France

Sculpture outside the steelworks at Florange. ArcelorMittal have closed the blast furnaces at this site but retained the mills which now roll billets brought from the Tata plant at Scunthorpe in the United Kingdom.

The Carling coke works in Forbach, Lorraine, is in the foreground and off to the left. Opened in 1910 it closed in 2009 and is currently being dismantled. The 1,873 MW Emile Huchet power plant behind is operated by EON and comprises 3 coal fired units 115 MW (unit 4), 330 MW (unit 5) and 600 MW (unit 6) and 2 CCGT units (414 MW each for units 7 and 8).

Products and equipment illustrated on the frontage of the offices at Florange steelworks.

Hot work on the slag tipping area at the ArcelorMittal integrated steelworks at Dunkerque. The plant produces more than 6 million tonnes of steel per year.

Large telescopic gasholder at the ArcelorMittal steelworks in Dunkirk.

This colliery in the Lorraine coal basin was sunk from 1904 and the first coal was wound in 1907 (Shaft 1 on the left). Sinking shaft two commenced in 1908. It was the last mine in the eastern sector when it was abandoned in December 1997. The site is now a national monument although you wouldn't guess from the state it is in.

This is a former mine of the Houillères de Lorraine. Sinking commenced here in January 1908 to a depth of 1,037 metres. The colliery stopped working in 1972, was reopened in 1976 and finally closed in 1986. The headframe is registered in the additional inventory of historic monuments.

Shaft sinking commenced here in 1929 using the freezing method to pass through wet ground. Production commenced in 1933. Winding coal here ended in 1966 but the site continued in use for ventilation of other pits in the area. In 1991 a new headframe was constructed and the shaft deepened to 1289 metres.

Three blast furnaces at the ArcelorMittal integrated steelworks at Dunkerque. The plant produces more than 6 million tonnes of steel per year.