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Figure 2.The Manufacture sector has twenty one industries that can be split into three groups, depending onthe intensity of their energy metabolism. Five industries have a high energy metabolism, with EMRhigher that 200MJ/hour (Figure 3); eight industries have a medium energy metabolism, with EMRlower that 200 MJ/hour but higher than 60 MJ/hour (Figure 4); and finally, eight more industries havea low energy metabolism, with an EMR lower than 60MJ/hour at any moment (Figure 5).Figure 3.Details regarding changes in specific industries with a high energy metabolism will be provided forMetallurgy and Pulp, paper and paper products industries; both have a high rate of energy consumptionper hour of human activity invested.The intensity of Metallurgy’s energy metabolism decreased until 2001 and after that it increasedsteadily (due to personnel reduction and increased production). The major component of Romania’smetallurgical industry is steel production. Between 1997 and 1999 the whole industry was almostbankrupt. The seven plants (Resita, Hunedoara, Calan, Otelul Rosu, Galati and Calarasi) had annuallosses hundreds of millions Euros. Until 2000-2001, productive capacity was drastically reduced and70