CEMENT SUPPLIES
SHORTAGE SLIGHTLY BASED -
.. Apart from the.relief .^hich:m^y, ; > gained by importing; cement,, ihier&is a prospect that the shortage. will not be so acute this year as it was in .the closing months of 1920, . states, ‘ the Post. The Orehahi Avbrks .will, it is expected, be kept in operation continuously, producing producing 1500 tons weekly as compared with the 700 tons which were produced in the latter half of last year. The Warkworth works are not expected to reopen immediately. Coal ds still at the root of the problem, and while the coal supplies •' areuncertain the cement market will be in a similar position, ,-lf the* cqal-were assured for Warkworth these w«mks could be reopened, ixnd the position would then be materially improved; but it is not likely that the works will commence operations again until there is the prospect of a good uninterrupted run. Shortly put, the supplies ;bf cement Avill be about equal to wjjmt they were in June of last year before the time of greater scarcity commenced. • 1
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 11 January 1921, Page 4
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172CEMENT SUPPLIES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 11 January 1921, Page 4
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