THE SUPPLY OF ZINC PIGMENTS.

Lake County Press, Issue 2459, 2 January 1913, Page 7

THE SUPPLY OF ZINC PIGMENTS.

Tho signs of the times in regard to possible restriction in the use of white lead pigments have not been without

their effect in creating an enormously increased consumption for zinc pigments, and the thought occurs: Wil the aw..iable supply of such material! be sfficient to cope with the increasing demand. Undoubtedly, in the first in stance, there may be some stringouo; in available supplies, chiefly for th reason that the paint manufacturin, and paint using public have been s'ow to realise the possibility of zinc pigments, and, consequently, the manufacturers of the latter products may require a little time before their resources in regard to manufacturing facilities are sufficiently extended. But when one looks round and tries to estimate the available world-supply ofzinc minerals capable of yielding tin metal in a form in which it can be practically converted into white pig ment, one is confronted with the fact that the distribution of such minerals is enormous, and will in all probability provide all the necessary raw materials, even when xinc pigments are more widely ueed than th«v wil! bo in the next few years.