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December U, 1562
To Mecbers of tbs Lead Industries Association, Inc.i
Attached le a special ruppleoent of the London "Metal Bulletin" vhlch vos Issued at the tine of the International Lead Conference In October.
I thin): that you Bay find this report of the meeting, vhlch I think vas an outstanding success, of Interest.
Very truly yours.
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anj now meeting in Londonl <nd lhe sixth meeting in
Gcooi id the lnl(nitM<Ajl I caJ jJ /me Study (ittMip
prodn.'a'h corflCr.k. NeseMhek** the ven;^rs.isoa of the
two nvei.ngv studying widely Jirferrnt i'pcM' *d the some
VihK\t, servo to sharpen (hr iiimlk'n currently being {vnd
to Wad jr>J to the Jidklitt vituition in whvb the mctjl
hndx itself.
-f- One of the mam rrasonv for the lntematM*nal < imfercrvT
n to rvKjn^e jitJ JnHflvivik tcs.hoca] knowledge ut def
that the iikltnlr) nut (din its vtivtivtvn the hot nuitfuK
4'-.} the hot teshniqucs thereby. it rv hissed. retiming jruJ
0 .Hoadcnmg existing im anJ erxisuragmg no iiKi
The tevhon.il aspevts will he rvpcrtN soscreJ m the roper
pfrvmcj oi thn week's u'nfcrttvr j iiJ the vlivinuom they
evoke itvl it rv nx inw pvrp*^ to go mto these aspev'v it
great length. in this ((MO The first International lod
< v*ofcrc(yr *v hwc'er. on *bv tout ifprtuniiy to file *
comprehensive UoA jt the ofUi psn*iain of the metal; li*
see how us pc<ni Jirtvuliev icsclnprd jnJ to vee what
van N* done to osmome them As is so idtcn the cove, it
lyvissjri t> ksA hKkMh in iHdrt to utvknlind the
proem, or to fixmitlaic \>o*t on the future
Rtcipitulition
After ih? S.vonJ WorlJ War W id pcWes in thn country were o^Mitl) v**ntrillcd by the British (M*vrnment until VpremKi. 1*0? Kit ihrs wjv id Kval father than internjtKWjl sipmtkarv.e anJ prises mncd sharply upwards in the citl> p*d *jf years o the unrealistic cvKttrol prices if ItW tf kid to gne way to lifitn reftevt-ng the loci if ptwjwar ilcnund inj ***f d pm)in.1nn
After pvcs had rnosrO from oil* ( V) m 1V45 to il Vf per
tiwi m ItV), the kirfin Mil h.s( out 1 hrv jriHnCvl f(irt
espev'iillv in the IS A of 4 fxnsible dvwlage inj heavy
buying f*r*ed up prices m the t i*nd.m market to IIX)and
leaJ. akmg with other mrtah cjmt under the control d the
Iniertu h k v j I Matciuls ( .xi(ntiv( This net periodically
m l < S A. iisl alUvatcd supplies to mv Jiv iJu j I vvuniries.
VS h list this t at Mining system was, on the shok, suvvessful in
allaying unjustified fears f cn impending famine m supples
it vIk I not present lh< I'mled Slates the
i highest lead
producer, hut neserthelot a substantial pvnt-war net unfsvner front prosing forward vipru>l> with tu plan for acvumulaltng a huge strategic shvAptW hived on esti mated requirements f.'r a hse years* war after allowing for domestic supples
The wale of husmg Um the l"S xuvip*W was *> largr I.XX).000 dvrl tm were av\Mnsilit(s! by 1^1 vr therrahauts that both Anv-twan and Oh.1 mane and smelter pfixluvrsm were envuragrJ to espanj to. and ihm to remain at. a tori cvmderahh rtl cv^cw of actual consump(Hin The wuptvfv was .f siwh dimcnsM'm as it> he nsorr than lulveW to twin a vtru\g mailct into a weak one when the art it. o 2 wppon iO<tMijn l he problem was aggt as aied to vasne eslcni by ihe fat that after Amcf k j '* siralcgw' ncesis were voord ikr I S Inwernmcm gave way to pressure from d<tv>(<v' mmes anj v^vkpiled further large liuvisagcs of ikatysiv and fiKipi Wad in an vtiempt to Wild up svpcn market prk.es m fxt .*f a gt.ns mg su/pluv of ih IJ supplies The sOuatwwi was rua helped bs the itnp<ut >or m OvU>hcr. N`ll, -f imps! ijuotiv m the LSA whkh vetumh reslrxtrd njllctv m that dues turn t-* voeral rrsae rvp.e. mg v.*untf xn. Ihrs had the ino-laMe result s*f mtensifvmg the pressure iif supplxs im th< wfIJ market to the detriment %4 pewes
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Just pse to the dravtv asiion Ivknt by the I'.V.A. et
impivurg intpvrt quota* t*n additHvn to the n*x *nv'm*n)er-
able impvrt duties already m tvniftvrl in tvdei to hoKicr
up the di'mcMk prwe and protest Nme produvers. the
United Nations sailed an cv/doralory mietnatnmat s-\ws-
fetoxt in I ondvn m September. I*#*it. to uriVt the lead
situatkn and determine wha1 if any. steps shouki he lakcn
to improve n In general there wav a drvfxvsition to favs h o t
rtvlixliort of (tpMtv if Wad. hut no umkrimt) if i<pnion
as l whelher ihrs *huJJ he tin/pWd with eunadnienl of
pndixtKrt There was a gvsvj .leal of *tvposi\M*n vmsed
against the l`S tmp*xt sji*tj* A statoiwal review forevast
u further vurplm id supply m
anj there was a gvhxl deal
of dissusskut on the dc*>rjhi|ity id the fumatk>n of an
lntrmjtHnj| Study < ifisjp on IcoJ and /mv . t ** no dctimie
step* were taken at that time A further meeting of the
kid anj /me .-onferen.T was held m ficnc'a m Nosemher.
