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    French engineer and businessman who, with his brother, founded the Compagnie des eaux de Paris doing a period of great stock market speculation under Louis...
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    area in 1734. The company of the mines of Anzin (Compagnie des mines d'Anzin) was created in 1757. In 1884 these mines were visited by Émile Zola, who...
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    entity, "Compagnie des mines", started to extract coals in 1833. The commune was officially established June 24, 1856. as Montceau-les-Mines, a community...
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    Saint-Chamond (tank) (category Forges et Aciéries de la Marine et d'Homécourt)
    from the commune of Saint-Chamond where its manufacturers Compagnie des forges et aciéries de la marine et d'Homécourt (FAMH) were based. Born of the commercial...
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  • 1885, then the École des mines de Paris from 1885. He became a member of the Corps des mines, and worked for the Corps des Mines in Moulins, then Angers...
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    Taoudenni (category Salt mines in Mali)
    of the ksar; in the 1950s the active mines were located in an area 5 km from the ksar, while the current mines are at a distance of 9 km. In 2007-2008...
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    After the LBSCR came to a co-operation agreement with the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'État Français, she transferred to their fleet under a French...
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    galleries were supported with wooden pit-props. The Compagnie des Mines de la Grand’Combe et des chemins de fer du Gard was formed in 1836 by Paulin Talabot...
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    Bagotville until 1910. The Compagnie de Pulpe de Chicoutimi created an affiliate in 1909, the Compagnie de chemin de fer de la Baie des Ha! Ha!, to build a railway...
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    a coalmine sunk by the Coalmines Compagny of Anzin ( in French : Compagnie des mines d'Anzin). Afterwards, some houses built and alien labour forces from...
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    7⁄8 of the output from the Compagnie de Stiring, paying below market prices. Charles de Wendel and his partner Théodore de Gargan founded the city of...
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    Gnassingbé Eyadéma (category Recipients of the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures)
    to nationalize the important phosphate mining company, the Compagnie Togolaise des Mines du Bénin (CTMB or Cotomib). His C-47 was replaced by a new presidential...
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    Strasbourg (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    which opened in 1994 and is operated by the regional transit company Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS), consisting of 6 lines with a total...
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    July 2020 Compagnie méridionale de navigation (CMN) – Official Website Moby Lines – Official Website "89% des corses opposés à l'indépendance de l'île" [89%...
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    Togo (category Member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie)
    from 1997 to 1998. Between Hahotoé and the port of Kpémé, the Compagnie Togolaise des Mines du Bénin (CTMB) operated phosphate trains. The following are...
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  • is not known with certainty, devastated a coal mine operated by the Compagnie des mines de houille de Courrières (founded in 1852) between the villages...
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    Tunisia has thus fallen from seventh in the world to tenth. The Compagnie des phosphates de Gafsa had its own private railway line until 1966, on the basis...
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    French rail network was operated by the Compagnie des chemins de fer du Nord (Nord), the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est (Est), the communauté d'intérêt...
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  • List of privatizations by country (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    (1998) Arcelor (1995) Assurances Générales de France (1996) Groupe Bull (1997) CNP Assurances (1998) Compagnie générale transatlantique (1996) – merged...
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    Vichy's economy is centred on the tertiary sector, with companies like the Compagnie de Vichy developing the health and well-being sector to mitigate the decline...
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    Nantes (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    École centrale de Nantes (mechanical and civil engineering), Polytech Nantes (digital technology and civil engineering), École des mines de Nantes (now IMT...
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    Eleven pits were owned by the Aniche Mining Company and three by the Compagnie des mines d'Azincourt (Agincourt Mining Company). In the early 12th century...
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    UNESCO official Georges Nagelmackers (1845–1905), founder of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits Hubert Naich (16th century), composer Jacques Ochs...
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  • Goffic [fr]" (Compagnie de Fusiliers Marins "le Goffic") Marine Fusiliers School (Ecole des Fusiliers Marins) Marine Fusiliers Company (Compagnie de Fusiliers...
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  • Infantry Fighting Vehicle CIG - Cannon Interface Gear CILAS – Compagnie Industrielle des Lasers CINC – Commander In-Chief CINCAFCOM - Commander-In-Chief...
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    Steve Hanke (category Colorado School of Mines faculty)
    adviser to the French water companies Compagnie Générale des Eaux (now Veolia Environment) and Compagnie Lyonnaise des Eaux, as well as to the engineering...
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    this endeavour, he signed a contract with Mirabaud, and his Compagnie française des mines de Bor was established on 30 September 1903 in Paris. On 27 March...
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    édifiés le long de la ligne impériale (La Compagnie du PLM : les gares de l'architecte Jules Bouchot)". Revue d'histoire des chemins de fer (38): 59–71...
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    problems with its electricity supply. Alcoa is a major owner of the Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée through Halco Mining, together with Rio Tinto Alcan and...
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    October 1, to be purchased at the students' expense from Compagnie industrielle ouanguienne des textiles, a textile manufacturer owned by the family of...
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