MEANINGS / DEFINITIONS :
Manufacturing – changing raw material to a usable form .
Product – something obtained from raw materials by certain processes .
Agro-based industry – industries that use plant and animals based products as raw material .
Mineral – based industry – industries that use mineral ores as their raw material .
Marine – based industry – industries that use sea and ocean products as their raw material .
Forest -based industry – industries that use forest produce as raw material .
Small-scale industry – industries that run on little capital and infrastructure .
Large- scale industry – industries that run on large amount of capital and have big infrastructure .
Private-sector industry – industries owned and run by an individual .
Public- sector industry – industries owned and run by government .
Joint- sector industry – industries owned and run by the state as well as individuals .
Cooperative sector industry – industries owned and operated by producer or suppliers of a raw material .
Steel –an alloy of iron obtained from iron ore .
Refining − the process of refining metals
Smelting − process of extracting minerals fromtheir oresby heating it beyond it’s melting point
Extraction − take out b force
Alloy − a mixture of metals
Steel − an alloy of iron
Infrastructure − the basic physical structure