MAKING ALUMINIUM

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 114, 18 May 1942, Page 3

MAKING ALUMINIUM

HOPES IN AUSTRALIA Special Aus. Correspondent, N.Z.P.A. Sydney, May 15. Aluminium will be manufactured in Australia if Government intentions are fulfilled. Intricate electrical machinery must be imported, but it is hoped soon to have this placed high on the list of priority imports from the United States. A report on Australian deposits of bauxite, from which aluminium is made, has just, been presented by the Commonwealth Geologist, Dr. H. G. Raggait. Extensive deposits exist ir. various parts of Australia. Bauxite occurs in various forms and often contains a high percentage of iron. In some places it is so common that it is used extensively for roadmaking. There are several deposits in NewSouth Wales, Queensland, Victoria, and Western Australia, and two deposits in Tasmania. While the United States is the greatest aluminium manufacturing country, bauxite occurs there in small quantities and is of poor quality. Canada has no bauxite. Some of the richest deposits are found in Greece, from which Britain obtain most ol her supplies before the war.