IRON ORES OF NEW ZEALAND.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11750, 10 February 1919, Page 8

IRON ORES OF NEW ZEALAND.

i■n Q'iiiiw i an interesting address Per Press Association. Wellington, Feb 10 At the Parliamentary Industries Committee, Mr Frank Reed, Chief Inspector of Mines, said the iron ore in New Zealand was of fair quality, but the question was one of coat of production. It they could get good coking coal 'near Parapara the cost would be reduced and might mean a reduction of Ss per ton. He was satisfied that we could not compete in steel with “other countries at pre-war prices An imported metallurgical ‘expert could probably furnish an idea on the subject of treatment The High Commissioner bad already been approached oa the entject He thought that in course of time Parapira pie iron would be ..suitable for production of steel rails, '"but even if it provided all the demands ol New Zealand everything would deptnd on the cost of production. in witness’s opinion Brown coal could supply all the oil required for New Zealand, Tlr whole of the slatk_conld be sent m Dually, which he regarded as »b • fiiturNewcastle of New Zeal« iJ, wn-r« production coaid be turned on cheaply and satisfactorily. Ta • demand for oils had iicrea-ol to much of late years that toe was well worth consideration. I