Enumerate the location distribution and factors responsible for location of Engineering industry in India.

India has started emerging as an important nation in the field of engineering indus­tries. The major industries and the important indus­trial centres are listed here: Heavy Engineering Equipment: Ranchi, Durgapur and Naini. Automobiles: Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Faridabad, Pune and Gurgaon. ..

Give an account of the major Iron Ore producing regions / countries of the world.

Commercial produc­tion comes from four types of ores viz. haematite, magnetite, limonite and siderite. The leading producers of iron ore in the world are China, Brazil, Australia, India and Russia. Besides these leading producers, Ukraine, Liberia, Sudan, Canada, France, and ..

Account for the spatial pattern of the Manganese ore distribution in World and India.

Manganese is used as an alloy mineral to produce steel. Typical manganese steel contains 12 to 14 per cent of manganese and addi­tion of this mineral to steel makes it remarkably hard and tough. Thus manganese is an important input ..