THERMAL AREA
SULPHUR POSSIBILITIES DEPARTMENTAL INVESTIGATION (By Telegraph.—Press Association) ROTORUA, Monday In an interview in Rotorua, where he spent the week-end, the Minister in charge of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Hon. D. G. McMillan, indicated that his department had recently carried out a complete survey of the sulphur producing possibilities of the Rotorua thermal area. The Minister said the annual consumption of sulphur in New Zealand was 50,000 tons and the survey had shown that the total amount of sulphur available in this area was about 20.000 tons. While this quantity was small compared with the country’s annual requirements, it was, nevertheless, considered advisable to ascertain whether the country's sulphur deposits could not be used to advantage. It was probable that sulphur from the local deposits could be dealt with by at least one type of plant and that steps could be taken to concentrate on lower grades. Sulphur was chiefly used in the manufacture of fertilisers and was, therefore, an important commodity. Further investigations were proceeding.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21184, 6 August 1940, Page 7
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