coal and steel
Furnace fuel, product
Coal and steel names the heavy industries that powered industrialization—mining coal for fuel and producing steel for construction and manufacturing.
The phrase evokes an era of smokestacks and factory towns: a coal and steel region, the decline of coal and steel.
In European history, the European Coal and Steel Community (1951) was the precursor to the European Union, pooling these strategic resources to prevent future wars.
- ironElement twenty-six
- iron oreExtractable metallic mineral deposit
- pig ironUnrefined smelted metal
- blast furnaceOre-to-metal converter
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
mining · coke · blast · industry · forge · smelting · blacksmith · railroad · power · smoke · anthracite · ore · foundry · girder · ingot · locomotive · steam engine · factory
- EUEuropean Commission, European Union, Austria, European Parliament, Belgium
- Franco-GermanAlsace, Alsace-Lorraine, Alsatian, Franco-Prussian War, Rhine
- postwarrebuilding, demobilization, peace treaties, treaty signing, war reparations
- postwar GermanyWest Germany, East Germany, divided Germany, Iron Curtain, Federal Republic
- German FinanceDeutsche Bank, Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark, Reichsmark, hyperinflation
coal and steelinformation technology
Digital systems sector
knowledge economy · digital economy · service sector · intellectual property · creative industries
coal and steelrenewable energy
Self-replenishing natural power
green energy · clean technology · sustainable resources · nuclear power
coal, steel, coals, coalfield, coalfields, coalmine, coalmines, coalminer, coalminers