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FILE NAME Manville JMA DATE 1975 DOC JMA191 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Confidential Report on Asbestos Fiber Prepared for the M Legal Dept Al CONFIDENTIAL Pl 10 I5 FIBER FIBER PREPARED PREPARED PREPARED PREPARED PREPARED PREPARED FOR FOR FOR THE THE THE J. " " LEG LEG LEG 17 Al Al 1,/ DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMEN DEPT ARTMENT 1 WORLD PRODUCTION - 1974 a By Country 1 List each producer by Co. name 2 List by each producer total production by fiber group 3 Show ownership of each producer 2 CONSUMPTION WORLD BY MAJOR PRODUCT CATEGORY - 1974 3 WORLD MARKETS - 1974 List by continent a Total quant of fiber by group b Major suppliers by continent by group c Major customers & products manuf 4 Describe the location of existing asbestos prospects in the world and the feasibility of entering into production for each deposit Include the type of fiber that can be produced from each deposit and the estimated annual production 5 List the 10 major purchasers of asbestos in the world showing the tonnage and $ volume and the approx breakdown by fiber group 6 List the 10 major purchasers of asbestoisn the U.S. showing the tonnage and$ volume and the approx breakdown by fiber group 7 List the countries importing fiber into the U.S. showing for each country the producer by tonnage and the type of fiber 8 9 10 For J.M. state the or have an interest group from each location of all asbestos and the total tonnage of mines fiber which we produced own by For J.M. state the country and the purchasers in each country by group where the fiber is sold ofmarket Show J.M. share Group - ; in tons and percent for each fiber a In the U.S. b In South America c In Europe incl U.K. d In Asia e In Japan f In Australasia g In Mexico 1 WORLD PRODUCTION - 1974 4,736.0 Short Tons Thousands a BY COUNTRY 1 List each producer by Co. name 2 List each producer total production by fiber group if available 3 Show ownership of each producer Short Tons Thousands Canada South Africa " Rhodesia Italy L \ West Germany 1. United States Brazil Australia S waziland Cyprus Ja pan Yugoslavia . India U.S.S.R. "China Other Countries 1,819.4 365.5 297.0 187.0 + 4 Curvey + 1 stosrtlordld > 1975 Curvey 21 , 78.3- 112.3 69.9 37.7 40.7 ' 36.6 + I - 4 5.7 16.5 * 4.4 1,500.0 + 145.0 + . a 2 705 42 20.0 + 41 biorld H NOTE Production figures extracted from Asbestos World Survey 1974 prepared by the Industrial Minerals Division of the Resource Industries and Construction Branch Canadian Industry Trade and Commerce CANADA 1,819.4 tons thousands Canadian Manville Co. Ltd. ' ; Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 | Production 4,229 156,025 43,790 . 141,588 290,468 636,100 Shipments 4,298 157,391 45,200 139,691 286,823 633,403 Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Shipments Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 17,199 123,746 97,515 63,007 . 80,290 381,857 Asbestos Corporation Ltd. owned 54 by General Dynamics Corporation of the U.S.A. Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd. . Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 oo Shipments 5,089 13,600 a 10,645 13,966 20,734 64,034 wholly owned subsidiary of Turner & Newall Ltd. of the U.K. Lake Asbestos of Quebec Ltd. Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 ot Shipments 5,756 56,604 27,566 47,892 92,477 230,295 wholly owned subsidiary of American Smelting and Refining Company - ASARCO Canadian Mines Ltd. Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Shipments 310 7,489 15,698 9,187 194,369 227,053 tons formerly owned by Philips Carey Corp. of the U.S.A. but now a wholly subsidiary of Jim Walter Corp. of the Cassiar Asbestos Corp. Group 3 Group 4 - 5 Group 6 Shipments 5,314 167,733 21,653 194,700 tons shareholders include Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd. 24.5 Conwest ExploratioCon. of Canada 10.3 James Hardie - Asbestos of Australia 13 and Raybestos Inc. of the U.S.A. and Newmont Mining Co. 13.9 Advocate Mines Ltd. Group 4 25 Group 6 35 | Production ) 73,226 6,759 79,985 Shipments 65,781 10,160 75,941 tons owned by S.A. Manville Corp. Amet Corp. and Eternit Manville Mining & Trading Company Group 4 Group 6 , Production 1,715 2,355 4,070 Shipments 1,655 2,310 3,965 tons The Reeves mine in northern Ontario operated subsidiary Manville Mining was closed February 1975 by a down 100 in Hedman Mines Ltd. Group 7 Estimated Production 7,000 tons owned by Gulf & Western Industries Inc. of the U.S.A. : SOUTH AFRICA Chrysotile 365.5 tons thousands Msauli Asbes Ltd. ' Group 4-7 68,720 metric tons a member of the Federal Mynbou - General Mining by Group The mine and mill is operated the Msauli subsidiary African Chrysotile Asbestos Ltd. Consolidated African Mines Ltd. Group 4-7 8,000 tons Their principal sales agent is Commonwealth & Overseas Asbestos Corp. Pty Ltd. we - Crocidolite Cape Blue Mines Ltd. Full Range of Grade- 55,000 tons a member of the Cape Group of the U.K. Asbestos Investments Pty Ltd. Estimated Production 45,000 tons Target Target 60,000 60,000 tons tons a member of the Eternit group operating subsidiaries - Kuruman Pty Ltd. and Danielskuil Cape Pty Ltd. , There are two Cape Blue Asbestos Blue Asbestos Griqualand Exploration & Finance Co. Ltd. Total Fiber Production 52,674 metric tons Griqualand Exploration& a member of the Federal Group Finance Co. Ltd. Mynbou - General - Gefco Mining The mines in the Kuruman area of northern Cape Province are