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Discuss the various locational advantages of iron and steel industry in Jamshedpur.

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Jamshedpur has many locational advantages for iron and steel industry:
(a) Iron ore is obtained from Noamundi and Badam Pahar.
(b) Coal is obtained from Joda mines in Odisha.
(c) Water is obtained from Subernarekha and Kharkai rivers.
(d) Very close to Mumbai - Kolkata railway line and about 240 km away from Kolkata which is the nearest port for the export of steel
(e) Coking coal obtained from Jharia and West Bokaro coal fields.
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