About Us
Natural Stone Company
Founded in 2014, The Natural Stone Company is a leading Afghanistan-based producer and exporter of premium marble, onyx, and travertine. We specialize in the mining, processing, and export of natural dimension stone for residential, commercial, hospitality, and architectural projects in domestic and international markets.
Our founder and investors bring decades of experience in civil and commercial construction, design-build, and project development across Afghanistan and the Gulf Region. This industry expertise has shaped our commitment to quality, reliable supply, competitive pricing, and on-time delivery.
From quarrying and stone processing to international export, we supply Afghan natural stone to architects, developers, contractors, distributors, and stone professionals worldwide. Our goal is to showcase Afghanistan’s exceptional natural stone resources while delivering products and services that meet international quality standards.
Internationally Compliant Stone Materials
The Natural Stone Company supplies premium Afghan natural stone to domestic and international markets. Our marble, onyx, and travertine products are asbestos-free and suitable for a wide range of interior and exterior building applications. We are committed to delivering quality natural stone products that meet applicable international standards for residential, commercial, and architectural projects.
- Environmentally safe
- Free of asbestos
- Compliant with international building materials standards
Awards
Ministry of Mines and Petroleum
In April 2020, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and Petroleum awarded Natural Stone Company two mining permits for large deposits of white marble and travertine located in central Afghanistan. With the country’s new strict mining regulations, receiving these awards demonstrates Natural Stone Company’s economic and financial solidity as well as its extraordinary technical capacity in the eco-sustainable exploitation of large natural stone deposits.
Quarries
Natural Stone Company has two quarries across 4.1 square kilometers:
The Kunar-Nangarhar Marble Quarry
The Natural Stone Company vertically integrated mining and processing to ensure direct access to supply and the ability to meet scheduling deadlines of Kush Stone products. The Natural Stone Company currently operates two state-of-the-art factories that are equipped with the most advanced Italian machines and equipment for cutting and polishing. Current Natural Stone Company production capacity is 40,000 square meters of slabs and tiles per month. A third factory is in development and will enable the Natural Stone Company to increase its production capacity of existing Kush Stone products while also enable the company to offer additional specialty products.
The Natural Stone Company offers products that meet and exceed international industry standards of composition and quality. Natural Stone Company products available under the Kush Stone brand are offered at competitive prices in local, regional, and international markets. Through the company’s distribution channels, Kush Stone can ship anywhere in the world so that Kush Stone Comes Direct from Nature to You.
The Natural Stone Company continues to develop and grow with the objective to be the top dimension stone exporter from Afghanistan. Since the company’s founding in 2014, the founder of the Natural Stone Company considers the company’s greatest achievement to be the exponential growth of jobs the Natural Stone Company has created in Afghanistan, including in quarrying, processing, sales and marketing, and export operations. The company will continue to create new jobs as they grow and expand, and is committed to generating up to 1,000 direct and indirect jobs that will support long-term community and social development in Afghanistan, ranging from infrastructure to public services, in the areas where the quarries and factories are located.
- 2 Quarries across 4.1 square kilometers
- 40,000 square meter production capacity per month
- International Shipping and Distribution
Factories
The Natural Stone Company has invested in two state-of-the-art factories that are equipped with the most advanced Italian machines and equipment for cutting and polishing. They currently are developing a third factory in order to be able to increase production capacity and offer more diverse products.
A world-renowned engineering and consulting company in Italy was engaged in the planning and design of these factories. The factories were designed and built in accordance with European design- construction and environmental engineering standards in modern industrial parks located in Kabul, Afghanistan.
These factories are equipped with sophisticated stone processing machines and equipment where dimension stone blocks are cut and polished utilizing the most advanced Italian Stone processing technology in the industry. These modern production lines, which are capable of producing 40,000 square meters of finished stone product each month, enables the Natural Stone Company to offer slabs and tiles at competitive prices to world markets.