COAL CARBONISATION.
THE ROTOWARO PLANT. TO BE OPENED ON WEDNESDAY. The coal carbonisation plant at Rotowaro is to be officially opened on Wednesday by the Minister of Railways, Hon. W. A. Veitch, and the Minister of Mines, Hon. A. J. Murdoch. The plant, which is the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, was erected primarily to utilise the large surplus of slack produced on tiie Waikato coalfield, but the possibilities of low-temperature carbonisation in New Zealand go further than that and may extend to the lignite coals of Hie South Island. The main product is a high-grade steaming fuel in the form of briquettes whicli burn without'sparks and practically without smoke. If briquettes can be sold at a price which the Railway Department considers suitable there is little doubt that the department will become a large consumer, as will city industries desiring to avoid causing a smoke nuisance.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18349, 8 June 1931, Page 6
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150COAL CARBONISATION. Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18349, 8 June 1931, Page 6
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