IRON AND STEEL.
BIG INCREASE IN OUTPUT. THE BEST SINCE 1920. (omcinl Wireless.) RUG3Y, August 11. Britain’s primary industries continue extremely active. Fresh evidence of this is provided by the iron and steel oulput figures for July. These show that the production of pig iron amounted to 729,300 tons—figures not equalled since September, 1920, when 741,000 tons were produced. Last month's total includes the output of hemslite, which show's a big increase owing to several furnaces being transferred from the smelting of basic pig iron. The monthly output of steel continued at a figure considerably in excess of 1,000,000 tons. The tonnage for last month was 1,058,200. This compares with 1,106,400 tons in June and 974,100 tons in July, 1936. This high rate of activity has been attained in spite of the increase in tho Scottish holidays, which accounted for a reduction of the Scottish steel output of 53,000 tons.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20271, 13 August 1937, Page 7
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150IRON AND STEEL. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20271, 13 August 1937, Page 7
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