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Steelmaking in France 法国的钢铁制造 Cross over Lorraine 聚焦洛林 The closure of a steelmaking plant annoys the new president 钢铁厂的关闭令新总统烦恼 AMONG the first visitors to the Elysee Palace after Franois Hollande s victory in the Frenchpresidential election last month were trade-union leaders from ArcelorMittal s steel factoryat Florange, in Lorraine. 上个月Franois Hollande赢得法国总统选举后爱丽舍宫的第一批访客中就有来自洛林Florange地区ArcelorMittal钢铁厂的工会领袖。 The region is the crucible of France s traditional heavy industry: 此地是法国传统重工业的熔炉： people have been making iron in Lorraine for more than 300 years. 人们在洛林炼铁已超过300年。 But the blast-furnace fires started to go out last year when recession slashed demand forsteel and forced Arcelor Mittal, 但是当去年的衰退严重削弱了钢铁的需求时，高炉的炉火开始熄灭， the world s biggest steelmaker by some distance, to start closing its least efficient plants. 几乎是世界最大的钢铁厂ArcelorMittal被迫开始关闭它效率不高的工厂。 | 
