In the space of two decades, La Vieille Montagne zinc enjoyed unprecedented growth. It was the ideal material to meet the needs of Baron Eugène Haussmann, who would use it
Refining zinc, an unlikely idea! It all started at the end of 1805, in the French region of Ourthe, which corresponds more or less to the present-day territory of Wallonia
A visionary: François-Dominique Mosselman detected a highly promising market! In 1794, François-Dominique Mosselman opened a banking house in Paris, whose business grew rapidly. He then lived between Brussels and Paris.