operated through subsidiaries such as Coretsi Asbestos Pty Ltd. Merencor Asbestos Mines Pty Ltd. and Griqualand Asbes Ltd. Sales are handled by Central Asbestos Co. the wholly Ltd. of the UK subsidiary Valley Asbestos Ltd. os Total production 10,000 metric tons Valley Asbestos Pty Ltd. is essentially the sales - organization for three affiliated mining companies Groenwater Asbestos Mining Co. Pty Ltd. Postmasburg Cape Blue Asbestos Pty Ltd. and Rooipoort Blue Asbestos Pty Ltd. - all of which operate in the Postmasburg district of Cape Province Wandrag Asbestos Pty Ltd. 11,000 metric tons Dublin Consolidated Asbestos Mines Pty Ltd. a subsidiary of Turner & Newalolf the UK conducts small scale operations mining crocidolite in the Vryburg district of Cape Province and Amosite near Pietersburg Transvaal Amosite Egnep Ltd. Estimated Production 100,000 tons a member of the Cape Group of the UK ; UNITED STATES 111.9 tons Thousands Vermont Asbestos Group Inc. Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 , Group 7 Production 1400 2750 7000 12,000 16,000 39,150 tons Vermont Asbestos Group Inc. formerly owned and operated by GAF Corp. now effective March 1975 owned and operated by the former employee's of GAF located at this location Union Carbide Corp. Mining & Metals Division Estimated Production Group 7 30,000 tons Atlas Asbestos Co. Group 7 Estimated Production 24,000 tons Atlas Asbestos Co. wholly by Wheeler Properties Inc. of Reno Nevada Jaquays Asbestos Corp. - Crudes % 4T 3 7F ) 1200 tons ) estimated production ) ) Jaquays Asbestos Corp. operates one mine The Chrysotile Mine and holds two others Regal Mine and Asbestos King ~ Mine on standby all in Gila County Arizona Powhatan Mining Co. is the USA's only producer of amphibole asbestos The mine is located in Newdale in North Carolina and the company's 700 ton per annum mill is located in Baltimore Md Two other Californian producers Pacific Asbestos Corp a subsidiary of H. K. Porter Co. Inc. and Coalinga Asbestos Co. a subsidiary of Manville Corp. ceased operation in 1974 Pacific Asbestos Corp. Production Group4 6 Group 5 2,253 | Group 6 3,475 vente: | Group 7 236 5,970 tons Coalinga Asbestos Co. Group 7 Production 10,778 tons Shipments_ 11,205 tons 112,225 111 278 278 RHODESIA Chrysotile Rhodesian and General Asbestos Corp. a subsidiary of Turner & Newall continues to dominate the industry with production from three sites and the new King Mine - all in the Shabani Gaths Shabani area of south central Rhodesia The only other producer Investments Group which Vanguard and Rex Mines of size is the Asbestos controls the Pangani Boss all in the Bulawayo Region Total Rhodesian production in recent years has been r variously estimated between 80,000 and 150,000 tons } * per year Another production Magazine 1975 - In estimate Review - taken from the Asbestos 297,000 tons in 1974 ty ITALY Amiantifera di Balangero SpA Group 4-7 range ; 130,000 metric tons associated with the Eternit group Yr NOTE Asbestos World Survey 1974 estimated production in Italy at 170,000 metric tons g ^' / Foe ss ba WEST GERMANY Chrysotile Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Group 4 - 100,000 tons estimated capacity Asbestos Corporation Ltd. owned 54 by General Dynamics Corp. of the USA operates the Asbestos Hill plant at Ungava in northern Quebec Canada which produces about 300,000 tons per year of asbestos concentrates which - are shipped to the company's mill at Nordenham in sale + West Germany NOTE Asbestos World Survey 1974 estimated production in W. Germany at 71,166 metric tons BRAZIL Chrysotile S.A. Mineracao de Amianto Estimated Production 60,344 tons SAMA is in turn by controlled S. A. Tubos Brasilet which is owned by Mousson and Eternit NOTE Asbestos World Survey 1974 estimated Brazil y production at 63,500 metric tons 4 Tab AUSTRALIA' Chrysotile Woodsreef Mines Ltd. Estimated Production - Grades 4 thru 7 - 45,000 tons Canada majority owned by Woodsreef Minerals Ltd. of Canada - Formerly Pacific Asbestos Ltd. of . Woodsreef Mines in turn owns Chrysotile Corp. of Australia Pty Ltd. the operating company which controls the chrysotile mine and mill at Woods Reef near Barraba in New South Wales Asbestos Mines Ptd Ltd. are Group 4 700 tons ors twp a wholly subsidiary of James Hardie Asbestos | Ltd. . NOTE Asbestos World Survey 1974 estimated production at 34,257 metric tons SWAZILAND Chrysotile Havelock Asbestos Mines Swaziland Ltd. ' Group 3-6 range 37,500 metric tons Havelock Asbestos Mines Swaziland Turner & Newall of the UK 60 and Government 40 Ltd. owned by the Swaziland CYPRUS Cyprus Asbestos Mines Ltd. Production Gp 5-6 Gp 7 16,339 16,340 32,679 metric tons Cyprus Asbestos Mines Ltd. an associate of Tunnel Portland Cement of the UK and F. L. Smidth of Denmark ioe JAPAN Chrysotile Nozawa Asbestos Cement Co. operates a mine and mill at Furano city capacity of on the 20,000 island of tpa and a Hokkaido production The mill has a of QAMA grade 7 shorts and tailings Yamabe in the Asbestos Co. also produces short Yamabe District of Hokkaido chrysotile fibres YUGOSLAVIA Chrysotile The Bosanko Petrovo Selo Mine at Tuzla in Bosnia is Yugoslavia's principal asbestos operation with an annual capacity of about 10,000 metric tons of qualities similar to QAMA grades 4-7 inclusive Smaller operations include the Korlace Asbestos Mine at Raska in Serbia and the recently Kosouska deposits near Mitrovica INDIA Deposits of chrysotile and amphibole asbestos types have been located at numerous locations throughout