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Syria: production of marble, gypsum, volcanic tuff and other construction minerals, 2007–2021 (USGS)

Production of marble materials, marble blocks, gypsum, volcanic tuff, gravel and crushed rock, sand, natural asphalt and cement in Syria, 2007-2021, transcribed exactly from three USGS Minerals Yearbook chapters with their estimate and revision flags, plus the listed quarry facilities and capacities.

Syria: production of marble, gypsum, volcanic tuff and other construction minerals, 2007-2021 (USGS)

Updated 9 November 2026

Syria publishes few recent production statistics for its quarries, but the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) covers the Syrian mineral industry in its Minerals Yearbook. This table brings together the stone and construction-mineral rows of three consecutive chapters, exactly as printed.123

Production by year

Commodity 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Marble materials (kt) 369 299 270 300 300 e 80 e 80 e 90 e
Marble blocks (see note) 318 283 301 218 200 e 9 e 8 e 7 e
Gypsum (kt) 448 573 403 540 500 e 328 e 300 e 181 e
Volcanic tuff, pumice (kt) 810 901 958 910 910 e 485 e 300 e 250 e
Gravel, crushed rock (kt) 1,577 340 416 394 400 e 300 e 500 e 200 e
Sand (kt) 1,702 1,621 1,382 1,445 1,445 e 900 e 1,100 e 700 e
Natural asphalt (kt) 132 120 132 157 150 e 13 e 10 e 0 e
Cement (kt) 5,150 5,646 5,176 6,000 9,000 e 6,000 e 4,000 e 3,800 e
Commodity 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Marble materials (kt) 90 e 90 e – – – – –
Marble blocks (see note) 7 e 8 e
Gypsum (kt) 150 e 150 e 150 e 150 e 150 e 150 e 150 e
Volcanic tuff, pumice (kt) 200 e 200 e 200 e 200 e 200 e 200 e 200 e
Gravel, crushed rock (kt) 200 e 200 e
Sand (kt) 600 e 600 e
Natural asphalt (kt) 0 e 0 e
Cement (kt) 4,000 e 2,000 e 2,120 2,150 2,200 2,400 e 2,500 e

Marble blocks: thousand m² for 2007–2011, thousand tonnes (kt) from 2012. e: estimated. –: no estimate given; USGS notes that marble and stone may have been produced but information was inadequate for reliable estimates.3 Units and conversion methods change between editions, so compare years across editions only after reading the footnotes.

Listed quarries

Edition Commodity Operator Location Annual capacity (kt)
2011 Marble materials General Company for Marble and Asphalt (Government, 100%) Zobar, Lattakia, and Sabboura 90
2011 Gypsum General Company for Marble and Asphalt (Government, 100%) Ar Reqqah, Jayrud, and Lattakia 573
2011 Volcanic tuff General Company for Marble and Asphalt (Government, 100%) Quarries at Daraa, Assowaida, Al Hasakah, and Arraqah 1,000
2021 Stone, dimension, marble General Establishment of Geology and Mineral Resources (GEGMR) (Government, 100%) Quarries at Zobar, Latakia, and Sabboura 800
2021 Stone, dimension, marble Small-scale miners Quarries at Rheibah, Rif Dimashq n/a
2021 Gypsum General Establishment of Geology and Mineral Resources (GEGMR) (Government, 100%) Mines at Ar Raqqah (production curtailed since 2014), Jayrud, and Latakia 573
2021 Pumice and related materials, volcanic tuff General Establishment of Geology and Mineral Resources (GEGMR) (Government, 100%) Quarries at Daraa, As Suwayda, Al Hasakah, and Ar Raqqah 1,000

From the chapters

  • "In 2010 (the latest year for which data were available), GEGMR awarded 720 quarrying and mining licenses, of which 652 were awarded to private sector companies and 68 were awarded to public sector companies." (USGS, 2013, p. 57.1)1
  • "Small-scale private companies quarried industrial minerals that were used as building materials, such as basalt, clays, dolomite, iron oxides, limestone, and marble." (USGS, 2025, p. 64.1)3
  • "Law No. 91 of January 24, 2010, gives the General Establishment of Geology and Mineral Resources (GEGMR) the responsibility for all mining and quarrying activities in the country." (USGS, 2025, p. 64.1)3

Method and limits

  • Values transcribed from the USGS Minerals Yearbook chapters on Syria (links below) and checked against the USGS spreadsheet for 2012-2016.2
  • The 2016 chapter labels its whole table as estimated production; the 2020-2021 chapter gives no marble or stone estimate.3
  • Marble blocks were reported in thousand square metres up to 2011; from the 2016 chapter USGS converts square metres to tonnes (0.03 m³ per m², 2.56 t per m³).2
  • Information written by USGS is in the U.S. public domain; this compilation credits USGS as its source.4

How to cite

Phoenician Stone Group (2026). Syria: production of marble, gypsum, volcanic tuff and other construction minerals, 2007-2021 (USGS) (version 1.0.0) [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24108334

Sources

  1. The Mineral Industry of Syria, in 2011 Minerals Yearbook, volume III, Area Reports: International, U.S. Geological Survey (accessed 2026-11-09)
  2. The Mineral Industry of Syria, in 2016 Minerals Yearbook, volume III, Area Reports: International, U.S. Geological Survey (accessed 2026-11-09)
  3. The Mineral Industry of Syria, in 2020-2021 Minerals Yearbook, volume III, Area Reports: International [advance release], U.S. Geological Survey (accessed 2026-11-09)
  4. Copyrights and credits, U.S. Geological Survey (accessed 2026-11-09)

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