Distinguish between the followings: Agro-based and mineral-based industry

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Agro-based Industries Mineral-based Industries
1. This group of industries depends on the raw material produced by the agricultural sector. These industries use minerals, both metallic and nonmetallic, as raw materials and are based on ferrous, non-ferrous metallurgical processes.
2. The major agro-based industries are cotton, jute and textile industries, sugar industry, tea industry, coffee industry, etc. The major mineral-based industries include iron and steel, heavy engineering and machine tool, cement, chemicals, fertilisers, etc.

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Agro-based Industries	Mineral-based Industries
1. This group of industries depends on the raw material produced by the agricultural sector.	These industries use minerals, both metallic and nonmetallic, as raw materials and are based on ferrous, non-ferrous metallurgical processes.
2. The major agro-based industries are cotton, jute and textile industries, sugar industry, tea industry, coffee industry, etc.	The major mineral-based industries include iron and steel, heavy engineering and machine tool, cement, chemicals, fertilisers, etc.