India and several such deposits are mined on a small scale Until now commercial interest has only found practical form in two deposits - one of chrysotile at Roro in the Singhbhum District of Bihar which is exploited by Hyderabad Asbestos Cement Products and the other an amphibole amosite deposit at Ltd. Narsipur in the Baba Burdan Hillosf Mysore where feasibility studies for a possible 10,000 tpa plant are in progress At present total Indian production is in the regioonf 11,000 tons ; se te Fea USSR 1.500.0 Short Tons thousands NOTE The tonnage shown namely 1,500,000 tons is from the U.S. Bureau of Mines and is in disagreement with our own estimate of 2,200,000 tons However the significant number is tons available for Export in 1974 -- this tonnage was estimated to be 550,000 tons Uralasbest Combine i at Asbestos near Sverdlovsk in Urals is Russia's largest mine operation with total capacity of about 1 million tons per year the a Dzhetygara Combine at Dzhetygara in Kazakhstan about 300 miles due south of Sverdlovsk is the second largest with a total capacity of about 300,000 tons per year Expansion in progress Tuvaasbest Combine at Dovuranekw Krasnoyarsk in south central Siberia has a current capacity of 35,000 tons per year which expansion in progresiss expected to double Kiembay Combine in Orenburg Oblast is currently under construction although first stage is thought to be operating Other chrysotile deposits have been outlined at Molodezhnoye and IL'chirsk in Buryat at A.S.S.R. and plans have been proposed for their development CHINA ~ Chrysotile Estimates for China's total asbestos production vary from 90,000 tons per year to as much as 200,000 tons per year The major producing area is at Shihmien in Szechuan Province where long fiber chrysotile is produced Smaller mines are worked at a large number of locations throughout the rest of China OTHER COUNTRIES TURKEY Adana Atermit Six asbestos deposits in Turkey are being worked by product asbestos cement manufacturers for their own use among them is the Adana Atermit Company operations The sum total of chrysotile from all these is about 6000 tons per year FINLAND Paraisten Kalkki Oy's Group 4-7 6 - 7,000 tons per year closed This producer of anthophyllite was in January 1975 KOREA Production 6,770 tons Reported in the Asbestos World Survey 1974 ee 2. CONSUMPTION World by Major Product Category 1974 Apparent Consumption Product Category Tons Asbestos Cement Products pipe sheets siding shingles 177,695 Friction Materials automotive linings & disc components blocks clutch facings Asbestos Paper asbestos felt latex sheet underlayment electrical & commercial paper . Floor Tile 51,352 307,298 102,704 Paints Roof Coatings Caulks Sealants Adhesives & Undercoatings Asbestos Textiles 60,318 11,411 Plastics Joint Cements 16,302 12,227 Packings & Gaske=t. s. 26,899 Miscellaneous oe 48,907 TOTAL 815,113 Percentage 21.8 Total World Tons 3,190,000 6.3 102,000 37.7 342,000 12.6 7.4 180,000 74,000 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 3.3 3.3 6.0 6.0 100.0 32,000 23,000 14,000 46,000 620,000 4,623,000 Percentage 69.0 2.2 7.4 1.0 13.4 100.0 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Blue Amosite Annual Consumption 26,899 128,279 47,234 99,052 494,374 tons 795,838 tons 11,276 7.999 815,113 tons 3 Continued b CANADA ACL Bell CJM Carey Lake TOTAL QAMA Advocate Cassiar Hedman MAJOR SUPPLIERS Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 5,084 6,624 2,145 2,183 1,339 1,015 1,015 9,583 66,996 776 16,476 055 7,400 Group 4-5 - 31,986 10,256 5,362 20,638 6,171 4,807 47,234 ) Group 6 14,292 3,120 65,564 3,299 5,467 127,741 Group 7 53,193 5,699 205,333 104,374 48,880 289 6,000 Group Unknown 3,183 tons SOUTH AFRICA Cape Asbestos Co. Central Asbestos Co. Ltd. - Griqualand Exploration ) Asbestos Investments Pty Ltd. - Eternit Group Egnep Cape Group Amosite RHODESIA Rhodesian and General Asbestos Co. a subsidiary of Turner & Newall U.S. GAF Corp. Union Carbide Corp. Atlas Asbestos Corp. Jacquays Asbestos Corp. ) 24,088 ) ) 1,744 ) ) 50,694 ) J c ; 4 4 MAJOR CUSTOMERS & PRODUCTS _ Manville C Products Paper Packings & Gaskets Textiles Armstrong Cork Co. latex backing Floor tile Asbestos sheet flooring backing for GAF Corporation / Products Paper Roof Coatings latex backing for sheet flooring Asbestos Nicolet Industries A Products Paper Packings and Gaskets Asbestos latex backing for sheet flooring Congoleum Industries Asbestos latex backing for sheet flooring Certain Asbestos Cement Pipe Roofing Coatings Celotex Corporation Paper Gaskets Roof Coatings Joint Cements Flintkote Floor tile C Pipe Bendix Corporation Friction Materials Raybestos Textiles Friction Materials Gaskets 3. Continued EUROPE includes U.K. & Eastern Europei a Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Annual Consumption 14,236 512,509 373,655 288,237 235,000 tons 1,423,637 tons 3 Continued b MAJOR SUPPLIERS EUROPE includes U.K. & Eastern Europe CANADA ACL Bell CJM Carey Lake TOTAL QAMA Cassiar Advocate SOUTH AFRICA & RHODESIA USSR ITALY WEST GERMANY Group x Te 8,585 508 117 - 3,074 12,284 Group 4 Toa 69,344 3,045 36,406 1,256 32,811 142,862 Group 4-5 50,981 Group 5 29,095 2,176 7,385 . 