India as a mother lode of sandstone, holds a cornucopia of tiles, bricks, pebbles, strips, cobbles, blocks such as limestone, sandstone, granite, and quartz with myriad colors like tan, brown, yellow, red, gray, blue and white, spreading over every nook of the country. The hallmark of Indian sandstone is its quality, vibrancy and peculiarity. Indian Arenites comply with international standard and dispense exceptional evenness and uniformity. Indian stones have been marveled and used in innumerable sky-scrappers and buildings across the world.

The Indian stone industry has evolved from a small scale industry into the mining and manufacturing unit of landscape, monuments, flooring, pavement, walls stones and slabs. India in the world is among top ten mineral producing nations, has prospered considerably since independence. About 85 percent of Indian mines are operating on a small scale, rendering employment to around a half million of people. India is a chief exporter of granite tiles and slate to The US market besides marble and sandstone are also reigning supreme. Indian marble worth 12 million dollars is exported to the USA every year, Indian brown and rust sandstone is a ruling view in many famous structures and constructions.

The UK imports sandstone weighed in around 250,000 tonnes from India every year. Indian sandstone cobbles have replaced British York, that was generally used in pavements. It is not only sandstone that rules the roost in the international market but granite and limestone also follow the suit. These stones are cheaper than British equivalent. A number of places in India hold a noticeable position on global map by a reason of processing high quality sandstone is generally exported to foreign countries in a considerable volume.

Because of transformation in quarrying and processing technology, Indian sandstone made a brilliant mark in a global market. Market competition has also changed a basic feature of the industry. The finished and semi-finished stones are exported to various countries. That has also transformed the sentiment and face of the industry, earlier sandstone business aimed at high margin but low volume, but now it follows the pattern of low margin but high volume. Way back to nineties when a countable number of big factories were in position to process 10,000 square meters per month, but now considerable number of the factories have sprung up and are capable enough to process 50,000 square meters per month. Descent in Italian dominance over sandstone and granite industry. Most of the granite factories in Italy shut down because of outdated processing technology and for want of modern machinery. All that has helped India significantly in strengthening its base in the global market.