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International Smelting and Refining Company East Chicago, Indiana
Pigment Division
lotMber 30, 1944
Nr. R. B. Dwyer, Executive Tie* President, Anaconda Copper Mining Company,
25 Broadway, lew Tork 4, >. T.
Sear Mr. Svyers
Thia la a aummary of the aalea poaltlon of line oxide and white lead for the month of October, 1944.
Table Bo. 1 givea a eomparlaon of also oxide aalea for Septeaiber and October of 1944 and the eorreapondlng aontha of 1943.
Taw.* an. i
Oetoher September
mi
1,127,330 Lba. 1,721,900 Lba.
12*2.
1,154,950 Lba. 1,376,330 Lba.
Salea were good, eomaiderlng that we did not aell anything to CVS In October. It la definite that CVS will net purebaae any more zinc oxide thla year. They nay be In the market for 5,000 tona after the flrat of the year bnt there la aoaie queatlon about thla.
In connection with CVS, they are thinking of changing the
apeclflcatlona to lower the water aoluble aalt content from .5% to .3^
and the aulfur content from .4j< to .ljj. Thla would he a rather diffi cult epeolflcatlon for American proceaa lead-free zinc oxide to meet, generally apeaklng. On the other hand, our oxide made froai aecondary metal la well within the propoaed changea and If the epeolflcatlon la eetabllahed on the baala that haa been propoaed. It night be of conalderable aoalatance to ua In aelllng thla type of zlne oxide to CVS.
There atill la great demand for the American proceaa leaded zlne oxldea, the aala of which we hold down aa much aa poaalble. I have Information from a wary reliable aouree that very ahortly VPB will amend order M-ll-a to eliminate aeetlon 16 which reatrleta the uae of American proceaa lead-free In paints. Xowever, lead-free zinc oxide will remain on allocation.
It la expected that aalea for Boveaber will be about 800,000 pounda. Salea through October, 1944 amounted to 14,516,483 pounda. Bor the same period of 1943 they were 9,152,685 pounda.
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tttl la. 2 |lni tmkdon Mtwdlag te palat, rubber, ud alssellasweus ladastrles.
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Screw
Pounds
1944
'aaa^*aMIaH*
Tamlus
^Pounds
1943
anMeeiSUv
Talus
Palat
lubber Miscellaneous
cm
376.650
550.650
*00,050
$ 88,544.00 58.703-38
20,168.88
612,850
*36,550 105.550
$ *3,559.90 *3,539.64 10,498.02
1,1*7,350
$ 101,410.86
1,154,950
% 97,591.56
1944 Peuafe
..... Talus
Palat lubber
cmlseellaaeous
387,600
355.000 179.300
800.000
$ *9,*1.60 33,815.00 18,129.68
76.000.00
1,781,900
# 157,206.22
12*2
Pounds
Talus
518.750 406,000 457,600
% 36,081.26
39,995.00 55,5*5.23
1,376,350
1 131,599.*9
Salaa ta tba palat aad alaaallaaaaos Industries for October vara about the sans aa far Septaabar. tba laaraaaa la aalas to tho rubber Industry vas daa to tba faot that oaa of our biggest oustouers bad alaaalealatad bla lawatery paaltlaa awr tha past savaral mobtha. It bad reached a dsagertms lev aad be porehaeed aa extra 150,000 pounds to brlag the lawatery ap to aeraal.
table le. 3 glws a breakdown of slaa aside sales for October according to tba three slaaalflaatlaas.
TAM 10. 5
^f. taallty SSr taad tree aad teadad
155,500 tba. *8,650 Lbs.
949.800 tba.
1,1*7,350 tba.
Balsa af l.B.P. duality and aaal vere alaast the seas as for September.
table Be. 4 elves the average sales price per pound for the
past three acatha
wa^-a an- A
1244
O^fcober
Oeptebbar August
Average Bales Price - Par Pound
8.995#
9.130*1
9.8*7#
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of feta* lmr plM4 p*dH
about
the mm 1m 8stiktr m la Septsaber, the nailer tonnage of Dm higher
prleed grados eeused a lovorlac of tbs arerage prise per peuad.
fable It. 5 fires > eaaperlsoa of Alto lead sales for Septoder aad October of 19*4 aad the corresponding acetbs of 19*3.
otara an a
1944
1943
October
Septsaber
1,*88,144 lbs.
1,904,151 Lbs.
9*0,243 Lbs.
1,083,839 Lbs.
Bales vers dova soaerbst la October, this Is to bo expeoted tnaseuch as paint sales usually reach a peak la Bepteaber aad then de cline for the balance of the pear, lorerer, aales for October vers unusually food, the rhite lead plant started up Bepteaber lat aad
sales for September, October, aad Vocssdisr rill be just about equal to production for those three eontbs, the produetlea rate belag 2* teas per day. This Is better than usual for this tlae of pear.
Through October, 1944 sales hare aaonatod to 10,511,50* pounds. For the suae period of 19*3 they rare 8,771,0*8 pounds. Bales for the pear 1944 rill probably be about 1,000 teas oror 19*3.
There has been seas easing of tltaalua aad llthopone. As Indicated In this letter preciously, there rill be soae Modification of the order oorerlag lead-free alas oxide. These factors rill rery likely hero a tcadency ta cauac soae decrease la the saeuat of rhite lead that rill be used la asaafSctarlaf paint. Furtheraore, the lin seed ell pleture csatlaues te cause cobsera. The present situation on llaseed oil la rery roll sunned up la the Bereaber 20th Issue of the Anerlesn Paint Journal frea rhieh Z aa quoting.
"Per Task, Bereabsr 17. - The llaseed ell business la this area (leu Tork) la alaost at a asaplete standstill. The tve largest crushers are aet taking any orders for carloads, although saaller orders arc etUl being filled. This shortage la expected to continue for the first six ninths of 19*5, aad the probability la that the llnaeed oil quota rill be reduced, the only rakaora faster la the situation being rhothoO it rill to to 60 porooat or 50 per*eat of quota. Al though 500,8*8 bushels rare bought frea Cuaada this reck, this snail saeuat Is aet aaough to satisfy the unfilled dsaaad. One of the largest Bills on the Atlantis seabaard has beoa slased for sereral rooks."
Table Vo. 6 glees the aeerugs sales price per pound for dry rhite lead for the past throe asatha.
eanrx an. 6
October
12*4 Beoteeber
August
Arango Bales Fries - Par Found
8.3534
8.3534
8.3794
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To noHrlM, tho owr-all nln position on tooth sine oxlda and dry Alt* laad doas not laak mo torlght >i it did this m tins last nonth.
F.H.Hurlssotho
oat Hr. Tradsrlsk Lalst, / Hr. . 1. Johnson
Tory traly yours.
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