1,961 15,746 56,363 50,526 ) Group 6 12,027 3,475 23,491 876 12,317 52,186 5,560 Group 7 9,597 9,309 46,682 57,723 24,814 148,125 Group Unknown 3,025 209,833 78,282 297,910 187,000 3 Continued MAJOR CUSTOMERS & PRODUCTS EUROPE includes U.K. & Eastern Europe c Eternit Western Europe C Pipe & Sheets Millboard Eternit France Floor tile Turner & Newell U.K. C Pipe & Sheets Textiles Paper Millboard Friction Matl's Gaskets Mousson France & Germany A Pipe & Sheets Eternit Denmark A Sheets Van Gelder Holland Asbestos latex flooring felt Thomas Witter U.K. Asbestos latex flooring felt Cape Group A Sheets & Friction Matl's Jurid Germany Friction Materials & Gaskets 3 Continued MAJOR CUSTOMER & PRODUCTS , - , EUROPE includes U.K. & Eastern Europe c Pahl Germany Gaskets Lechler Germany . Gaskets Reintz Germany Friction Matl's & Gaskets Ferodo France Millboard Gaskets Paper : Friction Matl's DLW Germany Floor tile & Asbestos Latex Flooring Felt Salonit Yugoslavia A Pipe & Sheets 3 Continued JAPAN _ a Group 3 Group 4 6 Group Group Group Annual Consumption 7,864 tons 43,254 106,168 173,016 62,914 393,216 tons 3 Continued b 4 MAJOR SUPPLIERS CANADA ACL Bell CJM Carey Lake TOTAL QAMA Cassiar Group 3 Group 4 1,183 1,175 470 238 788 . 3,854 4,715 455 1,243 2,258 1,363 10,034 Group 4-5 17,412 y " USSR | SOUTH AFRICA & RHODESIA U.S. OTHER JAPAN Nozawa Asbestos Cement Co. Yamabe Asbestos Co. Group 7 9,952 90 .716 11,137 13,330 39,225 183.713 183.713 Group Unknown - 15,770 71,457 138,761 7,011 ) 5,500 MAJOR CUSTOMER& PRODUCTS c Asaki A Sheets Textiles Friction Mat'ls Gaskets and Millboard Kubota C Pipe & Sheets A Shingles Colorbestos Colorbestos Mitsubiki C Sheets Materials Textiles Friction Gaskets and Millboard Akelbono Friction Matl's Nisshin Brake Friction Matl's AWA Paper Asbestos backed wallpaper and Asbestos Latex Flooring Felt Jujo Paper Asbestos backed wallpaper and Asbestos Latex Flooring Felt Nippon Slate A Sheets 3 Continued a ASIA Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Annual Consumption 8,038 96,460 64,307 66,987 32,154 tons 267,946 tons 3 Continued b ASIA MAJOR SUPPLIERS CANADA ACL Bell CJM Carey Lake TOTAL QAMA Cassiar Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 640 3 - - 7. 288 928 ~ 18,693 1,032 7,161 - 1,491 28,377 ( Group 4-5 - 16,116 1,376 1,805 65 1,324 20,686 28,248 ) Group 6 14,709 534 5,145 12 5,388 25,788 Group 7 1,494 1,994 687 1,508 1,058 6,741 ; Group Unknown 4,358 SOUTH AFRICA & RHODESIA USSR U.S. INDIA KOREA , ; | 57,789 30,338 15,440 6,600 : 6,270 3 Continued ASIA . c MAJOR CUSTOMERS & PRODUCTS a Siam Cement Thailand A Pipe & Sheets Hankook Slate Korea A Sheets i oe Huan Dai Korea A Sheets Hume Singapore & Malaysia A Pipe & Sheets Asbestos Cement Ltd. Malaysia A Pipe & Sheets Turner & Newall India A Pipe & Sheets Hyderabad India _ C Pipe & Sheets P.T. Harflex Indonesia C Pipe & Sheets Eternit Phillipines A Pipe & Sheets Australasia a Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Annual Consumption 50 41,642 20,821 11,278 13,013 tons 86,804 tons 3 Continued b CANADA ACL Bell CJM Carey Lake TOTAL QAMA Cassiar AUSTRALIA Group 35 a 35 MAJOR SUPPLIERS Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group Unknown 418 60 218 - 498 -9,355 - 3,771 71 298 2,618 - 2,798 5 18 608 82 2,347 3,445 205 1,194 13,495 5,439 6,687 Group 4-5 24,025 140 14,532 OTHER IMPORTS 21,917 3 Continued c MAJOR CUSTOMER & PRODUCTS _ James Hardie / Pipe & Sheets Wunderlich A Sheets Colonial Sugar Floor Tile Bendix Mintex Friction Materials i 3 Continued MEXICO a Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Annual Consumption 2,152 tons 22,592 17,212 6,455 5,379 53,790 tons a4 3 Continued b MAJOR SUPPLIERS CANADA ACL Bell CJM Carey Lake TOTAL QAMA Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 1,140 450 973 _ - 11 ; 200 2,774 11,007 : . 2,460 5,703 600 1,434 21,204 4,804 : 180 .540 325 466 - 6,315 Group 6 1,156 740 713 299 592 3,500 Group 7 440 40 881 1,107 1,763 4,231 Group Unknown U.S. GAF Atlas Union Carbide SOUTH AFRICA & RHODESIA 151 11,079 151 151 , 7,360 3 Continued 0 MAJOR`CUSTOMER MAJOR`CUSTOMER & PRODUCTS Asbestos de Mexico C Pipe & Sheets Mousson A Pipe & Sheets Suarez A Pipe& Sheets Abex. Friction Materials M Mexicana Millboard Asbestos Textil Textiles 3 Continued al SOUTH AMERICA Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Annual Consumption 1,200 103,000 32,000 20,000 18,800 tons 175,000 tons .. 3 Continued b MAJOR SUPPLIERS CANADA ACL Bell CJM Carey Lake TOTAL QAMA Cassiar Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 202 18 7 . 8,453 516 150 19,864 61 2,599 7391 2,231 822 ; 33,663 Group 4-5 8,705 11,252 295 828 790 217 13,382 ) Group 6 Group 7 4,593 601 2,940 1,428 6,211 ~ 600 , 6,610 4,564 1,255 2,100 13,260 17,642 Group Unknown 268 ; SOUTH AFRICA & . RHODESIA ITALY i U.S. 18,995 - 3,067 4,217 BRAZIL SAMA Cana Brava 69,850 tons 3 Continued c _ MAJOR CUSTOMER & PRODUCTS Eternit C Pipe & Sheets Floor tile Mousson C Pipe & Sheets Sano Brazil A Sheets Colombit Colombia A Sheets Raybestos Licensee's Friction Materials 3 continued Groups 3-6 914,210 tons 1973 estimated apparent consumption b Supplied by USSR c C Pipe / Sheet Miscellaneous 639,980 228,580 45,650 tons 914,210 tons Describe the location of existing asbestos prospects in the world and the feasibility of entering into production for each desposit Include type of fiber that can be produced from each deposit and the estimated annual production CALAVERAS ASBESTOS LTD =~ CALIFORNIA A new company formed following the purchase by a group of U.S. and German investors from H. K. Porter Inc. The chrysotile asbestos mine and mill is located at Copperpolois California Porter had owned 92.5 interest in the former Pacific Asbestos Corporation and had permanently closed the mine in April 1974 The acquisition became final October 24 1975 Production has commenced and will