coal industry in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for coal industry in the English»French Dictionary

coal industry N

coal industry

industrie f minière

Translations for coal industry in the English»French Dictionary

the coal/oil industry

l'industrie du charbon/du pétrole

Translations for coal industry in the English»French Dictionary

industry [Brit ˈɪndəstri, Am ˈɪndəstri] N

1. industry:

industry

industrie f

heavy/light industry

industrie lourde/légère

the catering/advertising industry

l'industrie hôtelière/de la publicité

the coal/oil industry

l'industrie du charbon/du pétrole

the Shakespeare/Joyce industry fig, pej

le filon Shakespeare/Joyce

2. industry (diligence):

industry form

zèle m (au travail)

I.coal [Brit kəʊl, Am koʊl] N

1. coal U (mineral):

coal

charbon m

a piece or lump of coal

un morceau de charbon

a piece or lump of coal attr cellar, shed, shovel

à charbon

2. coal (individual piece):

coal

charbon m

hot or live coals

charbons mpl ardents

II.coal [Brit kəʊl, Am koʊl] VB trans

coal

ravitailler [qc] en charbon

III.coal [Brit kəʊl, Am koʊl] VB intr

coal ship:

coal

être ravitaillé en charbon

IV.coal [Brit kəʊl, Am koʊl]

as black as coal

noir comme du charbon

to carry coals to Newcastle

porter de l'eau à la rivière

to haul sb over the coals inf

passer un savon à qn inf

coal industry in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for coal industry in the English»French Dictionary

industry [ˈɪndəstri] N a. form

industry

industrie f

heavy/light industry

l'industrie lourde/légère

the computer/electricity industry

les industries électroniques/électriques

the tourist industry

l'industrie du tourisme

coal [kəʊl, Am koʊl] N

coal

charbon m

Phrases:

to carry coals to Newcastle

porter de l'eau à la rivière

to drag sb over the coals

réprimander qn sévèrement

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The closure of pits also affected engineering, railways, electricity and steel production, which were all interlinked with the coal industry.

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A mining company's plans to divert a creek to dig coal beneath it points to the changing balance of power between small landholders and the coal industry.

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Steel production was no less depressed than the coal industry.

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Thousands more left the region in response to layoffs in the coal industry.

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The coal industry developed rapidly after 1870 with the onset of deep mines.

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Its advocates argued that it would open up excellent new timber country and revitalise the dormant coal industry.

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His business background over the years has been varied, including project work as a geologist, working in the coal industry and open-cast mining.

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He later became a statistician and economist for the coal industry.

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The nationalisation of the coal industry in 1946 severed the main link between the family and the area.

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After the video was made, it was distributed to thousands of journalists by a coal industry group.

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