Asbestos Market
Canadian Leadership in World Supply I Canada is the world’s leading pro- 1 ! ducer of asbestos. Notwithstanding the growth of the asbestos mining industry in Russia, Rhodesia, and the Union of boufch Africa, the Canadian industry continues to hold its t.ivsi.i in the world markets, sup- [ plying more th*n 60 per cent of the I world’s p o. u.tiuu. During the first I five muuthß of 1939, asbestos proI d ie ion in Canada totalled 116,019 I tous as compared with 106,952 tons I in the corresponding period of 1938. I Exports of asbestos iQ the first half
of 1939 were valued at £2.000,000 as compared with £1*140,000 in the first six months of 1938. Production of leather footwear in Canadian shoe factories numbered 13,083,764 pairs in the first seven months of 1989, compared with 12, 573,625 in the corresponding period 'of 1938. T
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Inangahua Times, 26 October 1939, Page 1
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146Asbestos Market Inangahua Times, 26 October 1939, Page 1
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