Six Lafarge quarries in Aquitaine receive environmental recognition

On 11 June 2010, the Lafarge quarry in Vimpelles (Seine et Marne), France, will house a ceremony organised by the National Union of Quarries and Construction Materials Industries and by the Environmental Charter for quarries.
Out of 44 members to this charter in the Paris region, 16 quarries will be rewarded for having reached the highest level in the environmental progress schedule that has been put in place. The latter is composed of 80 criteria of which 52 are major environmental indicators.

Unicem Aquitaine chairman Patrice Gazzarin is angered by the creation of a new under construction aggregate import terminal in Grattequina, south west France. The project requires a €13.7 million investment, primarily financed by local authorities. Gazzarin is quoted in Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment saying that the project, designed to receive imports from Norway and Scotland, does not make sense from an environmental or economic point of view. He states that these imports require nine time

French aggregates association Unicem has announced that Lafarge’s quarry in Fercé-sur-Sarthe, France has achieved level four standard in its environmental charter – the highest level possible. The site is the 51st within Lafarge’s French operation to gain this standard.

France’s quarry and construction materials organisation UNICEM has recognised a further four Cemex quarries as having reached the highest standard in its environmental charter.