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Buy and subscribe here Competition refresher published this article page no 15 the tata iron and steel plant lies very close to the mumbai-kolkata railway line and about 240 km away from kolkata which is the nearest port for the export of steel. the rivers subarnarekha and kharkai provide water to the plant. the iron ore for the plant is obtained from noamundi and badam pahar and coal is brought from joda mines in odisha. coking coal comes from jharia and west bokaro coalfields. iisco the...
Competition refresher
Buy and subscribe here Competition refresher published this article page no 16 all the three plants under iisco are located very close to damodar valley coal fields raniganj jharia and ramgarh. iron ore comes from singhbhum in jharkhand. water is obtained from the barakar river a tributary of the damodar. all the plants are located along the kolkata-asansol railway line. unfortunately steel production from iisco fell considerably in 1972-73 and the plants were taken over by the government...
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Buy and subscribe here Competition refresher published this article page no 17 limestone and manganese are also locally available. but this region has no coal. at the beginning charcoal obtained by burning wood from nearby forests was used as fuel till 1951. afterwards electric furnaces were installed which use hydroelectricity from the jog falls hydel power project. the bhadravati river supplies water to the plant. this plant produces specialised steels and alloys Read More....
Competition refresher Buy and subscribe here Competition refresher published this article page no 17 after independence during the second five year plan 1956-61 three new integrated steel plants were set up with foreign collaboration rourkela in odisha bhilai in chhattisgarh and durgapur in west bengal. these were public sector plants under hindustan steel limited hsl. in 1973 the steel authority of india limited sail was created to manage these plants. rourkela steel plant the rourkela steel plant was set up ... Competition refresher Buy and subscribe here Competition refresher published this article page no 18 the plant was located on the basis of proximity to raw materials thus minimising the cost of transporting weight losing raw material. this plant has a unique locational advantage as it receives coal from jharia jharkhand and iron ore from sundargarh and kendujhar. the hirakud project supplies power for the electric furnaces and water is obtained from the koel and sankh rivers. bhilai steel plant the bhila...