Malancourt-la-Montagne. Jaumont Quarry: “The future depends on the demand for expansion”

In Metz, it's impossible to miss. The golden, luminous Jaumont stone adorns Saint-Étienne Cathedral, the facades of the city center, and many other emblematic buildings. It is the pride of an entire region. For 2,000 years, this limestone has been extracted in the heights of the Moselle, on a site that extends over 150 hectares , from Malancourt-la-Montagne (Amnéville) to Roncourt, passing through Saint-Privat-la-Montagne and Marange-Silvange. But today, this local heritage is in danger.

"We're reaching the end of the deposit. The future depends on this extension request, which we've been waiting for for two years. It represents the hope of ten additional years of exploitation," warns Jérémy Jean, director of the Vaglio company, which operates the quarry. "There is no...

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