Sale of the marble company Bar, in France

After 40 years in the "Bar House", the family business created by his grandfather both stonemason and sculptor Guillaume in 1929, taken over by his father, Pierre, and his mother in 1959, and by herself Since 1992 and their retirement, Nadine Bar says "sell with confidence and relief his business funeral-funerary funerary chamber Funeral Chambéry Chambéry and Associated Commons Chambery (PFCCA). Nadine Bar will continue to advise in the 400 square meter store in Modane, just as the headmaster of Mauritian private operator Jérôme Gazzino keeps his prerogatives at the workshop. In spite of the repurchase, the Modan society keeps its name of "funeral of the Vanoise", under which it is well identified in the valley.

Portugal: A landslide causes at least 5 deaths near a marble quarry

A landslide in Portugal destroyed part of the road that ran along marble quarries and caused the death of d

WEAKNESSES A landslide resulted in the death of 5 people in southeastern Portugal, four more are missing. The damage is impressive: a road was partially destroyed.

At least five people were killed on Monday following a landslide that partially destroyed a road running through a marble quarry in southeastern Portugal, emergency services said. Four others were missing.

"The 5 casualties are quarry workers who were in this area during the landslide," José Ribeiro, commander of the Evora District Civil Protection, told the media.

According to the medical emergency service (Inem), the four missing persons were on board "two civilian vehicles" traveling on the road that collapsed into a "50-meter deep" crevasse.

The vehicles would have fallen into a basin formed at the end of the quarry, making it difficult to search for missing persons.

The region of Borba, located some 200 kilometers east of the capital Lisbon, is renowned for its many marble quarries since ancient times.

CTMNC Technical Day Wednesday 03 April 2019

We are pleased to inform you that the CTMNC is organizing its 12th Technical Day on Wednesday 03 April 2019 at SNROC (3, rue Alfred Roll - 75017 Paris) on the theme:

"Prescribe well in natural stone"

The program and a registration form will be available soon.

Please note in your diaries this date of Wednesday 03 April 2019, come and let us know!

Rocalia 2019: The halls fill up in Lyon.

We are now at one year from the opening of the second edition of the Salon Rocalia, natural stone show to be held in Lyon (3-5 December 2019) and the exhibition space has been filled in recent weeks . The success of the first edition led many exhibitors of 2017 to renew their participation, very often by increasing their booth space. Many others who were there in 2017 are also being renewed and new ones have slipped into the collective.