BAUXITE SUPPLIES
BIG GAINS OF JAPANESE
LONDON, February 22,
The fall of Malaya gives Japan sufficient supplies of bauxite to extend her present output, says the financial correspondent of "The Times."
Japan is now likely to control 400,000 tons of bauxite yearly. An average of four tons of bauxite is needed to produce one ton of aluminium, and therefore Japan has gained 100,000 tons of aluminium.
Japan will be able to produce only half of this unless she establishes new works, but the importance of the supplies for plane production should not be under-estiimated.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420224.2.31
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1942, Page 5
Word Count
94BAUXITE SUPPLIES Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 46, 24 February 1942, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.