Since the first Regional Plan of 1984, different actions have been instituted. 
Them tryed to reconvert the industrial basins in mutation. 
The proximity of Luxemburg, of the Saar and the opening of borders Europeans should facilitate the construction of a new region carrier of uses. 

The economic renewal submits a certain modification on the main cities and particularly Nancy and Metz. 
The two cities are very well hardback between them and optimize their complementarities. 
They share the role of regional capital. 
A project on the horizon 2000 are the constitution of a real European metropolis. 

The first activity economic Lorraine remains the industrial sector. 
She is represented by her four main sectors that are the car, coal, the textile and the metallurgy. 
The region produces the two third of the national production of coal thanks to Coalmines of the Basin of Lorraine. 
But also 30% of steel and the almost-totality of the iron ore nicknamed «pussycat» comes of Lorraine. 
After a reduction of strengths, this production concentrated on sites considered how competitive..

In Moselle, one finds facilities of UNIMETAL to Gandrange for the long products and SOLLACS for the flat products. The special steels are to Hagondange with the ASNOMETAL society. In Meurthe-and-Moselle, it is trains finishers of Longwy, the electric steelworks of New Houses and the shop of stretching of bars of torsion of Pompey. To Gandrange, it is to note the last innovation of a mill to crowns and bars. 

The Vosges confirm the presence of the industry of the clothing and the textile. 
The French production of mill and texture holds an excellent room there. 
ELF-ATOCHEM possesses the main petrochemical factory of the chemical industry. 
It is in Meurthe-and-Moselle that is the main thing of the mineral chemistry. 

The extraction of salt and its transformation in carbonate of sodium are achieved in the two factories important holdings by RHONE-POULENC to the Madeleine and SOLVAY to Dombasle. 
The most important industry in Lorraine remains the mechanical industry and the work of metals. 
Bridge-to-monsoon achieves the first transformation of metals and the industrial facilities. 

The automotive construction amplified himself of 1970 to 1980. 
A lot of under-medicated enterprises himself is there are present. 
The biggest sites of manufacture are close to Briey with RENAULT and in Moselle with the SMAE-CITROËN close to Metz. 

The traditional sector of wood keeps all its importance. The Vosges shelter several stationeries as the one of Clairefontaine. The world renown of the industry of the glass maintains himself. 
It is oriented very to the export. One can mention his famous glassworkses of Baccarat, of Christal-of-Sèvres, of Daum, Lalique or Saint-Louis. They use 2 000 glassmakers and masters glassmakers. 

In the domain of the agro-food, the transformation of milk and production of cheeses are most characteristic. Two factories of traffic jam for Contrexéville and Vittel. They are to the second and the first room of mineral waters respectively in France. 

The foreign societies invest in Lorraine. They benefit an excellent fruitfulness and a dynamic logistical basis for their exports. The proximity of Brussels, Luxemburg and Germany with Frankfort is a considerable asset. Activities remain generally varied. 
Some poles specialized. It is those of Metz in telecommunications, of Nancy in the plasturgy, of Saint-Avold in the medical or of Saint-Dié.