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With reference to the Durgapur Iron and Steel Plant, answer the following questions. a. When was it set up? b. With whose collaboration was it set up? c. Where is it located? d. Where does it get its iron ore and manganese from? e. Where does it get coal from? f. What is the source of power for the plant? g. What does the plant produce? h. How is the plant favourably located in terms of transport? 

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Name of Plant Durgapur Iron and Steel Plant  
Year of Establishment 1959
Location Durgapur, West Bengal 
Collaboration British  
Iron Ore Singhbhum, Jharkhand and Keonjhar, Orissa 
Manganese Keonjhar, Orissa
Coal Jharia Coal Field, Jharkhand, Raniganj, West Bengal  
Power Damodar Valley Project
Products Stainless Steel and Billets 
Strategic Location Navigation canal to Kolkata 



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