How can we describe stone industry in Masovian province? It is a difficult task because of the domination of Warsaw metropolis. Most stone works, not only in Masovia, but in the whole Poland, is concentrated there.  On the other hand, however, stone works in Warsaw are carried out by many companies from other provinces. When we speak about the market of stone companies in Masovia, we mean, most of all, Warsaw and the towns nearby, where the most prestigious projects, both for individual customers and for institutions, are carried out. But the stone companies which specialise in construction stone industry are usually located outside Warsaw. At the same time, however, Warsaw is a seat for as many as 200 hundred stone companies. Many of them are Polish-wide enterprises and representatives of foreign companies.

Autumn 2008 was the time when the beginning of the recession was announced. Stone industry in Poland was managing very well with it for more than a year. And then a strange year 2010 came... The symptoms of some changes always come first to the intermediaries – wholesalers of blocks and slabs – and this report is about them. First six months of this year brought serious changes in contracting slabs and blocks and, most of all, a huge decrease in popular stones. Before we analyse the year 2010, in order to find out the causes of the current events, we need to go several months back.