Factors influencing the locations of Iron and steel industries:

Raw material: Mostly large integrated steel plants are located close to source of raw materials, as they use large quantity ofheavy and weight losing raw materials. Eg: Concentration of Iron and steel industry in Chota Nagpur region-Presence of Iron ore in this region. TISCO at Jamshedpur.

Markets:As its heavy & bulky transportation cost is high. Therefore nearness to market is important especially for mini steel plants access to nearby markets is most important in order to minimize transportation cost. Also asmini steel plantsrely on scrap metal they are mostly present in Maharashtra. Visakhapatnam steel plant located near the coast has excellent import-export facility

Labour:Availability ofcheap labouris also important. Eg: Rourkhela plant, Orisa; Bhilai steel plant in Chattisgarh, mostly inChota Nagpurregion

Availability of electricitymostly hydro and water for cooling. Eg: Bokaro steel plant on banks of river Damodar, Visheshwarya steel plant, Kar near river Bhadra.Please like the solution 👍 ✔️