.
- India's stone sector provided jobs to 4 million workers in 2023.
- US dimension stone industry employed 12,000 workers in 2022.
- Stone quarrying generates 20-30% dust emissions, contributing to 5% of industry PM2.5 globally.
- Water usage in stone processing averages 10-20 liters per square meter of slab.
- 70% of natural stone quarries worldwide use diamond wire saws, reducing waste by 40% since 2010.
- Global natural stone market size was valued at $62.5 billion in 2022, projected to grow to $85 billion by 2030.
- US natural stone market revenue reached $2.8 billion in 2022, with residential construction at 45% share.
- India's stone industry contributed $5.2 billion to exports in FY 2022-23.
- In 2022, global natural stone production reached approximately 3.2 billion tons, primarily from quarries in China, India, and Turkey.
- China's dimension stone production in 2021 accounted for 45% of the world's total, producing over 1.4 billion tons annually.
- India produced 1.2 million tons of granite in fiscal year 2022-2023 from over 500 quarries.
- Global stone exports totaled $28 billion in 2022, led by India and China.
- India exported $5.2 billion worth of natural stone in FY 2022-23 to 120 countries.
- Turkey stone exports reached $1.6 billion in 2022, to 150 countries.
Natural stone supports millions of jobs globally and continues expanding in value from $62.5 billion in 2022.
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