Question
Download Solution PDFIn India, the steel production industry requires the import of
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is coking coal.
- Saltpetre (Potassium nitrate) is not used in the production of Steel.
- It is used in the production of fertilizers, tree stump removal, rocket propellants and fireworks.
- It is one of the major constituents of gunpowder (black powder) and has been used since the Middle Ages as a food preservative.
- Rock phosphate is used in the production of fertilizer and not for the production of Steel.
- India imports coking coal. Hence Option 3 is Correct.
- The production of steel requires 0.8 tonnes of coking coal to produce one tonne of Steel.
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