STEEL INDUSTRY
INCREASED PRODUCTION IN ENGLAND British Official Wireless (Received January 6, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, January 0. According to a statement by the British Iron Steel Federation, the process of scrapping and reconstructing older plants and extending large scale itegrated 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 has spent £20,000,000 in new and reconstructed furnaces, mills, etc., in two years, and by the end of the present year the steelmaking capacity of the country will have been further enlarged to rather more than 14,000,000 tons per annum.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20929, 7 January 1938, Page 7
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124STEEL INDUSTRY Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20929, 7 January 1938, Page 7
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