Ivvg. and a thirJ vessHWi in New York m May. IfVd
AltKnigh it w av estimateJ that the excess id pnvJuslion id Wad hy primary smelters met ss*momptH*n in l**5T wag
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International Study Group
Agreement a eventually reached on the formation of an
International Lead and Zinc Study Croup, the lint meeting
of whk'h wj% hekf an Genoa from January 27ih to February
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t>urmg thn meeting voluntary cut* in tupplie*
*4 lead were peociwed by leading concern* m *ariou* count re*
but at tbe teviwuj Kum ts September. t'KO. ) ** I.mod
that the earlier eUrmaic* haJ been optimoa*. InvteaJ of
an anikipaied ikfveiK) m mpplei compared with am-
vurrptuvn lafier allowing for the prommed cunt, a wirplu*
lead developed Awlfaha. t anada. Moco. ft-ru and l yew
daia agreed to rrurkt output or tupplv* until March. I*ht.
*hot the third Study Group tewaon wj* heU >n Mnv
Doptie the record Wad vomumpi h i IttO it wj* fiunl
that tupplie* had exceeded owumpKVi by tome *0.000
metric urn*. and continued cult m mine arvJ metal uippl*-*
ere anrxxwed
At the ItunH euiw in October. I*MI. it wav fiKmJ that
the cut* in tupplie* had rww been n rff<vtr*c n haj been
jM hipped, but it <m agreed tn tonimuc lhoe unct there *ai
an estimated wrpluc fM
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m output uere lh*n< in Canada tetfevtoe to fune. I'th'j and
Auviralia tetfecioe to Mafvh ,'lw.
lhc-< being made in
return for an lyTer by the l S (>emmcnt to lake und*.r
barter 9',itl0 \h<n iim virpduc vixk\ from Canada and
Audt.ltaon u'evdttKvi that mine andvnehef prikJa- t*on *<rc curtailed.
At the fifth ovK>n of tbe Study Group m Genoa m March. IW2. no agreement uat iWficully reached at ftnl a In the further ttep* to he taken, and the meeting at ad^HimeJ until the enj of May. Ihc toiplw f*r I "Ml tkm put at ICU.UX) tom. hut promised cui\ in unclter output dutmg 1`thJ mere cxfxvted to mult n a delkk*nc> of m* tupplo cx*mpaied mih comumption 4 wrote iO.OOO turn. Vkhe:|ter thn fim.avt udl he realned rem*m to be rrened. So far it ha* been Jiffcuh u> eommor the hig cXMnummg ctvinti ic* u ho are alw wb*tant*al producer*, ihjl they dttnild reduce output in the intefrd* of the global p*nitKWV
Opprmive Surplus
Mratmhilf. iiwinh the end of March thn year the l-'nitcd Stale* f*r the hrw time rekea*ed ofTkial detail* of h huge wikkpilc of Wad *hkh ankuntnl to no ku than I.OSJ.CU) ihil t(wn m the wraiegk itickple plut '44.000 loev* m the C lurunodity C'redt i'orporjtKirt and wippWmcntal tiikip>W* and a further I.OUO tom n thr DPA Imm'.vy. y
of I.Vj '.UC nun. ot' hkh m* kn fhaa 1.014,000 lean ttr inland I* br n^ptu* l kawrln'* re*HH atraHgk
tiquidnion Unlikely
lie the prrxent ru* tpecifk; *uggr*tK>n ha* been made
regarding the p**.Mr drvpnal on the market i4 any >f thn
huge rrenc *4 Wad. although IbrvkSent Kennedy'* brikid
miirnaikm that *ikVpiW *urpltrc* *hmlj be reduced n
crkkigh to *cnd cold chudder* d<n*n tbe K*vk 4 any Wad
proJsker m the I'noed Stale* **r anywhere cty Aduatly.
