BRITISH STEEL INDUSTRY
THE FURNACE CAPACITY EXTENSION PROCEEDING (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Jan; 5. (Received Jan. 6, at 5.5 p.m.) According to a statement by the British Iron and Steel Federation, the process pf scrapping and the reconstruction of older plants and extending large-scale integrated works has been proceeding rapidly over the past few years. At the end of 1937 the aggregate steel furnace capacity of the country stood at 13,500,000 tons per annum, compared with 12,750,000 tons at the end of 1936. It is estimated that the industry spent £20,000,000 in new and reconstructed furnaces, mills, etc., in two years, and by the end of the present year the steel-making capacity of the country will have been further enlarged to rather more than 14,000,000 tons per annum.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23393, 7 January 1938, Page 7
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