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LOCATION FACTORS OF IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES□ Raw material
◇ Most of the steel plants are located at three distinct places –
• Near coal field
• Near iron ore mining centers
• At places between areas of coal and iron production.
◇ Most of the iron and steel plants of india such as Jamshedpur, burnpur, Durgapur located in Jharkhand, west Bengal, odisha and Chhattisgarh.
□ Market
◇ Most of the products are perishable.
□ Cheap Labour
□ Power supply