havmg regard to the piliicMl poacr 4 the mining hUv m
the t'S Senate, it *cerm ectremely unlikely that any *4 lh*c
livlpk met *1 iU. in fa*,l. be reknol until tuch lime a* the
lead wiuafion ha* moved into a mckh tri*ngcr powtHm
than it i* a* the prevent SomWku. no** that offer* <f
vurpluv MvvlpW tin have actually begun an>t the whole
quevoon <4 adu*t'r\g Amcewa'* vifatcgk' metvrv t> entirely
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ASARCO WORLD OPERATIONS
The bus*ness of Asarco --> Amer i<an Smelting and Refining Company, world produCtf of non-ferrous metals and minerals -- embraces the mining. imelimg and refining of copper, lead. line. arsen*. Silver ar.d gold; of related cfen ef.*t vuch at tefeotum. teffurium. cadmium. indum and bumulh, and of non-m^talhc minerals like asbestos and fluorspar
Thirty mining operations and 27 smelting and refining plants *n Canada. Me*-<c Australia. Gret Britain. Central and South Amer*ci and the U S comprise Aiarcos world wide resources And through the exploration and development of new metal and mineral properties the i<r>prQ*emtnt of processmf and re fining techniques lo provide element! o? increasing punt/ and alloys of new value -- in short through Confident and foresghted investment in the future -- Asarco helps assure the world's future resources for these important non-ferrous materials.
Asarco's representative for The United Kingdom is Metal Traders. Limited. Other vales agents m. Basel. Bomba/. Brussels. Buenos Aires. Cali f Cc'ombia). Cologne. Havarv*. Hetsmgfort. Me*KO City. Oslo. Pans. Santiago (Chile). Sao Paulo. Stockholm. Tokyo and Turin.
American Smelling And Refining Company 120 Broadway. New York 5. N. Y.
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The Outlook
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The sisth
of ihe Inierrutfeuwl I c j J and Z*ne
k<ud> (fitHip starting in (irnoi in a few <U)V Imv n hmihj
to he * diffxuli me and m-i> well hr crucial. Kiv t w
mhiljlH-.Htif (he k*d market Kise pnlupurciifJ a friicf
jrtpiMlNin M vimhWr ihf piM.Mil) o( j full-Wilc mwt>
national
agreement cut lead. althc'vigh vo,+i an
Orj n \till sru*ngl) oppined b> kadmg piMuifn mi many
ciHjnurt iKnifh not, prftup*. b> atL
Nor ihe kasi tf the problem* faced by ihe world's lead
fKlmir> n the great diserviy v4 milivl
the many
(v.nJukioi i.Hiimm Apart fi<m the |yiH<vtHWiu anJ
pnmvme aituuJr U i*e IS iM.crwnfn M-waid* n%
JiytioiK mmn, t rarve and Italy (Uryel) irff-vdhKHl| ahtt
!%_( j vli(<A(t) pnHiviKWiM ouikH'i and the V\ nt (kfnuo
nines ate clamouring (t ptowvtHn i^iitHl the nVfOnni
./ the .ftn market h> one mean* ce an,Khrr. ranging from
immediate implement* l n*n *d the ultimate Ilk' tariff to a
whrniHWi (tt*n (ierman i-iuflxr to ensure a mm*mum
pfh.c of lf*5 A* t*efmans n a net .m^icr. h*cvcr. the
c.*n*umcrs there are rw*c guile of ihe vonc mind hut povnl
ivWjiHWts art that the (**rvcenmrnt ma> push the viheme
through Russia, *d csHarse. lb,*ugh fci'Kling cspm to
ire Vtrstcrn vU in |w0 to n*n iiser than the I'tM lesri n
regarded as usivlhiaj *f an wnkn**wn faiUt f*v the future
( anada and \usir*tij. despite ) uacahk mierriai con>
sumption. art haucall* l.s\mg f*r <*p.*rt markets for then
prsJuCtH*n and !/* A* /. fa*****/ fret and untrammelled
-_rkeis Meuco anJ Peru are nen nwe dependent on
rtpvn
Hopeful feature*
\ J(ps,ii.n has appeared in ihe tasj year or two to
rgatj kad A a metal whose future is anythmg hut rosy
fh.s has g*mn partis t*wu*g to the drpntKVi *n psrs and
par 1 Is .nung to the fast that in vmr *f its ma*r uvs M is
lulneiahk ti* siuiipeiithus and suh*r.iut*n h> *thct metak
and pi is Ik s In this ropevt it is ltik different frm any ocher
,.*i>nxd*t> Metah anJ non-metals compere for m*n>
market*; steel and non-ferrous nseiah vomfrie and one
n-n feifiHrs metal competes *h another This aspect mill
ru* l(*uht he draft with m s>snte Jr(a.J in the paper* hrtng
rorfl'nl at the t
hut m the meantime it is *eih
U'l.ag at the record The rate of gn*wih mi kaJ
s.'nsumptMm s h x c the hrst IJ war has not cgoalkd that
t4 aluminium. si'TT'-'r ** /tx'. hut n has heen better than
t.n, and m the Ijst *ks;adc iv so has risen al an aseta^e rate
if msr f *, pet annum linked in nls **rx >eal vnee
has XiXhl kaJ so\unptM*n suffered a sethael and stun*
pafcj *iih ivtjt sNwis a sets s*w>s*sierahk gfuwlh from
I xt)t lift sh*sft lns to the l^l ksel
I.WO.'W tons
i \BMS hfurol a rise f tA pet cent.
