Steel production primarily uses iron ore and coking coal in the blast furnace process. While India has abundant reserves of iron ore, it lacks sufficient reserves of high-quality coking coal required for metallurgical purposes. Consequently, India heavily imports coking coal to meet the demands of its steel industry. Saltpetre (potassium nitrate) is used in fertilisers and explosives, not directly in steel making. Rock phosphate is a source of phosphorus, mainly used for producing phosphate fertilisers.
In India, the steel production industry requires the import of
Asked in UPSC IAS 2015 · Topic: Industrial Sector (Industrial Competitiveness, Productivity, and Global Value Chains)
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