Smokestack industry

Smokestack industry

A smokestack industry is a basic, usually cyclical, manufacturing industry. [ [http://www.investorwords.com/4611/smokestack_industry.html "Investor Words"] ] The factories stereotypically used in such industries have flue gas stacks, hence the name, and produce a high volume of pollution. [ [http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/smokestack+industry.html "Using English"] ]

Example industries include:
*Iron and steelworks.
*Automotive industry
*Chemical industry

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