It s Kh iIJ also he rsirted that m ihe somewhat difTx'uh mh u s iis sinsdilHMSs attesting a number *d siuntries m the past year, kad nvisjm.Hkui h-is held steadier than that of frsHisc i*f ts viwvpeiih'T-s The pn.ture has its bright side
Ihrrrfiur. hut despot the sarmus output and or tuks curtail neniv. and the lifting f suhsiantial tonnages t*f surplus sj4vk off the market, wpplo ha>e so far sh*mn a per* uistcnt tersdeno to remain ahead id demand with a con* sespjential downward pisiurr on pso ISk s iH) one fasinr has been tSal the heas) world drman*! m revent scars f>ir /me ciKicrnirales has iemjxrarils oset-stimulated supplies of kad. as such a targe pipiHlni d Ihe toraf world prix Iu s Ik k i ongirules *n m\ed kad /uw *res this, hnweser. ma> ru* he a ciutf.ouing fntiv Mush will dc/Vt>d tipw the fclatise rates of cspans*i*n m owumpion of the I*c* trxiak r* the future
F.cwtnk Frruttre /femK
The reaw*ns f.r the depress**wt ae s.vr*pks In lhe*e.n*cal esorxMn^v deshnmg rrs.es sh.'wU gradually pseJ* rtvargmal pidustn *ul of pec .tsisin and so fpi*e v*ju`1*Num in demand anJ v>pply aM an c v a awnx a 11* salnfa*i>es pexe N**wada%v h**we*er. su*h hns (\inom*. pressmes arr is** loegre regarded as mesitahk arvl arc resasied hs all sons f means f*r wriirgs. P'i<>**) < s\ k'gs.at tcavms
Ametxa has mt*nv*ted *karl* that she miervh !* krrp the rump *d her kaJ and />rs mmmg imlmin inla*t and hac gurw IP c*nss>deahk length* t** a^t'*c*r this h> im(V*n Oui >es. irrpet gmMas *n h*th **re an,I metaL isii(ijtl suh*-die\ to small mines . nd h* taking mu* ki**crnnvnt *t.\i* large qiuntitoof metal for sh*h there was n,* immediate oraicg** nr convtervul need and shfft are now devlareJ to he ss#rpfus
In a number V other i*x*rtr<v fo< similar or diffetent
rtaWK. mine poJwtMW ha* nr shrunk in the was (hat
m<fM have been c*peered K V*k **<e page "I m*re
.Kitpui %'f (V Loprsf pr.duc'ing ounifici *er the ten
sears to I ml idufing whnh I orwkm pr,cs shrunk M m*He
than .V) prr ,en -nd har falkn fun her m
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Compagnie Metallurgique de la CampineS.A.
SU. AVENUE LOUISE. BRUSSELS. S.
