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q The industry requires many raw materials to come up. Now, Jamshedpur is a well planned
start production. It is ideally located between industrial city of India, and the 10th largest
the sources of two raw materials like iron and producer in the world.
coal. Iron ore is obtained from the mining
Iron and Steel Industry at Detroit (USA)
areas of Singhbhum in Jharkhand and
Mayurbhanj in Odisha which are located Most of the industries are located in the eastern
nearly 80 to 100 km from Jamshedpur. part of USA. The north-eastern region is highly
industrialised region of the country. Most of the
q Water supply is available from nearby largest industrial centres of the country are located
Khorkhai and Subernarekha rivers.
here such as New York, Chicago, Pittsburg,
q Good quality coking coal is brought from Boston, Philadelphia and Detroit.
nearby coal fields of Jharia (Jharkhand) and
Detroit situated in the Michigan state of the USA.
Raniganj (West Bengal). The supply of coal It is located on the west bank of the Detroit River
comes from its own collieries at West Bokaro and is named after it. It is known all the world as
and Jamdoba.
the headquarter of automobile industry or motor
q Manganese is brought from Kendujhar district city of the USA. Automobile industry is closely
of Odisha. It is about 150 km away from linked to the iron and steel industry as it uses iron
Jamshedpur. and steel to manufacture its various components.
Three largest automobile manufacturers—General
q Limestone and dolomite, used as flux material
Motors , Ford and Chrysler have established their
are available from the Sundergarh district of
Odisha. plants here within the city limits or its suburbs.
The first automobile industry at Detroit was
q Being located in a densely populated area. It established in 1897 by Ransom E. Olds . Before
gets skilled and non-skilled workforce from the establishment of this
Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh industry, Detroit was
and Odisha easily. already popular for
q Jamshedpur is well connected with producing farm machinery,
metropolitan cities like Kolkata, New Delhi, iron and steel, wheels,
Mumbai and Chennai by efficient road and rail axles, engines, ships,
networks. chemicals and railroad
cars. Following factors are
q Kolkata is about 250 km away from
responsible for the
Jamshedpur. It is an important port city and development of iron and
easily used for importing and exporting of steel industry in Detroit :
goods.
q Iron ore is obtained from the Lake Superior
q The Damodar Valley Project provides cheap
region. While coal comes from the northern
abundant hydroelectricity.
Appalachian coalfields. Limestone is brought
q The region around Kolkata is industrially very from the Lake Erie and Lake Huron areas.
developed and provides a good market for the q Water, which is required in large quantities, is
products of the Jamshedpur steel plant.
available from the Detroit River and Lake Erie.
After TISCO several other industrial plants were q Power required for the steel plants is supplied
set up in Jamshedpur. The region has blast by the Niagara Falls in the form of
furnaces, steel furnaces and rolling mills. Several
hydroelectricity.
factories have been set up which produce
machine tools, automobiles, locomotive parts, tin q Detroit is well connected by bridge and tunnel
plates, agricultural machinery etc. Many technical to the city of Windsor in Ontario, Canada. All
institutes and metallurgical laboratories have the production facilities are available here. A
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