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Factors responsible for their location in the Mineral-based Industries Hugli basin are: proximity of the jute producing Industries that use minerals and metals as raw areas, inexpensive water transport, supported materials are called mineral-based industries. by a good network of...

Factors responsible for their location in the Mineral-based Industries Hugli basin are: proximity of the jute producing Industries that use minerals and metals as raw areas, inexpensive water transport, supported materials are called mineral-based industries. by a good network of railways, roadways and Can you name some industries that would fall waterways to facilitate movement of raw in this category? material to the mills, abundant water for processing raw jute, cheap labour from West Iron and Steel Industry Bengal and adjoining states of Bihar, Odisha The iron and steel industry is the basic industry and Uttar Pradesh. Kolkata as a large urban since all the other industries — heavy, medium centre provides banking, insurance and port and light, depend on it for their machinery. facilities for export of jute goods. Steel is needed to manufacture a variety of engineering goods, construction material, Sugar Industry defence, medical, telephonic, scientific India stands second as a world producer of equipment and a variety of consumer goods. sugar but occupies the first place in the production of gur and khandsari. The raw material used in this industry is bulky, and in Make a list of all such goods made of steel haulage its sucrose content reduces. The mills that you can think of. are located in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana and Production and consumption of steel is Madhya Pradesh. Sixty per cent mills are in often regarded as the index of a country’s Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. This industry is development. Iron and steel is a heavy industry seasonal in nature so, it is ideally suited to the because all the raw materials as well as cooperative sector. Can you explain why this finished goods are heavy and bulky entailing is so? heavy transportation costs. Iron ore, coking In recent years, there is a tendency for the coal and lime stone are required in the ratio of mills to shift and concentrate in the southern approximately 4 : 2 : 1. Some quantities of and western states, especially in Maharashtra, manganese, are also required to harden the This is because the cane produced here has a steel. Where should the steel plants be ideally higher sucrose content. The cooler climate also located? Remember that the finished products ensures a longer crushing season. Moreover, also need an efficient transport network for the cooperatives are more successful in these their distribution to the markets and states. consumers. Processes of Manufacture of Steel Fig. 6.2 62 CONTEMPORARY INDIA – II Reprint 2024-25