Buyers of every description of
ORES, SLAGS, ASHES, SCRAP, etc.,
containing
LffcsAau Lw AaniifissiamAuMnUi
On the occasion of the 1962 INTERNATIONAL LEAD CONFERENCE
LEAD & ALLOYS LIMITED
send greetings to their many customers In the United Kingdom and Overseas
Producers of
L.A.A. BRAND REFINED LEAD CABLE LEAD ALLOYS BEARING METAL
TERRE METAL SOLDERS ANTSMONIAL LEAD BABBITT METAL
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Ik fimtlh i*f I he Sn cl HKv. The effect if the Liter im the !<vj fy>wtH>n hav only m iiwt'l yean ovanifevtcd riceIf ui
arf-rciabk or**** IP *hc Mcvicrn world. Itv impact,
hav hern Ji^ifiwiNiuKt} large
to the
n yvicry vurttHanding ihc Sov nn'v king-term export f\McolL|
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Alihmrgh in vpnr t4 im,-v*rt Juitn and ginHav the United
Vale* n vnll * very Lgr net irnpveiei 4 lead in one form
a an**ther. thrv p<\icviionfvt
L'c. m fact. gone *
k*ng m j > (o mLir the dmrvtw i S p*HitKn fri*m that if the
.|J j| large. American internal pc *.ev are nt cvmplctely
enabled hy wi*rld *pcn market toeh hot the> i t very
loggiy uv It n nc\t>ur>. irvecf*MT. m any appranal i4 the
<i)J uiuiiirti to hrir |hn fi^l h i mmJ li n i)y< iy to
ferremK-f lhat. Jorvify ** md*revlly. rvawt f ihc vtepe taken
hj jJv i'S Atlminitloiiiyi to help inJ protevt the I S lead
mim.-ig iihtuur) have leaded to have a deprevving effect i<fl
lie orVJ market prvt. At more eimntncv wrl to protect
ihcir irn mining mJwtnev whether Life enough to meet
all internal miutrcmcnu or noil thn factor hcvnmcv v
vtcjuflfl) ip(ornu. The wnatkf the open mirln honno
itv rrwee marked n t vet*wt%H) to prewiHt of unwanted
wiglet or, ilifttuihel*. to UMHIifr
Important Scrap Factor
In jit) comadcration <( Iritt marketing frcMnm the
i.nf*c*rtarxc of kud *v.`v*c<reJ from wrap irvj rcuduev
vhtOJ never he urv.ktevima:ed. In m>M
the uvo of
kaJ the metal. iKitAi to u* high TM'iiivt to (irtiHNn,
fktyn\ vvoer or Lief iv vtip jnJ. it inv rut in h Wu v
u .j 'v J countncv the recover* and treamw-nt i*f kaJ wrap
:v tn:M* cvrg-.ru/ed Perhape ihc *wtvljivlinf exampk n
1; . hattery indu*try *h%h a* cvpth v J Li*', gencfaicv y< 11 h year up to J*0 per cent *4 i* t*njl koJ cvcwumptnxt
i ;V firm oT v,T*p A pun fiom pignicn:* jnJ kxt
c,:,*jih>l the **hct nvnn uw i4 Ic j J KiMcrw wHe
^ n <*g. pipe nod vheci. i IUh * jll prtn^v j mh tuiveo
*< IK' no rrvuti n ihjt i^f the trtjl *nnu-i! vewt-
4 leiJ prhjN> met MJ per cent iv derived from
yi^p I hr. wixvJii) WiJ mvr*t 4 rxvrvui; j)4)v he jbk
,-ider^U pnnvity p*JvMivo jnd n*uvl tlcrelvne he
rc.*ene/eJ v utidtinf hc lini trjrvhe 4 JemjrvJ Vwrc
(r t\ \i4p n m*vi iuioim\j!i) rc-wvcJ m r<v.ivered itk*>v
h-ji mxikh of it rt-cTTvcipcv *% rrtmed le^J nh viv
fj,t.v;. 4>vi> jnd phyvc^l vh^r^.lerol^v To viggrvt Ij v
M(*vo dij jt it< Lv| MiiJv <rnjp tneeimgi thjl h o inlet*
rt:<**cul iv*nlrl v.tveme CvmU he JoicJ hyved on * prew
pnoiuir cut in vevt'rvjjr) vupplio to any curtailment in
nr* metal n wnhful ihmkmg n*l if purvued *ctM'jvl>
i.<vU iT.h le-nJ to touhV. I vpcr*en*.e m war and pca^e
! ha* vhown thal *ctap, M< murJer. ~ will
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Price Determination
(he t <vn j.v.i *1etjl f vhangr foe very many yearn hav had
<4Ihe trrJilH*nal *i*k tamong iMher\| providing a h**mr at
a pr e (<*r ihe wyld`v wrplwvo In lunv * ((ucv* uipplo ukt iv ihe pr<nei ihn mrarrv that. c*"*t if only marginal Uviruprv are mohrd av n in (avl tounify ihe cave ihe e<*i\t i-n Pk c v can he nuiie pc*nuTveJ I tic the npplc
Sfr.cn a vtne thrown ml a fond, the ritev 1 vj-rr ith over
area Many lOuniricv have, to a gieaier it lever
\4degrrt. internal prn,v loelv different from that ihe I Ml
