BRIQUETTING
PLANT BOUGHT. BY GOVERNMENT. (By Toleernnh—Press Association!. W ELLINGTON, 'Sept. 27. Acquisition of an experimental briquetting plant, capable of producing five to ten cwts of briquettes a day, was ann6unced to-day by the Minister in charge of the Department of Scientific and' Industrial Research (Hon. H. Atmore). The Minister said the plant was being obtained on the recommendation of the Fuel Research Committee for the purpose of trying out various materials as binders for the briquetting of coal. The plant would be flexible, and more .suited'"for such experiments than would bo a large commercial plant—as the' cost of the binder was an appreciable item in briquetting. the work was' highly desirable from the point of view of briquetting, carbonised residues "and distillation, and also for raw’ slack.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 September 1929, Page 6
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