be as follows in 1976 - Based on 75 of Capacity Group 4 4567 4567 7 3,000 11,925 10,800 1,425 27,150 tons tons Future production is estimated to be - Based on Full Capacity Group 4 567 567 7 ; 4,000 15,900 14,400 1,900 36,200 tons UNITED ASBESTOS INC- ONTARIO CANADA Began trial productioinn August 1975 at at Matachewan Midlothian Township near its new asbestos mine Timmins Ontario Normal Production all asbestos grades should be tons attained by the end of the year The mill has an annual start production capacity of 100,000 tons of fiber Indicated ore reserves are million down to the ~. " 1,000 level and the mine is said to have an initial life span of over 20 years At its present rated output the facility is expected to eventually yield double the income being received from United's joint venture with Lake Asbestos at Black Lake UNITED ASBESTOS INC Cont'd Kanematsu Ltd. Tokyo hold exclusive distributorship in Japan and ICC Mexico S.A. is the exclusive distributor in Mexico and Central America for the new operation It should be mentioned here that Connell Bros. Ltd. San Francisco California will soon be exporting from United to Korea and Thailand and in 1976 asbestos should be shipping a sizeable volume of the Midlothian product to several customers in the Far East BRAZIL - Chrysotile The Cana Brava mine owned by S.S. Mineracao de Aminanto is planning to increase annual capacity to 110,000 tons of fiber by 1977-78 Production in 1974 was 60,344 tons SOUTH AFRICA - Crocidolite Pty Early in 1975 Kuruman Cape Blue Asbestos Pty Ltd. one of the operating subsidiaries of Asbestos Investments Ltd. a member of the Eternit Group brought into production a new mine and mill on the farm Klipfontein This modern mill has a capacity of 18,000 tons per year Target production for the Asbestos Investments Pty and Danielskuil Cape Blue two crocidolite operations of Ltd. Kuruman Cape Blue Asbestos is now 60,000 tons per year MEXICO A letter of intent has been signed by M relating to a joint venture with Mexican interests namely Cia Industries plus certain technical Penoles SA in which Reeves assets assistance will provide a 45 interest to M in a new that will develop a Mexican asbestos deposit In company dismantled and the interim the Reeves plant is being prepared for shipment to Mexico forecast is to produce 40,000 tons of primarily TGhreouppre6secnhtrysotile fiber by 1979 and 60,000 tons by 1980 COLUMBIA - Chrysotile No at present Asbestos Columbianos S.A. production owned by Eternit Columbiana 709 and Compania Minora Eternit Emmo 30 plan to exploit the Las BBrrisiass as deposit near Campamento in the south of the country The deposit was Canada developed byNicolet Industries of who sold its 70 to EteEterrnit nit during 1974 see IM Nov. 174 Although by would operating early proposals suggested built built to to start that a 50,000 tpa plant 1976 commceommerciral cial comercial production is now expected to begin during 1979 at rate of 20,000 tpa A high production of recovered fibre is likely to be of QAMA grades 4 and 5 GREECE - Chrysotile Asbestos Mining Co. of Northern Greece - NABEM owned 513 by Cerro Corp. of the USA and 490 by the Hellenic Industrial Kozani in western Macedonia Development Bank Project at is currently oporating at pilot plant scale but plans are in hand to install a first stage 50,000 tpa plant for probable stage up during 1979 and a second second could take the total total capacity to 10,00 100,000 10,00 10,00 100,000 100,000 t-at-at-at-a by by by 1980 Fibres will be in the QAMA 4-7 MOZAMBIQUMOZAEMBIQUE Minas plantfor finished currently by 1976 The operation is inland from the port of Beira expected expected situated noor start Vila Pery SUDAN An agreement announced February 9 1976 has been signed between Manville Gulf International Group of Kuwait and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Sudan for the exploration and possible development of asbestos deposits in the Sudan Under the agreement the Sudanese government grants Manville and Gulf International licenses to explore for asbestos over approx 3861 sq miles in the Blue Nile and Kassala province for an month to three year period If exploration results prove favorable the parties would form a joint venture for the mining and marketing of asbestos fiber Manville would manage the mining operations and market the fiber for the joint venture The estimated investment to produce 100,000 tons of Group 4 fiber is 120 million The estimated start would be 1980 based on 3 years of exploration activities and 2 years construction and start ABITIBI ASBESTOS MINING CO - LTD QUEBEC CANADA Owns a large undeveloped asbestos deposit at Maizerets Township near Amos Quebec In 1972 Brinco Ltd. entered into an agreement with Abitibi whereby it could acquire a majority interest in the program was completed in property The 1973. Further initial evaluation study continued in 1974 and 1975 toward determining if commercial development of the deposit would be economically viable Brinco issued a report in August 1975 which estimated that before financing and certain working capital requirements it would cost about million Canadian to bring the A deposit into production by 1978. The operating model on which the estimate is based envisages mining million short tons of asbestos- bearing rock at a maximum rate of million tons per year The open operation would support an annual milling rate of million tons and a total throughput of million tons of asbestos rock with an average gross value of 9.00 per