Key Industrial & Energy Concepts Defined
Raw Materials: Sourcing & Processing
Resources are extracted from nature and are processed subsequently by industrial activity.
Renewable Energy Sources: Inexhaustible Power
Types of energy that are constantly renewed and are inexhaustible.
Nuclear Fission: Atomic Energy Process
Nuclear fission is a process produced in the nuclear sector, forming the basis of the atomic bomb and other nuclear reactions.
Hydropower: Water-Driven Electricity
Electrical energy generated by turbines driven by the movement of water.
Industrial Activity: Raw Material Transformation
A set of processes and activities designed to transform raw materials into finished products in bulk.
Industrial Restructuring: Crisis Resolution
Policies aimed at ending industrial crises. Companies in crisis must be subject to reductions in staff and production, economic sanitation, etc.
Serial Production: Specialized Workforce
A form of production organization that gives each employee a specific function.
Company: Economic Production Unit
An economic production unit that, with legal personality, undertakes transforming activity.
Consumer Goods Industry: Direct Consumer Products
This industry manufactures goods for direct use by consumers.
Industrial Area: Defined Peri-Urban Zones
Peri-urban land areas, bounded by cadastral valuation, urban planning, business planning, etc.
Fordism: Assembly Line Production System
A production system that combines assembly lines, specialized machinery, high salaries, and a large number of workers.
Thermoelectric Power Plant: Heat-to-Electricity
An installation used for electric power generation from energy released as heat.
Petrochemical Industry: Oil & Gas Derivatives
Dedicated to obtaining chemical petroleum derivatives and associated gas.
Steel Industry: Iron Extraction & Processing
Dedicated to the extraction and processing of iron.
Metallurgical Industry: Metal Extraction
Dedicated to the collection and extraction of metals from minerals that contain them.
Basic Industry: Raw Material Transformation
Transforms raw materials into basic products.
Industrial Development Pole: Regional Growth
A point where specific state efforts are made to promote industry, aiming to foster growth in disadvantaged regions.
Sub-Sector: Raw Material Transformation Scope
An economic sector that covers activities relating to the process of transforming raw materials into finished, semi-processed, or manufactured products.