The slate market in France

Slate is a clay rock that has the property of splitting due to sedimentation. Traditionally used as a roofing material for outdoor buildings (roofs and tiles in particular), slate is also used indoors, in bathrooms and kitchens (worktops). Slate building solutions are considered very sustainable

In France, production by the mineral-extracting industries and manufacturers of building materials (concrete, mortar, plaster, etc.) is worth around 9 billion euros. Aggregates account for 68% of the total, and concrete for 27%. Public works and construction each account for half the market The global building materials market, which includes structural products such as concrete, as well as finishing products, is worth over 1,000 billion dollars. The building materials market is closely linked to the performance of the construction sector and public investment Market players in the building materials industry Saint-Gobain sorts VICAT: specialized in cement, aggregates and concrete. Ireland's HRC (Equiom) and Germany's HeidelbergCement: major players in the sector. Samse, Point P, Brocot Dépot and Chausson Materiaux, GEDEX and Tout Faire major players in French distribution Larivière and LITT, specialized in roofing materials

The French cement market is estimated at €4 billion. The global cement market, valued at around $330 billion and over 4 billion tonnes, is expected to reach $486 billion by 2029 The market is strongly dominated by China, with over 50% of world production. The market is highly concentrated and dominated by a few players. The French cement market encompasses the manufacture and distribution of hydraulic binders used in the construction of various forms of concrete structures. The market is an oligopoly of a few companies: Lafarge-Holcim, Ciments Calcia (Heidelberg groupe), Cemex, Vicat, Imerys and Eqiom. Cement manufacturing is one of the most capital-intensive sectors of the industry. In France, cement producers generate sales of around 3.5 billion euros. Production varies between 16 and 18 million tonnes. Cement is essential to the construction sector, with a market share of almost 50% in single-family homes and over 75% in multi-family housing and tertiary buildings. The French market