In this article, you can find the list of top Limestone suppliers and importers by company name and country. Oman, UAE, India and Malaysia are the top suppliers of Limestone in the world. For each country, we have listed top Limestone suppliers so you can contact them. List of 33 Limestone supply companies linked to their website. Known companies in the world include Srinath Enterprises (India), Global Mining CO. (Oman), and Rock Chemical Industries Group in Malaysia.
Limestone, which is composed mainly of calcium carbonate with the CaCo3 molecular formula plus impurities, is a sedimentary rock formed from the skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as mollusks and corals. Calcium carbonate is a generic name that covers abundant varieties of sedimentary rocks. In fact, in addition to Limestone, it is the main ingredient of other mineral stones like marble, gypsum, and travertine.
Types of Limestone:
Limestone can be categorized as either high calcium or dolomitic. Typically, Limestone is classified as pure high-calcium Limestone, high-quality or high-calcium Limestone, and dolomitic Limestone, which is commonly called dolomite.
Pure high-calcium Limestone is 100 percent calcium carbonate, which is rarely found in nature, and high-quality or high-calcium Limestone would contain 97 to 99 percent calcium carbonate and also 1 to 3 percent impurities.
The natural Limestone is nearly white, but according to its impurities, it has colour ranges from white to beige, cream, and the like.
Top Limestone Suppliers (exporters) by country:
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According to international trade statistics provided by the UN, in 2018, the world supply of “Limestone” exceeded $834 million ( 77 countries). It was $540 million in the previous year (according to the merchandise trade statistics of 82 countries). Largest Limestone suppliers in 2018 were: Oman(27%), UAE (27%), India (7.3%) and Malaysia (6.3%).
According to international trade statistics provided by the UN, the top exporters/importers of Limestone in 2018 were:
The world’s largest exporters of Limestone were:
- Oman – 27% of the world exports ($)
- United Arab Emirates – 27% ($229 million)
- India – 7.39% ($)
- Malaysia – 6.34% ($)
- Japan – 6.27% ($)
- Poland – 1.97% ($)
- Belgium – 1.8% ($)
- Slovak Republic – 1.79% ($)
- Spain – 1.63% ($13.6 million)
- USA – 1.55% ($)
The world’s largest importers of Limestone were:
- India – 43% of the world imports ($)
- Ukraine – 6.47% ($)
- Other Asia, nes – 6.16% ($)
- Korea – 4.32% ($45 million)
- Germany – 4.14% ($)
- Japan – 4.04% ($)
- Indonesia – 3.82% ($)
- Kuwait – 3.04% ($)
- Netherlands – 2.7% ($)
- United Kingdom – 2.65% ($)
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Limestone Suppliers/Manufacturers in India:
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Limestone Trade Flow:
According to statistics provided by the major exporters, the largest flows of exports of «Limestone flux; limestone & other. calcareous stone, of a kind used for the mfr. of lime/cement» in 2018 were:
- India to Bangladesh: (4.59% of the world exports, $38 million)
- Japan to Korea: (2.33% of the world exports, $19.4 million)
- Japan to Other Asia: (2.66% of the world exports, $22 million)
- Malaysia to India: (2.96% of the world exports, $24 million)
- Malaysia to Japan: (1.61% of the world exports, $13.4 million)
- Oman to India: (25% of the world exports, $214 million)
- Oman to the United Arab Emirates: (2.1% of the world exports, $17.5 million)
- The Slovak Republic to Ukraine: (1.54% of the world exports, $12.9 million)
- The United Arab Emirates to India: (23% of the world exports, $195 million)
- The United Arab Emirates to Kuwait: (1.91% of the world exports, $15.9 million)
We, Arij Global Trading, specialize in supplying limestone with high quality and high calcium for our clients, the specifications of which are our industrial grade and also typical grade, which are offered for your kind consideration.
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