Germany 1,000 years of mining on the Rammelsberg In 1988, the German ore mine Rammelsberg ceased mining for copper, lead, and zinc after almost 1,000 years.
Germany The oldest metal headframe in Europe The iron Ottiliae head frame in Clausthal-Zellerfeld is the oldest remaining example of its type in Europe.
Wales Cable car to nowhere A cable car from 1927 is the only reminder of the Cwym Bychan copper mine in Wales.
Sardinia Mine imperium of Montevecchio In the mid-nineteenth century, the wooded no man's land around Montevecchio grew into one of the largest mining empires in Sardinia.
Sardinia Abandoned laveria Lamarmora The neo-medieval preparation plant of Lamarmora is spread over the coast of Masua in Sardinia.
Sardinia Industrial battlefield in Monteponi 150 years of zinc processing have left their mark on Monteponi, Sardinia: the earth has turned red, and the hillsides are garnished with ruins of the Miniera di Monteponi.
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Cable car for iron ores Only a dozen pylons remain of the cable car between the iron mine in Öttingen, France and the blast furnaces of Terres Rouges in Differdange, Luxembourg.
Grand Est Nature, culture and fertilizer in Alsace In 1904, potassium deposits were discovered in French Alsace. Potassium, or potash, is one of the most essential nutrients for plants, together with nitrogen and phosphorus. That is why potash was brought out en masse to make fertilizer.
Six blast furnaces you can visit today In the early nineteenth century, the industrial revolution swept across continental Europe and one steelworks after another rose from the ground. Europe had hundreds of blast furnaces, but since the mid-twentieth century, Europe's steel industry has been slowly going downhill.