Jute mill

{{short description|Factory for processing jute}}

A jute mill is a factory for processing jute. There is evidence of jute fibre extraction dating back to the Han dynasty, with a fragment of jute paper being discovered in Dunhuang, in the Gansu Province.{{cite book |doi=10.1016/B978-0-08-101272-7.00009-2 |quote=The history of jute dates back to 206 BC–AD 221; jute paper was discovered in Dunhuang, in the Gansu Province of China, and is believed to have been produced during the reign of the Western Han Dynasty |chapter=Hemp, jute, banana, kenaf, ramie, sisal fibers |title=Handbook of Properties of Textile and Technical Fibres |date=2018 |last1=Ramesh |first1=Manickam |pages=301–325 |isbn=978-0-08-101272-7 }} The first known mechanical jute mills are believed to have been converted Flax mills, the oldest possibly being establish in Dundee, after a contract was agreed with the East India Company, for the supply of jute as a substitute for then scarce flax, in 1820.{{cite news |last1=Sharpe |first1=Gillian |title=Beyond 'Juteopolis': Dundee's changing economic landscape |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23105283 |work=BBC News |date=7 July 2013 }}{{cite journal |last1=Turner |first1=W. H. K. |title=Flax Cultivation in Scotland: An Historical Geography |journal=Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers |date=1972 |issue=55 |pages=127–143 |doi=10.2307/621726 |jstor=621726 }}{{Cite web |title=Dundee and India |url=https://www.verdantworks.co.uk/exploration-article/dundee-and-india/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Verdant Works |language=en-US}} By the mid-1800s jute mills were being established in British India, George Acland's Mill of 1855, at Rishra, being the oldest.{{Cite web |title=COLONIAL PERIOD |url=http://indianculture.gov.in/node/2730147 |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=INDIAN CULTURE |language=en}} The world's largest jute mill was the Adamjee Jute Mills at Narayanganj in Bangladesh, which closed all operations in 2002.{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/07/02/stories/2002070201621500.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150128062346/http://www.thehindu.com/2002/07/02/stories/2002070201621500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-01-28|work=The Hindu|title=World's largest jute mill goes silent|date=2002-07-02|access-date=2018-02-03}}