Basic metals and engineering industries development programme: a manpower study mission report

Abstract

Basic metals and engineering industries play an important role in the industrialization process of a country. Rapid industrialization demands fuller exploitation of mineral resources to produce industrial metals and capital equipment. Metals industries'use metallurgical processes for the production of metals and alloys. Engineering industries transform these metals and alloys into capital and intermediate goods for industrial applications, and consumer durables and consumer goods whose demand is closely linked with the standard of living and welfare of the people.