tvi.iHiiiuk ihcvMlif area at any rale, the t tuvk*n quolalrom
Lead Mine Output
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There hav Keen much talk an recctw yean etiher c4 veiling up wnr ma.lun<n |tui uR l,S`p ivjyn market price lp<U within certa*n arNirr> Ionov or of hndmg *ome aherrutrve mciStvl W pTKe-hvmg av a haw lo Siunon, wKhnlmg JttTYl rnvIwTKnnvomrt kmg ierm anMiai.lv Av already mcntfcOrd. ihe vka *4 a full-wak mtcrnatiorul ammnlity agrremem hav hcen mv^oed and may w<HI he dixt/vod again. The hruorv to da'e of vus~h apermerHv m olvr amnudiiio. however, hav 1*0 hcen vuffvcrvtly uivpvfing 10 crv*v*f*r nwni projvx'erv wiilmgly 10 vuttender ihe rght to run thc*r timpano *n thev own may f,r ihe hencttlv voovrtimcv m**rt thovetwal than avtual which might a*.clue frvm kutng (r-'icrnmoiiv tiv theo pnvitviion and evpvot pogranunn fw ihc-m Al Ihe /h k iw w / funri rather aptly put it recently, mtcmatrorul arrovvlili agreementv have a^kiorvl alrrwt the c rry vlaluv av dnarnument; in iheof) llx*> enin the tcipf>oM *4 all. wh.k m praciKC H n rarely p*Kvihk 10 *.ho( vullc OTH agreement iw irullm *4 detail lo en-thk a workahk v.hemc to he put uMu cflfct
European Common Market
A factor 4
k h j . imp**Oarv.e m the overall v iIu j Ik u i iv
|l< I uinpCan < i<mnvn Market Already a tariff wall >v
gi*>wtng r*mr>d the u *i*untracv convlrlulmg the 111' and
C'cntualli ihrv will invum h* the fairty formulahk figure i*f
aK*ui 14 IS per t**n. It iv hardly lo he wondereJ al that
the p*vv.h<lity *4 Britain jotmng the I 11 rv wrtying ( anada
anJ Awvtralia iwh<*v< kaJ enterv ihe l k free of duly) very
cv*nc*dcrahl> and that they v ic~w w ith alarm the unrrwwciif.
nevv 4 the S*\ to Mr lleath'v propersah thal mi* tanlfv
vh*ulJ he granted for lead, rvw and aluminium *4 ( mmt*rv>
wealth `*tipn
Irarxe and Italy, who have li*ng been highly prolcC'
(Nwirvt with regard to their kad and /me rmmvg mduvtrev
are unlikely lo give way *n lhr pvnnt e'cept. pcwuMy f*e 4
very limited rvntwl and they will certainly he vupp*vneJ by
the Mol (erman mmev who. at prevnt. veem to have lh<
hacking of theo (tovernment in theif veatch ft*t pnMeclM*n
agJirwt the cc*n***K peohkrm *f 4 dcprov<*l *vpen market
price At Study looup nvcctingv the (rwmon Market
ctWintnev have irxreavmgly argued and vi*ted *n wniv4tn and
ftKm a blv whivh. in **ew t4 itv very viihvtanttal pr*ductKMi
and cv*nvumption. carncv a pxcl vkal of weight.
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Jhn t\ ne nf hc burning lop*.* </ ihe da* and nne *m
wh\h a great tkal it |iel> 10 hr hc4id nvluJing if
r'pcooxc 1* an> g.iiJe j great deal tf mwiKriK I *rr)
vtmnii) *i<ukl l*lr in wr t kad r*ixJut.rf> bin) jrvl pr*v-
pernm l nfiKiurulrl? lt*dj> il d-*r rvn *e*ni In he po*\ihk
fxM all in hr KmK at litr van* iimr I he pt*hlem n l find
mnr irvjin / aJju\t>ng uipj^i In demand k i |lul 4
" win/Jcl<r> " lr*rl 'f f*KT* mj hr tviahlrshrd SH the
le*M id 1 hr Jirt'vuhio in the *> nf d*ng w * ihr diflrrrnl
iniripKliUim t4 Kj | nvitiiivin 4 " ulitfitlm) ~ prior.
r>m frm ihr prndukTr*' angk In \mct\j ihr (rrn-
mem n tuhtidiurig small pn>JixYf* b) pjtmg them Ihr
\lrtrrtr.r hrirm ihr market pr*.t and Ml ert*t* prt Ih
n a largel piitt i*f Cl |h per ln On Ihr iMhn hand ih<
chairman nf <'nmtd>daird /h ( t*rp tnm (hr fern Imin-
/iik ('np>K4ttnn ltd 1, Mi Alfred M ILwr, ud in Mj ;
iStt )cjr irui ItiJ jnJ nix, prior* ai ihr pniilmg tlrpm'nl
poor* *Wad it I hen \tjnding al 4i,*unJ 1M> 4 t.Kif t*rC
approximates four time* a* htgh a* ihr* uric in the pre-***f drvjdr. 4kLn( '' I wifprvi that ihn ^ppiMiltin n
rr tvnjMt m Ime nh ihr tint hdit <f iMher vt<n>iidii<n.
inj Kf>XT'. pn\iJrd id nury tiKiuirJ |jn m t{XMltl mvijivo ire nor liken mm *%.\-vru hitup.
