SUPPLIES OF VANADIUM
NEW EXTRACTION PROCESS BUFFALO (New York), (Rec. 10 p.m.) Sept. 6. The American Chemical Society reported that a new process has been developed for extracting vanadium, assuring the United States of adequate supplies of this essential mineral, which is used to toughen steel armour plate and war production tools. The new process is described as economic and rapid and will enable the extraction or 500 tons of vanadium from Idaho rock.
The United States previously obtained vanadium from Africa and Peru.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25015, 8 September 1942, Page 3
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