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Mineral Based Industries Table

The document provides an overview of major mineral-based industries in India, focusing on Tata Iron and Steel Company, Rourkela Steel Plant, Bhilai Iron and Steel Plant, and Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. Each entry includes details on location, collaboration, raw materials, other factors such as power and labor, and the products produced. The information highlights the significance of these plants in the iron and steel sector and their geographical and logistical contexts.

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Mineral Based Industries Table

The document provides an overview of major mineral-based industries in India, focusing on Tata Iron and Steel Company, Rourkela Steel Plant, Bhilai Iron and Steel Plant, and Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. Each entry includes details on location, collaboration, raw materials, other factors such as power and labor, and the products produced. The information highlights the significance of these plants in the iron and steel sector and their geographical and logistical contexts.

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MINERAL BASED INDUSTRIES TABLE

Tata Iron Important


and Steel Point First and largest iron and steel plant in India, established in 1907 in
Company Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.
(TISCO)
Location
The TISCO plant is located at Jamshedpur in the Singhbhum
district, Jharkhand.

Collaboration Private

Raw material
Iron Ore: Mayurbhanj district of Odisha and Singhbhum district of
Jharkhand

Limestone, Dolomite and Fire-clay from Sundargarh district of


Odisha.

Manganese: Keonjhar district

Other factors
Power: Coal is obtained from Jharia and Bokaro coalfields

Water: Subarnarekha and Kharkai River

Labour: Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and


Uttar Pradesh

Transport: Well connected by Western Railways and Kolkata port

Market: The plant is located 240 km from Kolkata


Products
High grade carbon steel, acid steel and special alloy steel

Rourkela Important
Steel Plant Point The Rourkela Steel Plant was built with technical cooperation
from the German firm, Krupps and Demag in 1959.
Location
It Is located at the confluence of two rivers, the Sankha and the
Koel (Brahmani) in the Sundargarh district of Odisha.

Collaboration Germany

Raw material
Iron Ore: Keonjhar and Sundargarh reserves of Odisha

Limestone: Birmitrapur (Odisha)

Manganese: Barajmda (Jharkhand)

Dolomite: Baradwar (Chhattisgarh)

Other factors
Water: Mandira dam across the Sankha river and Mahanadi River

Labour: Odisha, Bihar, Bengal and Jharkhand

Power: Coal is obtained from Jharia, Talcher and Korba fields and
electricity from Hirakud project

Transport: Rourkela is situated on the Kolkata-Nagpur rail line.

Products
Hot-rolled sheets and strips, cold-rolled sheets, galvanised sheets
and electrical steel plates. It also produces a large quantity of
nitrogen as a by-product which is used for the manufacture of
fertilisers and various chemicals.

Bhilai Iron Important


and Steel Point It was established at Bhilai in 1953 in collaboration with the (then)
Plant USSR government.

Location
Durg district of Chhattisgarh
Collaboration Private

Raw material
Iron Ore: Dalli Rajhara mines, 80 km away from the plant.

Coal: Jharia, Raniganj

Limestone: Nandini Quarries, 19 km from Bhilai

Manganese: Neighbouring district of Balaghat

Other factors
Power: Coal is obtained from Bokaro, Jharia and Kargati fields in
Jharkhand and Korba in Chhattisgarh

Water: Reservoirs at Tendula

Labour: Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh

Transport: Well connected by Mumbai-Nagpur-Kolkata Rail line

Products
Heavy rails, structurals, beams, billets and rolled wire. It produces
plates for the shipbuilding industry. Also produces by-products like
ammonium, sulphate, benzol, coal tar and sulphuric acid.

Visakhapat Important
nam Steel Point NA
Plant
Location
It Is the first shore based steel plant in India located at the port city
of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh

Collaboration Private
Raw material
Iron Ore: bailadila in Chhattisgarh

Limestone, Manganese and Dolomite: Mines of ANdhra Pradesh


and Odisha

Other factors
Power: it is well connected with the coal fields of the Damodar
Valley.

Products
Liquid steel and saleable steel

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