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Question
Name the three basic raw materials required by the Steel plant and the places from where it gets each of them.
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Solution
Iron-ore—Singhbhumi (Jharkhand) and Mayurbhanj (Orissa); Coal—Ramnagar, Raniganj and Jharia; Manganese—Balaghat and Birmitrapur; Limestone and Dolomite: Gangapur (Orissa).
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