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Question
Explain the following:
Integrated steel plant.
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Solution
- An integrated steel plant is a large steel manufacturing unit that includes all the basic processes of steel production under one facility.
- It involves processing raw materials like iron ore, coal (for coke), limestone, and others to produce pig iron and then steel.
- The integrated steel plants are typically located near sources of raw materials such as iron ore deposits and coalfields to reduce transportation costs of these heavy, weight-losing raw materials.
- Example locations in India include Jamshedpur (Tata Iron and Steel Company), Bhilai, Rourkela, Durgapur, and Bokaro. Jamshedpur is uniquely situated near all required raw materials, giving it the lowest transportation costs.
- Such plants have facilities for coke making, sintering, blast furnaces, basic oxygen furnaces, and rolling mills all in one complex to produce finished steel products.
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