ton based on January 1975 fiber prices The probability of the deposit coming in by 1980 is good - Estimated production could be 200,000 tons divided as follows e Group 4 70,000 tons Group 5 20,000 Group 6 30,000 Group 7 80,000 200,000 tons BOLIVIA- Crocidolite The existence of asbestos in a 100 sq kilometer area in Chapare Province Department of Cochabamba Bolivia has been known for over fifty years although no significant development work has been done until recently A mechanized project was begun in Cochabamba in 1975 toward obtaining a concentrate of 90 to 98 asbestos by manual selection Ultimately the Association of Producers of Asbestos was formed to promote the production of asbestos to be of mutual assistance to local miners to establish standards and classifications and to guarantee quantities quality and delivery to national foreign customers It is assumed the major market will be the Andean Pact countries Production projections are 2000 tons in 1976 and 10,000 tons by 1978 MC ADAM MINING CORPORATION LTD| Has an asbestos property at Roberge Lake McCorkill Township near Chibougamau Quebec A study of the deposit continues by Rio Tinto Canadian Explorations Ltd. In light of encouraging results thus far the engineering consulting firm of Geco Ltd. was retained early this year to completely evaluate the project A complex is envisioned that is capable of producing 100,000 tons of fiber per year The tonnage could be divided as follows Group Group Group Group 4 5 6 7 20,000 30,000 25,000 25,000 tons 100,000 tons PATHFINDER RESOURCES LTD Has expended more than 700,000 in exploration with a view toward developing its Lili asbestos property at Cleveland Township Quebec Work to date has outlined 3 ore zones of asbestos fiber totaling million tons Pathfinder does not intend to develop the property but is seeking the financial strength of a major compantyo place it into production CONSOLIDATED MIDVALE EXPLORATIONS LTD Completed a drilling program this year at its asbestos property at The project asbestos of Tring Junction Beauce Township Northwest Quebec indicated several narrow zones of fiber good quality Samples have been taken to the Quebec Department of Natural Resources for pilot plant testing EASTERN ASBESTOS CO LTD At last reports had held a acre asbestos prospect at Portland West Township Papineau County Quebec said to contain million tons of iron asbestos ore It is Securities believed that in 1972 control of Eastern was acquired by Kingsgate Holdings Ltd. In early 1975 the Quebec Securities Commission informed the Montreal Stock Exchange it had issued a trading order prohibiting all brokers from trading in securities of Eastern Asbestos Trading was banned because Eastern's letters pursuant to the Quebec Companies a company incorporated in Quebec of patent were cancelled Information Act under which may be dissolved for failure to file certain information CASSIAR ASBESTOS CORPORATION LTD They produce asbestos from two mines the McDame Mountain Cassiar British Columbia Mine at Clinton Creek Yukon Territory Cassiar and the mine at Clinton In 1974 - 92,709 tons of fiber were produced at the Cassiar Mill - QAMA Grades 1-6 Probable ore reserves at the end of 1974 were calculated at 22 million tons A 3 year drilling program at Cassiar has proved a minimum 20 year life as an open pit operation In 1974 91,392 tons of fiber were Mine - QAMA Grades 4-6 Probable produced at the Clinton Creek ore reserves totaled 6.5 million tons Extensive drilling at Clinton provided disappointing results and the mine will probably be closed in late 1977 Efforts to locate another mine are continuing New Zealand has not been encouraging Exploration in At Kutcho Creek 60 miles southeast of Cassiar the company has a substantial find but it is not clear whether the _ grade is high enough to justify a large investment 5 List the 10 major purchasers the tonnage and $ volume and . The Eternit Group of asbestos the approx . in the world showing breakdown by fiber group $ 97 million Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 300,000 20,000 88,000 15,000 tons 423,000 tons Turner & Newall Ltd. Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 | . 4,000 46,000 30,000 30,000 15,000 tons 125,000 tons | Mousson excludes Certain Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 oy 20,000 tons 50,000 10,000 80,000 tons $ 31 million $ 19 million James Hardie Co. Pty Ltd. Group 4 Group 5 _ 34,500 tons . 25,500 60,000 tons $ 15 million Dansk Eternit - Denmark ; Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 3,000 20,000 2,000 tons 25,000 tons $ 5 million Van Gelder - Holland Group 7 28,000 tons Cape Asbestos U.K. Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 8,000 8,000 3,000 2,000 tons 21,000 tons Siam Cement - Thailand Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 5,000 15,000 3,000 tons 23,000 tons Hyderabad - India Group 4 Group 5 10,000 tons 15,000 25,000 tons Asano Slate - Japan Group 5 Group 6 10,000 tons 24,000 34,000 tons million $ 4.8 million $ 4.2 million $ 5.8 million $ .6.0 million List the 10 major purchasers of asbestos in in the U.S. showing the tonnages and $ volume and the approx breakdown by fiber group 1. Manville 27.3 million Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 900 tons 80,259 1,346 - 59,304 7,855 149,664 tons Blue Amosite 13,000 tons 4,000 2. Armstrong Cork Company Group 7 76,000 tons 3 GAF Corporation Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 3,000 6,000 2,000 57,000 tons 68,000 tons 4 Certain Group 4 Group 5 Blue 33,000 2,000 3,000 tons i 38,000 tons $ 6.3 million $ 5.1 million 12.4 million 5 Nicolet Industries Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 100 tons 200 2,000 8,000 22,000 32,300 tons 6. Congoleum Industries Group 7 30,400 tons ' Corporation 7 Celotex Corporation Celotex Jim WalWtaelrteCrorCorpporatioon rCoraporation tion Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 2,000 10,000 12,000 tons 24,000 tons 8 Flinkote Group 4 Group 7 Blue 8,000 13,000 1,000 tons 22,000 tons 9 Bendix Corporation Group 3 Group 5 - Group 7 200 6,200 6,200 tons 5,700 12,100 tons 10 Raybestos Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 2,000 tons . 