heavy industry
noun
: the production of goods (such as coal or steel) that are used to make other goods
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In the late 1920s, much of her photo work was about the robust beauty of heavy industry, and that led her to join Henry Luce’s brand-new magazine Fortune.
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 27 Mar. 2026
Norway’s Northern Lights project has started injecting carbon dioxide captured from wastewater, marking a new step in expanding carbon capture beyond heavy industry.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
That idealized story is based on real change in a region that suffered extraordinary structural decline when a century of dependence on heavy industry imploded in the 1970s.
—Christopher Briem, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Reinstate or redesign clean‑manufacturing incentives that pull forward orders, expand 48C credits to help decarbonize heavy industry, and use procurement guarantees in defense, grid hardware, and energy storage to anchor domestic volume.
—Paul S. Lavoie, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
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Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 27 Mar. 2026
Norway’s Northern Lights project has started injecting carbon dioxide captured from wastewater, marking a new step in expanding carbon capture beyond heavy industry.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
That idealized story is based on real change in a region that suffered extraordinary structural decline when a century of dependence on heavy industry imploded in the 1970s.
—Christopher Briem, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026
Reinstate or redesign clean‑manufacturing incentives that pull forward orders, expand 48C credits to help decarbonize heavy industry, and use procurement guarantees in defense, grid hardware, and energy storage to anchor domestic volume.
—Paul S. Lavoie, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Heavy industry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20industry. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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