S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Mining company Pettrus Minera\u00e7\u00e3o wants to sell super-exotic ornamental stones to the Arab countries. The stones sport designs and colours unlike those of classic stones used regularly in construction. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe work with consolidated quartz sandstone beds which are very rare. It is a translucent, rare stone,\u201d says Maxwell Alc\u00e2ntara, the owner of Pettrus. \u201cWe also have quartz with quartzite stones, stones combining amethyst, tourmaline and quartz, and stones that combine iron, chalcedony and agate,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n
According to Alc\u00e2ntara, the stones are extracted by Pettrus in Bahia and their added value is high. The price is not calculated per cubic metre as in regular stones, but per tonnage. The most expensive variety offered by the company, Botanic Wave, costs up to US$ 2,500 per tonne, says the businessman.<\/p>\n
Presently, 100% of Pettrus\u2019 production is sold to Brazilian customers who process them into stone sheets and resell to the United States, to Latin American countries, and to Europe. As a for instance of the overseas success of his exotic stones, Alc\u00e2ntara tells of the \u2018Estrela de Luz\u2019 (Light Star) monument, erected in Mexico City in 2010 on occasion of the bicentennial of Mexican Independence. The monument was entirely built using a variety of quartz called Cristalo, supplied by Pettrus for US$ 2,000 per tonne.<\/p>\n
To the businessman, seeking the Arab market in a direct manner is a means to boosting the company\u2019s sales without competing with its own customers. To find importers in the region, Pettrus hired a Moroccan representative and will also participate in the Big 5, the leading construction fair in the Middle East, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in November.<\/p>\n
He is looking for distributors and marble vendors in the Middle East and North Africa who are interested in his product. \u201cI believe we can have a good space in the Arab market. It would be interesting to show them our materials. There are clients who demand exclusive materials,\u201d he says. Alc\u00e2ntara believes that the Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are the countries in the region with the highest potential for selling his products.<\/p>\n
Pettrus is based in Cachoeiro do Itapemirim, in the state of Esp\u00edrito Santo. The company produces 500 tonnes of super exotic stones each month, has 15 employees and posts annual revenues of around 2.5 million reals (US$ 1.2 million). <\/p>\n
Contact <\/b>
Pettrus
Tel.: +55 28 3511-5327
Email: petrus@pettrusnet.com.br
Site: www.pettrusnet.com.br<\/p>\n
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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