Announcement of the closure of the Trélazé slate quarries

The group insists that deposits are now exhausted, whereas the unions concerned are contesting the decision, which, according to them, was made with profitability in mind. Local officials from the agglomeration of Angers held an extraordinary meeting on the subject on Thursday 18 December. 

Press coverage:

• T rélazé: “La fermeture est liée à l'épuisement des gisements” (Ouest-France, 25/11/2013)
• T rélazé. Ardoisières d'Angers: la CGT refuse la fatalité de la fermeture (Courrier de l’Ouest, 25/11/2013)
• Ardoisières de Trélazé: Maigre consolation, une activité sera maintenue (Ouest-France, 26/11/2013 )
• Ardoisières d'Angers: Pourquoi l'entreprise ferme-t-elle? (Ouest-France, 26/11/2013)
• Ardoisières: Le Parti communiste propose de classer le site (Ouest-France, 09/12/2013)
• Angers. Les élus de l'agglomération débattront jeudi prochain des ardoisières (Courrier de l'Ouest, 12/12/2013)
• Trélazé. Les Ardoisières bloquées toute la journée (Ouest-France, 13/12/2013)

Web documentary on the quarries and their quarrymen

Courrier de l’Ouest turns the floor over to Trélazé’s quarrymen, who tell of their lives as miners and the memories that remain with them. The photographer Christine Tourneux has also opened up her photographic archives. She spent 1998 in the depths of the mines, photographing an outstanding report for which she was awarded the young reporter’s prize at the Scoop Festival in Angers. 

On the web:

• http://www.lesdocsducourrierdelouest.com/