1,000 Lo 3,000 - 1,000 1,000 8,000 tons $ 3.4 million $ 3.3 million $ 2.9 million $ 3.6 million $ 2.0 million $ 2.4 million 17 List the countries importing fiber into the U.S. showing for each country the producer by tonnage and type of fiber ASBESTOS Amosite South Africa .. s.tons Crocidolite Blue South Africa s.tons 8,018 11,302 Chrysotile Crudes Canada Germany West . . 2. ' ' ' s.ton s s.tons 115 99 Rhodesia . 2 5 26 6 ' ' ee s.tons 1,202 South Africa ... +. +s +s - s.tons 1,502 Swaziland se eee ees s.tons 480 Chrysotile Spinning Fibers Canada s.tons 26,768 Italy . .- fee - ' ' ' ' ' . Rhodesia . tee s.tons 1 s.tons 4 South Africa + + + + es 6 > s.tons 66 Chrysotile Other Brazil oe ew s.tons Canada s.tons 6 6 ' ee ee ew ew es Mexico . 2. 2. 6 ' 6 es 6 ' ew ww s.tons South Africa . ee eee s.tons USSR . we ee ee s.tons Other Crudes & Fibers Canada s.tons Finland . 1. 6. 6 6 2 se ' we ee Germany ee South Africa . . ' + ' ' 4 s.tons s.tons s.tons 20 684,941 45 593 451 27,384 502 1 2,670 TS 766,164 YEAR 1974 1,908,807 2,904,038 13,413 35,347 700,298 652,746 361,215 10,416,850 3,8 1,855 15,864 1,501 101,363,335 9,128 154,761 122,958 4,740,03865,828 1,427 348,831 123,822,122 7 Continued. CANADA . . | Canadian Manville Co. Ltd. Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 1,339 66,996 20,638 65,564 205,333 tons 359,870 tons Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 5,087 6,624 10,256 14,292 53,193 tons 89,452 bons Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd. Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 2,145 2,183 5,362 3,120 5,699 tons 18,509 tons Carey Canadian Mines Ltd. Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 776 tons 6,171 3,299 104,386 ; 114,632 tons } 7 Continued Lake Asbestos of Quebec Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 1,015 16,476 4,807 5,467 tons 76,645 tons. Cassiar Asbestos Corp. Group 3 Group 4-5 Group6 4,000 26,169 5,000 tons 35,169 tons Advocate Mines Ltd. Group 4 7,400 tons Manville Reeves Mine Group 4 Grou6p 1,655 tons 2,310 3,965 tons Hedman Mines Ltd. Group 7 6,500 tons - 7 Continued SOUTH AFRICA Blue oo Cape Asbestos Co. Central Asbestos Co. Ltd. Asbestos Inv Ppy Ltd. Chrysotile Not available Cape Asbestos Co. Amosite RHODESIA Chrysotile Rhodesian and General Asbestos Co. a subsidiary of Turner & Newall SWAZILAND Chrysotile Havelock Asbestos Mines FINLAND Anthophyllite Paraisten Kalkki Oy's 11,302 tons 6,000 tons . 4,000 1,000 5,331 tons 8,018 tons 1,202 tons ' 480 tons 502 tons 8 For M state the location of all Asbestos mines which we own or have an interest and the total tonnofafg ibe er produced by group from each Jeffrey - Asbestos P.Q. Canada 1975 Production Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 1,635 tons 142,836 39,902 117,941 284,250 586,564 tons Canadian Manville Co. Ltd. wholly subsidiary of Manville Corp. of the U.S.A. WMS ye Advocate Mines Ltd. - Baie Verte Newfoundland 1975 Production Group 4 Group 6 25 35 56,100 tons 13,500 69,600 tons Owned by Canadian Manville Ltd. 50 preferred common and a management contract Amet Corp. and Eternit S.A. 31 Coalinga Mine Coalinga Calif Closed July 1974 Reeves Mine - Norther Ontario Canada Closed Feb,, uary1975 For M state the country and the purchasers in each country by group where the fiber is sold North America U.S. & Canada 420,829 tons Jeffrey only Group 3 J Bendix Amatex PPG Other Corp. 2588 tons 1910 102 120 60 396 tons 2588 tons Group 4 83,461 tons | Dake M 76,704 tons RE Certain Raybestos 2,578 891 Dana Corp. 814 Coyne Cylinder Corp. 281 Other 2,193 83,461 tons Group 5 M GAF Corp. Bendix Corp. Raybestos Dana Corp. General Motors Delco . Chrysler Certain Other 22,386 tons 1,346 5,051 3,133 3,079 1,978 1,690 1,517 674 3,918 tons 22,386 tons g U.S. & Canada Cont'd Group 6 M Celotex Supradur Essex Industries Thiokol National Gypsum Other Group 7 - M GAF Corp. Armstrong Cork Congoleum . Industries Celotex Flintkote Brown Ford Motor Co. Hollingsworth & Vose Drilling Specialties U.S. Gypsum Royal Industries Monsey Karnak . Gibson Other 87,725 tons 76,994 5,637 1,478 838 401 313 2,064 tons 87,725 tons 224,561 tons 7,727 40,739 38,658 tons 30,393 10,893 7,293 5,336 3,637 3,501 2,885 2,687 2,214 2,053 2,018 1,965 62,562 224,561 tons 9 Con't Japan 25,802 tons All fiber sold through one exclusive distributor TKBS UK Group 4 26,498 tons 4,687 tons Cape Asbestos Gleno Other 3,752 640 295 4,687 tons Group 5 Cape Asbestos N Bell Asbestos Gleno British Uralite Other | | 3,025 tons 2,567 108 40 288 tons 22 3,025 tons Group 6 Cape Asbestos Other 2,510 tons 1,895 615 2,510 tons Group 7 Thomas Witter ' Marley Tile Everitt distributor | Mintex Expandite EVODE Other me | 16,264 tons 6,713 2,200 1,421 1,076 ; 592 452 3,810 16,264 tons 9 con't France Group 4 Eternit Mousson Other Group 5 Midi Pyrenees Joint Meillor 20,931 tons 12,748 tons 8,000 4,600 148 tons 12,748 tons 23 tons 18 tons 5 23 tons Group 6 Eternit Other Group 7 Dalami Ferodo Other Spain Group 4 Uralite Fibrocementos Rocalla Other . Costilla 915 tons 480 435 tons 915 tons 7,235 tons 6,680 217 338 tons 7,235 tons 18,613 tons 8,901 tons 8,090 tons 560| 197 54 8,901 tons 9. Spain con't Group 6 Uralite Group 7 Saralar Belgium Group 4 M Ghent Other Group 5 Don Int'l Other Cape Group . Group 6 M Ghent Eternit Other r Group 7 Eternit Prothermac Other distributor - 8,133 tons 8,133 tons 438 tons 438 tons 12,070 tons 1,057 tons 960 tons 97 1,057 tons 760 tons 660 100 tons 760 tons 7,033 tons 4,291 2,695 47 tons 7,033 tons 3,181 tons 1,260 563 tons . 