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|| i*i*uld Sr f.*!nh. hnC*ef. In 'itwr iIk fa. 1 ihjt tr' (x k imv ttn ht* guo1 **1 ha*e mn.eJ 4 fc*nr i> m ihr pad
guntet td j trrtiwn Mk t jnJ cr^c
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should rHK rrt,gnrv,'> hr *>cr*rd 4* jn inoitjhle tnai4iHm
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I he I sparvWd KocJfv h hn>Nmni( f*x | cad and /m m the United Mates tv probing a number id posuhW new ino (iv the metal av well ; Irving In tniptior i<\SnK|t-v tn existing iWr Mmilaily tn this countiy the i rad lV>rk>Cment Association whose help in lhc compilation of lKr% vupf'lcmcnl r gladly ackrvow Wdge tv hcvorrwng rrxvre Alive This *ri t fiivl mlcinjlMHul lr*J conference which rt hong attended by w*me 2H> drWgatrv fmm nearly X) ciHinincs rt itself tangible c' tdcncc of Ihn tn Australia a development ivvutMHi luv<|uilc recently hern fixmrd and
iv getting it* wwk to protiwxc wider u<e id Wad tn Australia
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gathering wav in I utopcan einmtnrv and ihcte i* much more
tnietnaiHxsal co-operation than ever hcfirr
Kendo from Ihiv vn d work do n.x necessarily come
guxkly hut in the Uwvg run impimed demand slunihJ
certainly rrviih especially if there tv the nvitimum inter-
lutiooal tv-nprttlKifl to avoid overlapping and wtiicful
duplication id erfixt. time and eepe'"*-
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Despite in long htitory which wretches haci hrf.ur the ( hnvtian era began, lead ha played. and h ptayvng. a mayor part in several very imponaiM modern irvdustrw It hav hern HHinuM) iixKutn) with the growth of the use id eWsirwr*) tmough iiv widespread applwation av cable sheathing and dually with cWvirxity and the nvxor sar inJuvtry in the vhape I'f the Wad xd storage battery It hav wtong links with nwx*r can and aiuraft th*i>sgh lead ieira<ihyt and lead tclnuncthyl in high vianc peiiot and tv. v< to speak, inJjvUultv and tllitryv.j,l> fight up to the mmute av a prefctied shxkhng material fi*r a munher id applx*atom tn eonneviaxt with nuclear energy
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< kvc d th< mam outlets f*r Wad tv the Murage haitery rd-jviry lodecJ *n iv I SA it r\ the largest u<mumci and m the l K r*catl it< second NggcM At the umr lime it hav t. he remembered that it n the Largest generator *d scrap
OrVuvvmg rrcert devetopmemv tn the L'* battery industry Mr KohcM ( /cgfrU. t vcxuloc ler President of the lead Industries AvvCulHn. Inc. tcllv the InirrnjtKmal twHifctcrxc that tn |*ze| Ktncrw amounted fx j c**nsump> < i n id W. 1.000 chiirt Itmv of Wad. roughly |udcJ equally K'lwrcn gnJ meial and midrs On the uthri hand H generated xltf from tt\lt aNkrt VJO.ftW v?Vrt tn d Wad ert rcsosered. going a net consumption id ivnly hi.iW Iiv y v lliiwoer. vtrvc the hulk id iv*dev arc made fr**m no* Wad. an e\vevv d cv*vdar> Wad tv puJicrJ fro.n olj Kiucncv hxh gev into other applxattom and ih; haitery industry uvev o'^vdcttN) mve ne* Wad than appears on the vurfxe
In Amcrxa the battery mduvlry't grow iimtutipkn m l`*h| jv jKxit '5*. vd tihal civfttumpoon and ttv net ci*nvimiptuxt aSxil k*,. r.hihi n xcc<'urcd fit no lew than **. id the xvimdary Wad recovered I m reavom mentioned ahrne, houevet. the aviual vtmvumpiHin id primary Wad wav nearly 2OU.M0 vhon tonv. or h*ut ime-third of all the primary Wad used in Anvrrxa An important p>nnt to hear m mind tv that the mallei for replacement hatlcriev it four or five timet av that in new carv
l he trend in the early ivSO v is America to the uve d |2-voh halicrto rouhed in an incicatc id 4 l 5 lb id Wad
per haHefy. hut wav acevmparued by longer I.le. rcdx*ng the ddTcrential Mire feve'tily the inirtxlucixvti id Amr'ctn* made compact cart hav resulted in the l?-volt hatierics uyd for them weighing only annrt the tame av h-voll hauertet fiH convcniHWal Carv. Ihuv having the cfltsl d reducing il< weight id Wad in the average hattery.
