Vicat S.A., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of cement, ready-mixed concrete, and aggregates for construction industry. The company offers artificial cements, natural cements, and hydraulic road binders for use in housing, bridges, tunnels, and situations where the concrete is subject to aggressive environments. It also provides a range of aggregates, including alluvium or rock, and river or crusher gravel and sand; ready-mixed concretes comprising decorative, self-leveling, self-consolidating, road, architectural, and civil-engineering concretes; and premixed mortars and finishing products, such as adhesives, surfacing compounds, and premixed mortars for floors and tiling, walls, thermal insulation, and masonry and building structures. In addition, the company is involved in high-speed rail lines, motorway bridges, nuclear power plants, and airports construction works; and manufacture of large and medium-sized kraft bags and paper products. It operates in France, Switzerland, Italy, the United States, Brazil, India, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Egypt, Senegal, Mali, and Mauritania. The company was incorporated in 1853 and is headquartered in L'Isle-d'Abeau, France.
Rare earths may be a sliver of the global metals market, but they punch far above their weight. These obscure elements are the invisible wiring of modern life.
The market is up 1.1% over the last week, with the Consumer Discretionary sector leading the way, up 4.7%. In the last year, the market has climbed 4.4%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 12% per annum. Market details ›