1,358 3,181 tons es) 91 Cont'd Mexico. Group 3 Asbestos Asbestos Textil de Mexico Group 4 Asbestos de Mexico Mousson Other Group 5 Asbestos de Mexico| Group 6 M Mexicana Asbestos de Mexico Group 7 M Mexicana Other Australia Group 5 James Hardie Other 8810 tons 973 tons 515 458 973 tons 5,703 tons 3,540 2,040 123 tons 5,703 tons 540 tons 540 tons 713 tons 258 tons' 455 713 tons 881 tons 853 28 tons 881 tons 7,806 tons 3,429 tons 2,214 tons 1,215 3,429 tons 9. Cont'd Australia Cont'd Group 6 Wunderlich Other Group 7 Wunderlich E. Tinsley Bendix Other distributor 2,798 tons 2,748 tons 50 2,798 tons 1,559 tons 794 583 180 2 1,559 tons 10 a U.S. 1 2 Group 34567 Annual Consumption , 26,899 128,279 47,234 99,052 494,374 M ~ Shipments 1,339 76,051 20,638 67,874 205,333 795,838 371,235 Blue 11,276 - - Amosite 7,999 815,113 371,235 3 4 5 6 " Share M U.S. Consumption U.S. Consumption Less M Consumption . M Shipments Less M . Consumption. 5.0 59.3 43.7 68.5 41.5 900 80,259 1,346 ~ 59,304 7,855 25,999 48,020 45,888 39,748 486,519 439 negative 4 19,292 8,570 197,478 46.6 149,664 646,174 225,779 13,000 4,000 45.5 166,664 646,174 225,779 34.9 NOTES 1 Does not include GSA Stockpile 2 Includes Blue consumed from GSA Stockpile 3 Includes outside Cassiar purchases 4 M consumes more Group 4 than they ship into the U.S. 10 b Cont'd South America Annual Consumption Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 1,200 103,000 32,000 20,000 18,800 175,000 QAMA Shipments 822 33,663 13,382 13,260 17,642 78,769 M Shipments 150 19,864 828 6,211 6,605 33,658 Total M Share 12.5 19.3 2.6 31.1 35.1 c Europe includes U.K. & Eastern Europe Annual Consumption Group 4 Group Group 7 Group Group 14,236 512,509 373,655 288,237 235,000 1,423,637 QAMA Shipments 12,284 142,862 56,363 52,186 148,125 411,820 J Shipments 117 36,406 7,385 23,491 46,682 114,081 Total J Share 1.0 7.1 7.1 19.9 8.12.0 8.1 19.9 8.0 10 - d Cont'd Asia Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Annual Consumption 8,038 96,460 64,307 66,987 32,154 267,946 . QAMA Shipments 928 28,377 20,686 25,788 6,741 82,520 J Shipments - 7,161 1,805 5,145 687 14,798 e Japan Group 3 5 Group Group 7 Group Group Annual Consumption 7,864 43,254 106,168 173,016 62,914 393,216 QAMA Shipments 3,854 10,034 27,279 55,912 39,225 136,304 M Shipments 470 1,243 8,485 10,888 4,716 25,802 10 f Cont'd Australasia Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Annual Consumption 50 41,642 20,821 11,278 13,013 86,804 QAMA Shipments 35 1,194 13,495 5,439 6,687 26,850 J Shipments - 218 3,771 2,798 2,347 9,134 Total M Share 1.0 18.1 24.8 18.0 10.5 10 Continued g MEXICO Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Annual Consumption 2,152 * 22,592 17,212 6,455 5,379 53,790 QAMA Shipments M Shipments 2,774 21,204 6,315 3,500 4,256 973 5,703 540 713 881 38,049 8,810 Total M Share 45.2 25.2 3.1 11.0 16.4 16.4 QUEBEC ASBESTOS MINING ASSOC Q.A.M.A. Quebec Quebec Asbestos Asbestos Producers Assoc formed Mining Assoc formed 1931 1948 Asbestos producing companies the members and each company member companies are in the Province of Quebec are has one director to the Assoc Canadian Manville Co. Ltd. Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd. Lake Asbestos of Quebec Ltd. Carey Canadian Mines Ltd. Officers include President and 4 Directors The President's term is one year and rotates annually by company in alphabetical order In addition to the as General Counsel Secretary above the and P. A. Manager Casgrain Assoc retains Philip Casgrain CCasagsrgarianin Casgrain Filteau as General Manager Manager Manager Casgrain Casgrain Casgrain and and and The Association Committees include Uniform Classification & Grading Committee Industrial Relations Committee Traffic Committee Legislation & Taxation Committee Environmental Control Committee Occupational & Environmental Health Materials Handling Committee Committee Public Relations Committee Meetings of the Directors are held in Canada about 4 times annually and in addition 2 meetingosf Directors and other representatives from each company are held annually The purpose of the Assoc is 1 Promote advance advance advance advance improve the business of mining and kindred businesses busineses businesses foster operation between other associations asociations associations associations and with government 2 Develop uniform classification and grading and conduct research on asbestos 3 Promote sound health practises 4 Work to prevent accidents 5 Enter into agreements with other Associations governments etc. in the interests of the Assoc 6 Establish funds for scientific purposes publica- tions and etc. 7 Maintain clinics for the asbestos workers Publications by the Q.A.M.A. include 1 The Asbestos Producer a monthly publication in French & English 2 A English lexicon for the asbestos industry 3 Reports on Asbestos & Health