STEEL FROM IRONSAND.
A JAPANESE PROCESS. SUCCESSFUL TESTS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. lEecd. 11.30 D.m.) TOKIO, July 27. A process for smelting magnetic sand, whereby Japan may be rendered independent of outside sources of iron supply, has been thoroughly tested and proved satisfactory. The cost of production is 25 yen (about £1 12s) a ton. Extensive fields of workable sand exist, and the discovery is regarded as of the greatest importance economically and politically.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17846, 29 July 1921, Page 5
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75STEEL FROM IRONSAND. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17846, 29 July 1921, Page 5
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