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Banking services chronicle magazine
Banking services chronicle magazine published this aticle page no 8 industries using weight-losing raw materials are located in the regions where raw materials are located. why are the sugar mills in india located in sugarcane growing areas similarly the locations of pulp industry copper smelting and pig iron industries are located near their raw materials. in iron and steel industries iron ore and coal both are weight-losing raw materials. therefore an optimum location for iron and steel industries should be near raw material sources. this is why most of the iron and steel industries are located either near coalfields bokaro durgapur etc. or near sources of iron ore bhadravati bhilai and rourkela. similarly industries based on perishable raw materials are also located close to raw material sources banking services chronicle pdf download.