This is the most important location factor for large-scale steel manufacturing. There is plenty of scrap steel available in southern Ontario and neighbouring states. Electricity comes from the Ontario Grid. Large quantities from the hydro-electric generating plants along the Niagara River go through the Hamilton area.
Workers come from surrounding communities too.
Hamilton has many industries that use steel. It is also within easy reach of many large industrialized cities, including Toronto. Twenty percent of the steel is sent to the United States. Cooling water and hot water disposal. Lake Ontario provides both of these.