Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

en foretage

English translation:

mining / excavating rights

Added to glossary by Allan Jeffs
Apr 12, 2006 17:04
18 yrs ago
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French term

en foretage

French to English Other Other
Refers to quarrying of pottery clay:

"XXXXX exploitent cinq carrières de différentes argiles ferrugineuses et une de sables argileux (Cham-biers), situées dans un rayon d'une quinzaine de kilomètres (voir fi-gure 1). Une seule est exploitée en foretage, les autres sont la propriété de la société."
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 mining / excavating rights
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Discussion

Robin Hardy-King (asker) Apr 12, 2006:
Typo? Looks like it. Not by me though. :)
Allan Jeffs Apr 12, 2006:
Typo Robin?
Domaine(s) : - industrie minière


français

fortage n. m.


Définition :
Droit d'exploitation d'une carrière cédé par un propriétaire à un exploitant moyennant une redevance sur les quantités extraites.

Proposed translations

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mining / excavating rights

"en fortage"

The quarry is leased to the contractor who has ownership of what is excavated.
Peer comment(s):

agree Brigitte Albert (X)
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Thanks Brigitte
agree Jean-Luc Dumont : Contrat de fortage :. Droit d'exploitation d'une carrière cédé par un propriétaire à un exploitant carrier moyennant une redevance.
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Thanks again
agree Bourth (X) : Except that I know it as "forEtage", corroborated by Lexis, "redevance payée au propriétaire du terrain à l'occasion de l'exploitation d'une carrière"
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foretage - right to use the quarry

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Note added at 55 mins (2006-04-12 18:00:25 GMT)
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or *excavation rights*

I agree with Allan Jeffs too.
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variations

As I say, I know the spelling with the middle E.

From my notes :

Foretage Royalties; Mineral permissions [CJ,18.8.94,p3], mineral planning rights, quarry planning permissions [CJ,25.8.94,p8, p17

[CJ being a weekly magazine, Construction Journal]
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