Industrial Sector – Aggregated Industries
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Table 2: Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Industry
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Energy Use (PJ) 727.4   1,565.5 1,613.7 1,525.0 1,601.9

Energy Use by Industry (PJ)
Construction 10.6   17.7 21.2 16.1 16.2
Pulp and Paper 85.4   78.3 73.5 75.3 77.8
Smelting and Refining 5.5   0.9 0.7 1.0 0.8
Petroleum Refining 71.5   83.4 83.7 76.7 67.8
Cement 11.2   11.3 11.6 11.3 13.7
Chemicals 134.1   112.2 118.0 114.1 112.5
Iron and Steel 2.0   2.7 2.8 2.3 2.2
Other Manufacturing 84.6   53.7 60.2 57.0 61.8
Forestry 1.3   1.2 1.8 2.3 2.1
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 321.2   1,204.2 1,240.2 1,169.0 1,246.9

Shares (%)
Construction 1.5   1.1 1.3 1.1 1.0
Pulp and Paper 11.7   5.0 4.6 4.9 4.9
Smelting and Refining 0.8   0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Petroleum Refining 9.8   5.3 5.2 5.0 4.2
Cement 1.5   0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9
Chemicals 18.4   7.2 7.3 7.5 7.0
Iron and Steel 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Other Manufacturing 11.6   3.4 3.7 3.7 3.9
Forestry 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 44.2   76.9 76.9 76.7 77.8
Total GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 31.0   80.8 83.8 77.7 81.5

GHG Emissions by Industry (Mt of CO2e)
Construction 0.7   1.1 1.4 1.0 1.0
Pulp and Paper 0.7   0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7
Smelting and Refining 0.3   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Petroleum Refining 3.6   4.2 4.3 3.7 3.2
Cement 0.6   0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
Chemicals 5.6   4.1 4.3 4.1 4.0
Iron and Steel 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Manufacturing 3.1   1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7
Forestry 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 16.2   68.1 70.6 65.6 70.0

Shares (%)
Construction 2.2   1.4 1.6 1.3 1.2
Pulp and Paper 2.3   1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9
Smelting and Refining 0.9   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Petroleum Refining 11.5   5.2 5.1 4.8 4.0
Cement 1.9   0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9
Chemicals 18.2   5.1 5.1 5.3 4.9
Iron and Steel 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other Manufacturing 10.1   2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1
Forestry 0.3   0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 52.2   84.3 84.2 84.5 85.9
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 42.6   51.6 51.9 50.9 50.9

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.