Proximity to Inputs
What is proximity to inputs?
This is the optimal plant location for industries where transporting raw materials is costlier than transporting the finished product.
What is proximity to markets?
Perishable products, like bread and milk, require this in their manufacturing process to ensure rapid delivery to customers.
What is steel production?
Mini mills, which use scrap metal as their primary input, have become a dominant force in this industry in the U.S.
What are metallic minerals?
This term refers to metals that are valuable for their ability to conduct electricity and heat and are often used in machinery and vehicles.
This percentage of vehicles sold in North America are produced locally.
What is the percentage?
80%
What is smelting?
This process in copper production involves removing impurities from concentrated copper.
What is a bulk-gaining industry?
This type of industry benefits from being located near customers, as it typically produces products that gain weight during production.
This country’s steel production grew significantly between 1980 and 2013, contributing to a dramatic shift in global steel production.
which country is this?
China
What are nonferrous alloys?
These types of alloys are made without iron or steel and include metals such as aluminum, copper, and gold.
In which continent are Ford and GM cars manufactured?
North America
What is a bulk-reducing industry?
Where the raw materials lose weight during processing.
In this U.S. state, cheese and butter are produced due to its agricultural suitability for dairy cows and longer product shelf life.
Which state?
Wisconsin
In 1980, this percentage of world steel was produced in developing countries.
what percentage?
19%
This ferrous metal, often combined with chromium and manganese, has been used for tools and weapons for thousands of years.
What is it?
This country accounted for 23.5 million vehicle sales, or 27% of the global market in 2014.
Which country is this?
China
⅔ of the U.S. copper mining operations are concentrated in this state.
Which state?
Arizona
These specialized manufacturers of components, such as zippers, are located near their customers in the clothing manufacturing industry.
What is it?
YKK
What are iron ore and coal?
The development of steel production in developing countries, especially China, has been driven by access to these raw materials.
This valuable metal, commonly used in electronics, is a nonferrous alloy found in minerals like copper and is essential for industrial production.
What is it?
copper
In 2014, this percentage of global vehicle sales came from other Asian countries, excluding China.
What is the percentage?
22%
What are nonmetallic minerals?
This mineral is used in fertilizers, and over 90% of minerals used by humans are classified as non-metallic.
What is beverage bottling?
This beverage production process makes shipping filled containers more expensive than shipping empty ones, so bottlers are often located near consumers.
What is a mini mill?
This type of mill, using primarily scrap metal, has become more dominant in steel production in the U.S. due to its lower costs and market proximity.
This precious metal, often used in electronics and jewelry, is considered a nonferrous material and is highly resistant to corrosion.
What is it?
Gold
This region produced 26% of global vehicles in 2014, matching the sales distribution of vehicles in China
which country?
Asia