Ornamental stones includes marbles and granites, as well as other stones with smaller commercial significance, such as slate and basalt.
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Brazil: ornamental minerals sector headcount 2017, by activity
In Brazil, the workforce in the ornamental stones sector amounted to approximately **** thousand people in 2017, out of which around **** thousand were employed in the beneficiation segment. Granite extraction generated more than eight thousand jobs in the country that year.
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Banco do Nordeste. (December 15, 2018). Number of jobs generated in the ornamental stones sector in Brazil in 2017, by activity (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 02, 2026, from /statistics/1063237/brazil-decorative-stones-sector-workforce-activity/
Banco do Nordeste. "Number of jobs generated in the ornamental stones sector in Brazil in 2017, by activity (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 15, 2018. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 02, 2026. /statistics/1063237/brazil-decorative-stones-sector-workforce-activity/
Banco do Nordeste. (2018). Number of jobs generated in the ornamental stones sector in Brazil in 2017, by activity (in 1,000s). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 02, 2026. /statistics/1063237/brazil-decorative-stones-sector-workforce-activity/
Banco do Nordeste. "Number of Jobs Generated in The Ornamental Stones Sector in Brazil in 2017, by Activity (in 1,000s)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 15 Dec 2018, /statistics/1063237/brazil-decorative-stones-sector-workforce-activity/
Banco do Nordeste, Number of jobs generated in the ornamental stones sector in Brazil in 2017, by activity (in 1,000s) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1063237/brazil-decorative-stones-sector-workforce-activity/ (last visited August 02, 2026)
Number of jobs generated in the ornamental stones sector in Brazil in 2017, by activity (in 1,000s) [Graph], Banco do Nordeste, December 15, 2018. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1063237/brazil-decorative-stones-sector-workforce-activity/
