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Raw Materials and Location of industries

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:05:53+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location: Raw Materials and Location of industries

From this calculation, a number of situations may arise:
\text{Raw Materials Index (RMI)} =\dfrac{\text{weight of raw materials}}{\text{weight of finished product}}
The formula used is
Industrialists calculate what is called the raw material index (RM index) to determine how raw materials will affect the location […]

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Market and Location of industries

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:06:16+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Bread is perishable and therefore it’s industries are located close to the market.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location:Market and Location of industries

Some industries are market-based not because their products are heavier than the raw materials making them, but because they are perishable.
Examples are opaque beer and […]

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Transport and Location of industries

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:06:38+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Raw Materials and Finished Goods both incur transport costs

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location:Transport and Location of industries

Industries locate where there are efficient, appropriate and cheap modes of transport to move their raw materials goods to markets and the labour force.
Generally there are two types of […]

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Power supply and Location of industries

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:06:54+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Power is important in industry

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location:Power supply and Location of industries

Almost all modern industries use electricity in their industrial process.
This power can come from individual small stations of thermal, nuclear or hydro-origin in which case the industries must locate close to the […]

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Government Policy and Location of industries

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:07:19+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Hon. Patrick Chinamasa presenting the budget.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of Industrial Location:Government Policy and Location of industries

This factor affects both industrial growth and location in a national economy in a number of ways.
In terms of industrial growth, government can affect this through:
Fiscal policy – Fiscal policy […]

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A case study of ZISCO

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:13:41+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A blast furnace at ZISCO steel company. Image credit media.glassdoor.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Iron and Steel Industry:A case study of ZISCO

This kind of industry is raw material based.

Raw materials required

Iron ore (Fe) is used to make pig iron or steel; scrap metal may be used in its place.
Limestone (CaCO₃) […]

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Advantages of ZISCO’s current location

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:14:15+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Making steel plates. Image credit businesskorea.co.kr

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Iron and Steel Industry:Advantages of ZISCO’s current location

We are well aware that some information in this topic is outdated. It has been provided for exam preparation purposes.

The steel works known as Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) (then […]

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Advantages of iron and steel industries

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:14:31+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Steel Plant image credit MediaWiki

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Iron and Steel Industry:Advantages of iron and steel industries

Many advantages accrue to a country as a result of establishing its own iron and steel works.

Industrial growth

Iron and steel works are themselves industries, so establishing more of these means industrial […]

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Willowvale Mazda Industry

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:30:11+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Willowvale Mazda Industry complex

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Industrial studies:Willowvale Mazda Industry

Willowvale Mazda Industry is part of the assembly industries

Assembly Industries

These are industries which bring together parts from different other industries to make a new product.
Examples include car assembly, bicycle manufacture, radio and TV making and the production […]

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Car assembling in Japan

By Rachel Majaya|2025-02-12T09:30:55+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Car Making and Assembling Japan. Image credit cnn.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Industrial studies: Car assembling in Japan

Japan has one of the largest and most prominent car industries in the world
The country has been in the top 3 car manufacturing countries by number of cars made since the […]

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