Vicat seeks new quarry consent

With consented reserves at Vicat’s Fétaise quarry at Bouvesse-Quirieu, France reaching exhaustion, the company has started the process of gaining authorisation for a new site to supply material to the Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant.
March 9, 2012 Read time: 1 min

With consented reserves at 684 Vicat’s Fétaise quarry at Bouvesse-Quirieu, France reaching exhaustion, the company has started the process of gaining authorisation for a new site to supply material to the Montalieu-Vercieu cement plant. The company has said that it expects its application to be successful.

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