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Energy-intensive industry and Metal products

Metal products depends on energy-intensive industry.

Energy-intensive industry (energy) and Metal products (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Energy-intensive industry → Metal products

2 of the enterprise types in Metal products depend on energy-intensive industry; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 2 enterprise types depend on it
  • 3 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Integrated steel mills and electric-arc mini-mills: among the most energy-intensive sectors (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Aluminium, copper and zinc rollers and extruders: energy-intensive rolling (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.