Mini-factories in developing regions
Mini-factories

By definition, these developments are more recent than in the old industrial countries, but in some regions, the development of mini-mills is already well established. These are often relatively small countries, equipped with very small mini-factories, or rather micro-factories. The graph in figure 7 shows that, according to a 1980 study, most of these plants had capacities of less than 200,000 t/year, with average values of :