STEEL INDUSTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 127, 1 June 1939, Page 4

STEEL INDUSTRY.

BRITAIN'S REQUIREMENTS. CALL FOR AUSTRALIAN. Because of the difficulty which steel mills in Britain are experiencing in fulfilling contracts for the supply of material for air-raid shelters, further larger orders have been plated in Australia

Orders have recently been placed for more than 100,000 tons of steel plates. and fairly large quantities of galvanised "on, for immediate shipment to Britain. Ihe orders are being shared by Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd Newcastle and Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., Port Keinbla.

The fact that Australia has reached i stage when it is able to export an ess en str ,tl°" ,lm " ] 'V : US Steel to Britain on etncUy competitive terms is an indication or llie projir.-ss marl c in recent \ ears bv t)ie iron and steel industry. "

.The first full cargo of "steel to Britain since the war wa« shipped fro,,, Xc" Ist " a month ago, when the steamer Celt! Monarch took a full cargo of 82*) tons Thie was the largest aino mt os " .', lifted by onc Bhj f Newcastle or ears and wae the -e , t ' ' Ln.ted Kingdom in recent montCs

Rise in U.S. Output. in A the a Unit!ff HI steel in * ot production in me United States wae esLimated bv i e ~- A ™ eric , an , Iro » ".nd Steel In * tute for last week. The institute estimated t at mills would be operating at 48% per cent of capacity, compared with fo% c cen