Thai
Sikh International School.
Year
10, Geo Notes [Manufacturing Industry.]
1. Mention
the physical and human factors influencing the location of a factory.
a. Physical
factors:
1. Site
requirement: While choosing the site for locating a factory, the question to be
asked “Is there cheap land available of the correct size, level and well
drained.
2. Natural
routes: Is there a natural land or sea route , which provides speedy and cheap
transportation of raw materials and industrial goods.
b..Human factors: These include i)Access to market.
ii)Availability of raw materials. Iii) Skilled labor.
Iv)Power supply. V)
Industrial linkage. Vi) Capital and vii) Government policies.
2. What do you mean by
Secondary Industry?
Manufacturing involves
making things. It is the production of goods by industrial processes. It is
classified as
secondary industry and is an important economic sector. Secondary
industries take raw materials produced
by the primary sector and process them
into manufactured goods and products.
3.Explain
the processes involved in a manufacturing steel industry that turns the raw
materials into molten
steel.?
The
main raw material used in the manufacturing steel industry is Limestone iron or
coke. First the impurities
are removed in the blast furnace and converted into
pig iron. The molten pig iron or scrap is then passed with
the basic oxygen
furnace for oxidation and for further removing impurities. Thus it becomes
molten steel in
the finishing mill which can be sent to the finishing mill for
converting it to different steel final products.
Topic 24. Manufacturing steel- Pakistan.
1. Why
did Pakistan need an iron and steel plant of its own after 1947?
2. What
outside help was needed for Pakistan to start the Iron and Steel Industry? Why
was it needed?
Pakistan Steel mills Corporation was set up as a
private limited company controlled by the government with the objective of
establishing and running steel mills at Karachi and other places in Pakistan.
Russian finance and expertise was sought as Pakistan
does not have the capital or skilled labor to build these steel mills.
3. List
environmental factors that influenced the location of Pakistan steel?
The original location was chosen to be out of the
way on marshy land near a tidal creek that nobody wanted. The steel works may
not be the prettiest place. The plant was built 40 km downwind of Karachi so
that any pollution- air and noise- would not blow over areas where people live.
4. List
the ways that show the company has tried to improve the environment since it
began producing steel?
Pakistan steel has invested in making the
environment green and beautiful. They have reforested the area around the
factories and set new targets for waste and pollution reduction. Extensive work
has been carried out on water treatment, especially of fresh water supplies.
They have also created a land scaped cricket ground, lakes, bird sanctuaries
and a running track for employees.
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