technical progress throughout Europe affected the Norwegian mining industry. The traditional copper mines in both Røros and Løkken switched to mining pyrite (sulphur gravel), which was in demand for the [...] paint industry produced a brilliant white. Even in faraway Spitsbergen in the Arctic Ocean, coal mines were opened. Finally, Norway's most important resource provided the final, decisive push for indu
zinc ores began in Zletovo as early as 1947; iron-working commenced in Tetovo in 1952, and a copper mine in Radoviš opened soon after. A hydroelectric plant in Mavrovo on the Vardar and a lignite-fired power
groups from the USSR itself were accused of disloyalty. Prisoners were mainly used in coal and ore mines, the timber and fishing industries, and on large construction sites, such as the construction of the [...] forced prison labour was used in virtually all industries. Notorious were the open-cast lignite mines, where extremely hard physical labour was required in all weathers. But even more dangerous was work
Although this invention lightened miners’ physical labour, it introduced a new stress: noise. Furthermore, the noise of the machines often made it impossible for miners to detect the cracking sound in gallery [...] ventilation were not put into operation for purely economic reasons. Fresh air was not only needed by the miners underground, it was also necessary to reduce the levels of explosive pit gas. For this reason experiments
the kingdom of the Serbian Nemanjids. The successful silver and lead mines in Janjevë and especially in Novobërdë even attracted miners from Saxony. The present-day capital Prishtinë became a trading hub [...] A British company invested in the extraction of lead, zinc and other raw materials in the Trepça mine complex. The Sharrcem cement factory, still active today, started operations and the railway network [...] in 2008, the economic crisis worsened. Related Link WIKIPEDIA: Economy of Kosovo Mitrovica. Trepça mine Kosovo was part of the 'Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia', which disintegrated since 1991
of the largest energy producers in the socialist federation: More coal mines were built, especially the huge open-cast coal mine in Ekibastuz, natural gas production was expanded, and oil wells sprang
Beringen (B) be Mine Flamish Mining Museum Berlin (D). German Technical Museum Birmingham (GB). Museum of the Jewellery Quarter Blaenavon (GB). Iron Work World Heritage Site Blegny (B). Blegny Mine WHS Bocholt [...] Masson Mills Museum Dortmund (D). Hansa Coking Plant Dortmund (D). Zollern Mine LWL Industrial Museum Dortmund (D). Zollern Mine LWL Industrial Museum Dresden (D). Museum of Transport Duisburg (D). North [...] Krayenberggemeinde (D). Merkers Adventure Mine Norrköping (S). Museum of Work Odense (DK). Danish Railway Museum Oslo (N). Norwegian Technical Museum Ostrava (CZ). Michal Mine Papenburg (D). Meyer Shipyard Peenemünde
primarily in the vicinity of Lake Mývatn and in Krýsuvίk on the Reykjanes peninsula in open-cast mines, with Húsavίk serving as the main shipping port. The profits are said to have been breath-taking,
Development thus followed a painful, inefficient, up-and-down course. When textile fabrics, coal mines and iron works began appearing in Britain in the mid-18th century, the course of Hungary’s economy
instance, were among the pioneers in building steel ships and steamships. The ancient silver and lead mines at Lavrion, near Athens, were reopened, though interestingly with French capital. The government expanded
plant was established in Sestaponi in 1933, which forged special alloys using manganese from the mines of Chiatura. Starting in 1950, the Rustavi steelworks, the largest in the Caucasus, produced seamless
later "Départment du Nord", coal fields were discovered in 1720 - by the end of the century, the mines already employed thousands of workers. However, widespread industrialisation did not take off - poor [...] In Lorraine, the Hayange steelworks expanded and when coal deposits were discovered in 1858, new mines were built. The traditional methods of paper production around Angoulême and near Annonay were mechanised [...] process was used to eliminate the troublesome phosphorus from the "Minette" ores found there. New mines sprang up, and in 1878 construction of a huge blast furnace group began in Uckange. At the same time
resulted in more and more smokestacks shooting out of the ground and a huge increase in factories, coal mines and steelworks; villages merged ... more Textiles The thousands of rattling bobbins on the spinning
starting in 1948. The Soviet government erected a uranium enrichment facility near the oil shale mines in Sillamäe on the northeast border, transforming the one-time seaside resort into a locked-down centre
the living and working conditions of the industrial age were more or less the same, assuming that a miner in the Ruhr or the valleys of Wales dug for the same coal in a very similar way. They even migrated [...] information on ERIH membership. 19 February 2008: Founding meeting of the ERIH association Zollverein Mine WHS Essen. Germany ['ERIH' - 'European Route of Industrial Heritage'® is registered as European Union
pollution - hence the combination of the words 'smoke' and 'fog' to form 'smog'. As the number of coal mines and smelting works increased, black smoke became a widespread phenomenon in the British Isles, eventually
countries, such as Hungary, Spain and Greece, which continued to depend on agriculture while coal mines, iron works and textile factories were becoming established, slipped into poverty. By contrast, Denmark
established there, the city developed into one of the empire’s most important industrial centres. Mines and iron works were also established early on to exploit the rich deposits of coal and iron ore: centred
exploited the seemingly inexhaustible deposits in the Troodos mountains in underground and open-cast mines and shipped the ore to all the important peoples of the Mediterranean. This trade was so profitable [...] the forests of Cyprus were chopped down to smelt copper, and mounds of slag piled up around the mines at Tamassos, Soli and Skouriotissa that can still be seen today in the Troodos Geological Park. Demand [...] content, and shortly before World War I the American Cyprus Mining Company reopened the ancient copper mine at Skouriotissa. The Hellenic Mining Company mined gold and silver ore for ten years near Mitseros
