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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 bhilai steel plant was established with russian collaboration in durg district of chhattisgarh and started production in 1959. the iron ore comes from dalli-rajhara mine fig. 8.6 coal comes from korba and kargali coal fields. the water comes from the tanduladam and the power from the korba themal power station. this plant also lies on the kolkata-mumbai railway route. the bulk of the steel produced goes to the hindustan shipyard at vishakhapatnam. durgapur steel plant durgapur steel plant in west bengal was set up in collaboration with the government of the united kingdom and started production in 1962 competition refresher magazine subscription.