SMOKELESS FUEL
PRODUCT OF SLACK COAL OIL ALSO DISTILLED LONDON, July IS The dawn of,an important commercial enterprise, which may make Britain independent of foreign oil supplies, was indicated by the Duke of Montrose in addressing representatives of coal, iron and steel trades. The Duke announced that a process for transforming millions of tons of slack coal, worth from 2s to 3s a ton, into valuable smokeless fuel and oil was the result of distillation experiments at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. The output, he said, was 300 tons a day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21245, 27 July 1932, Page 11
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88SMOKELESS FUEL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21245, 27 July 1932, Page 11
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