Slate---a strange word for ordinary people---is getting more and more popular and has become the very best choice of more and more families and world famous architects and designers. From the splendor of old cathedrals to the modern comfort of private villas and five star hotels, slate is really the natural and the best choice for a broad spectrum of building and decoration. In both cut and random shapes, in various colors and thickness, and in rough ,smooth or natural cleft surfaces, slate satisfies virtually any architectural or interior and exterior design vision. It is ideal for an unlimited range of applications from roofs to flooring and paving, from wall cladding to artistic and decorative treatments. This kind of natural stone has been chosen by history’s most skilled crafstmen for its natural beauty, strength and durability. Today, slate speaks of prestige, style and permanence. No other materials, natural or man-made, including the most beautiful marbles and granites, can offer the building and insulation so much natural superior qualities available from slate. If we say marble and granite are two noble city ladies with heavy make up, natural slate is the unique countryside virgin with her own special charm of nature, primary, purity and simpleness. This just coincides with modern people’s desire of returning to great nature. Why don’t you try to taste the special flavor of our countryside virgin?

Chinese Natural Slate is exploited from the metamorphic rock quarries formed about 300 million years ago which started as a sedimentary deposit of mudstone. Through the long period of action of burial, compression and heat, the composition is changed to a more crystalline material with laminar features, a quartzite may even be formed in extreme conditions. The laminar property enables the material to be split into parallel sheets, providing a natural riven surface. This is really wonderful! Slate is chiefly comprised of quartz and illite, with mica, calcite, and minor quantities of other various minerals. Slate can be put into three big categories: Quartzite slate, Sandstone slate, and Ordinary slate. Slates vary in color, most commonly seen in black, gray, red, purple and green. Red color is due to the presence of Hematite, while green colors are due to Chlorite. Gray and black are due to carbon or graphite. Shades of red (purple) and tan are related to varying amount of iron oxides. Slate is with hard quality and bright colors, and its special layer structure surely results in its high bending strength, anti-pressure, wearproof and corrosion-resisting. In addition to the traditional slate colors of black and grey, slate is now supplied by Xinle Foreign Economic & Trade Corporation managed by Mr Cui Xiaoguo, in a large range of different colors, including rusty, red, green, purple, yellow, pink, white etc,totaling over 36 natural colors. We have the biggest slate production base in Asia, and our slate has been exported to many advanced countries over the world.

The unmatched quality of Chinese natural slates supplied by Mr Cui Xiaoguo of Xinle Foreign Economic & Trade Corporation is as flwg:

***Unsurpassed Protection:

--- Outstanding insulation from both heat and cold.

--- Resistance to acid and pollutants.

--- A fireproof building material.

--- An impermeable barrier to water.

--- A highly slip-resistant material.

***Strength and Durability:

--- Long life and durability.

--- Resistance to chipping, cracking and abrasion.

--- A long life and fireproof roofing material.

--- High strength building and decoration material.

***Beauty and Selection:

--- The warmth and elegance of a natural stone.

--- Availability in over 36 different colors, including red,pink,
green,white,black,grey,purple,yellow and earth tones etc.

--- A wide variety of shapes and sizes, including 30x15,30x20,
30x30,30x60,40x40,60x60cm tiles for flooring and walling, as
well as large irregular(random) slates for paving and 8x12,
8x16,10x16cm tiles for roofing.

--- Large sizes in 65x120cm,85x150cm or 100x100cm for tabletops,
countertops and vanities, or rectangular sizes for steps.

--- Special shapes and sizes can also be supplied according to
customers’request for their special applications.

In our website, you will find lots of beautiful photos of our slate tiles and buildings decorated with our slates. But some of the colors and tones are not true to life, and so they are subject to the real samples and our final confirmation. We cordially welcome you come to visit our factories and hope to do some business with you.