Heavy industry

Heavy industry is a collective term for mining, iron and steel industry and mining as well as the " heavy chemistry." In a broader sense, it refers to other basic industries.

The rise of heavy industry began with the industrial revolution. In particular, the high steel and coal requirements of the railway and shipbuilding and, in the early 20th century, the defense industry has led to the flowering of heavy industry from the late 19th century to the end of the Second World War.

After the Second World War, the economic focus shifted in the industrialized countries in the consumer goods industry and the service sector. This resulted in the centers of heavy industry, such as the Ruhr area to considerable social problems due to the high unemployment due to the closure of many businesses.

Major centers of heavy industry, including Germany, the Ruhr area, in Belgium, the agglomeration Charleroi, Differdange in Luxembourg and large parts of northern Lorraine in France.

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