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FILE NAME: Kennecott (KENN) DATE: 1956 Oct DOC#: KENN018 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: US Dept of the Interior-Bureau of Mines - Mineral Trade Notes [Excerpt] Vo l . 43, NO. 4 Oc t o b e r 1956 fa JUN 51957 MINERAL TRADE NOTES A MONTHLY INVENTORY OF INFORMATION FROM U. S. GOVERNMENT FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICES AND OTHER SOURCES THAT MAY NOT OTHERWISE BE MADE AVAILABLE PROMPTLY. United State* Department of the Interior -- Bureau of Mine Vol. < 3 > 1 W aihinglon, D. C October 1956 A monthly inventory of information obtained from (J. S. Government Foreign Service office and other source that may not otherwise be made a v a l i s e promptly Cof^iled in th Divista) of Minetels, Bureau o( Mina by Dorothy C. B* nd Helm T. C B s under th supervisioe of Pael F. Yopes, Assonni lo th Cfciaf UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OE THE INTERIOR Fred A. Seaton, Secretary BUREAU OF MINES Marling J. Ankeny, Director Note: R e a s o n a b le care is ex ercised io selectin g sod dig estin g ell item s, but the Bw een of Wines d o e s n o t assum e re sp o n sib ility for the accu racy of statem ents credited to other sources. R eprinting o f re p o rts sod ex cerp ts therefrom is a lw ay s welcomed by the Bureau, bar PR O PER ACKNOWLEDGMENT SHOULD BE WADE TO THE BUREAU O F MINES and, in the m atter of a b stra c te d ite m s , to any original ao tace noted. [digitized by Google HIGHLIGHTS Antimony, copper, iro n o r e , and le a d and lin e production in ALGERIA in 195U and 1955 P roduction and tr a d e s t a t i s t i c s on aluminum, bauxite and copper in WESTERN GERMANY in 1955 In creased production of iron and s t e e l in BELGIUM durin g 1955 WORLD production o f b au x ite, iron o re , and platinum . . . Large a sb e sto s d e p o s its d isco v ered in Kosane P ro vince, NORTHERN GREECE . . . New cement p la n t being b u i l t in EGYPT P roduction o f cement increued 32 p e rc e n t in GREECE in 1955 A ll-A rab potash co rp o ratio n being foned in JORDAN . . . WORLD produ ctio n o f gypsum, p y r i t e , and s u lf u r . . . Trade and m utual te c h n ic a l a s s is ta n c e p a c t between INDIA and TUGOSLATIA . Dio 26d Mineral Trade Notes, Voi. 43# No. 4 CO N TO RTS I. METALS II. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS && Aluminum (Germany. W est).......... 3 Antimony ( A l g e r i a ) . . . . . . . . . . * . 4 Bauxite (Germany, West - N etherlands, W orld)...................... 4 Copper (A lg eria, Germany, W est)................................................... 7 Iron ore (A lgeria, W o rld ),.... 9 Iro n and s t e e l (Belgium).......... 12 Lead and mine (A lg e ria ).......... 16 Nickel (Germany, W e s t 17 Platinum (Germany, West World)................................................ 17" Tin (Belgium)............. 20 Zinc (Belgium)............................ 20 Asbestos (G reece)........................... Conant (Canada, Egypt, G reece). Gypsum (A u s tra lia , World)........... Lithium ores (Brasil).......... Potash (Egypt)............ . P y r its (F inland, W orld)............... S a lt ( H a iti, Jo rd an )..................... Sulfur (Philippine Republic, Turkey, W orld)............. .................. S ulfur and p y rite (A u stra lia ) Page 32 32 34 III. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION In d ia-Y ugoslavia (Trade Agremnent) Page 38 M ineral Trade N otes, Voi. A3, No. A I I . INDUSTRIAL MINERALS ASBESTOS G reece. - Large a sb e sto s d e p o s its 00 to 90 m eters deep have been found in th e M ikrovalton-Servia a rea of th e Kosane Province in Western Macedonia by the Greek I n s t i t u t e f o r Geology and Subsurface Research. An o p tio n to develop th e d e p o s its was g ran ted to th e Kannecott Copper C orp., New York, U.S.A., by th e Greek Gore rn p a n t which approved Kannecott*s a p p lic a tio n t o spend i n i t i a l l y $70,000 f o r la r g e - s c a le ex p lo ra tio n . Kermeeott esta b lish e d an o ffic e in Salonika e a rly in 1956, when e x p lo ra tio n began, and p la n s to in v e s t 6 to 8 m illio n d o lla r s for development of th e mines and th e production of asbestos fib e rs i f the deposits are p ro fita b le and a su ita b le investment guaranty agremaent w ith th e Greek Government can be a tta in e d . (D raftin g O ffic e rs J . Enepekidea and H. C. Voorhees, F oreign S erv ice Despatch Nos. 1056 and 922, 1956 - A thens.) CEMENT Canada. - According to th e Demini on Bureau o f S t a t i s t i c a , th e out put o f p o rtlan d cnent to ta le d 25*1 m illio n b a r r e ls (350 pounds each) in 1955, compared w ith 22.6 m illio n b a r r e ls i n 195A; an in c re a se o f 2.5 m illio n b a r r e ls in 1955. (The 195A fig u re la r e v is e d .) The p ro d u ctio n , im ports and ex p o rts o f oonent f o r 195A and 1955 are shown below: P roduction, im ports and ex p o rts o f cement. Canada. 195A--55 195A_________ B a rre la i/ Value.C$ O utput.................................... Shipments (sold or used by p ro d u c e rs)................... Stocks on hand December 31.......... . Im ports: 22,622,021 22,A37,A77 1,083,202 - 59,035.6AA P ortland cement and hydraulic or waterlim e................... .............. White portland-cnant 2,292,200 6,316,890 c lin k e r (from th e U nited S ta te s ) ............. Exports: Portland c n en t* ...^ . Apparent consum ption^/.. 79,805 2/123,6A5 2A,606,032 1 Canadian b a rre l equals 350 pounds. 25A,1A9 A96.058 " 2 / Revised fig u re. 2 / Exclusive of c lin k er imported. _________ 1955 B a r r e la i/ Value.C$ 2 5 ,U 5 ,A25 - 25,I68,A6a 65,650,025 1,031,163 _ 2,959,370 a,AA3,U5 78,928 965,185 27,162,6A9 25A.62A 3 , 1 3 9 ,A98 --