A dilteferxe m the annual production rale d cars id vne ffvlU'fl can mean j difference id clove to IO.OUO Ovut t>vn d Wad <>nvumpiMvn w k ! Dr /<gtaekl I A'h vt*mpavl Car wvid mvtead id a Ltigrr ivy might mean av much av l Ih Wsv td Wad it I.HUI short t<wis per mitUMt cars A 10 pcT vent rrxreave m elK vAy can result in a vavmg id *.000 short urns d Wad m iviginal csju<pmci hattenct in a 7 million car pt> dtxlMwv year. " and it n prtdvahly conxrvaiivc to evi maie ihji haitery ctlx srrvy or output per lb d Wad hav i<np.scd nwvre than SI jvr cent n the lavi ten years ~
lie Wj J Aid Killers tv still by far the most rvmuistl pAkjged eWs'trx* power untrec Some cvpcrlv Nl<sr that <\<vnHTv<v in the uy id Wad m Kilter<v wall nix he av rvafl<J n the future av tn resent years. arvJ if ihn view ts xiuuir " perhaps we can hx*k lowarj WaJ ^onvumptnui in K ' cncs insrcjsmg nwxc ncarl* in pnpstftton to 'he nun-.K-r id
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With regard to industrial Kilterws which currently Acount for about 10 per sent d the hMal battery marl cl for l;ad tn Amerva. or about h.ftU to 40.0UU tvm cd lead. Mr. /wgtetd said " Me Kl<ve that llwre s a 5-f^C pacniul in the nxMoe pvwer held whxh hav mx yet Icen realized by lh< Wad industry f:r esampW. only aKxn M per sent d the industrial trxit, partK'ularly lift tru.lv in the I'nned States are battery powered.................... Me believe that the r<vxd fit haitery P'*<r in industrial tfu.lv m ! ufi*pe n mush better than mxv and r are taking steps lo improve the v<tuaixxt.M
(An interesting aspcsl of this tv that in the UK the umonv favour eWslnc powered trucks and. with little or no c o m incentive to use other ivpcv employer* are often therefore favourably inclined towardv battery pwcfcd schickn I i.)
Amerxa be v ik ! alsi- xoieu to Iv lagging behind I ur>vpe or at Wavt I ngland. in the ux id battery-powered multi*
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p<tMXi>fl villKit A-vothct p**vvihk t*pcnmg n ftv urull rlev 11tv passenger carv rwH supplanting lhe a-.etagr fcaviline vjr. but at a compkmcnl to It ft short *hpping avl i*thcr tuns.
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In another paper on ** Some Modern l>evekt'mcnt* in tod Aod Slnfap Rutlccics " l>f M Haral the ( hloctde I kvuical SliMjft ( o I id. Jivu*va' pH\ihk vwrtiit*n i4 lb- lead teller). lie ptunled out lhj| with regal d to alii* hoc meld cadmium and n\UI m<A lubutar huncrw* the r>:n of watt hn lb and j ii ho vu mi. " arc mil no mote finMrabk than tho<c tf avnpauWc kad ^ d hiltoo and as (he c ih I n two to thice limn as high it i\ JiiKult foe alkaline batteries tocompete in vuvh hrkh a* cWvtrwr traction.
At far at fud cells are sooscrned. he ciwluvkd that a practical l,`|< using an eermomw; fud Will not M sight.
Mr. A. Hard) jifOWham A Son I td aluiJiwvuol jynvhK Competitors to the lead buttery. Mhikt tolir vclK ate hemf developed rapiJI) \mter m/h i at a toyict X p"n for ipKt iftivlnl he v j k J. lhe CiHt of sortserswut nulnul n high, having been guoted at (.V) to CM) pet st4i and the hr* fftctj) intensity at the earth's uiifavt with meant ihit a very larpc area of s**Lr celh would he mtinrej to prindc apprevtabW kuds <>f p*cf output.
t H thermal energy bat terk s tthctmo-elcsirw. sd ihcrraonw ) he vnd that whihl the Rinmm hase repealed ptdiamf tkinhKkvire dok <\ whwh u*iri waWc heal fiom l(r.nOK lantern* into (kvtK p**rt \ut1kott to iXertK r*d>o receivers anj transmitters " im soosnJerabk doeUv mcnl n will required ar J itvv engaged in iht* IvUl are li-r iinj the hew! of appl-cation to \p>,c vndlMo anJ nia.kar p**<T."
Nuclear energy can he converted to electrical energy m a wi<t) iV wayv date* Mr Maid) lli*wxt. Uttk data n a jilahle if Cent* " hut. in pctxial. tho< wilt he h*gh
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f kiwfvirame nHl anj life, eorur*eing that the bgcwev
j ic tviyd on a UA) A h capasily and on the fact that the
average car haMco t* much wnaltc* m the rcg' 4 V4 to
M) Nh. n the JO K*ur rate " the actual si**t t\ thus k-*s
than fl.'.k" A* few wnm fipro JO years' life fnm a cat
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Mr Hardy concludes iKat - f or the nest decade rt KXrm
reasonable to regard these new doco a* owipkmrnuf) ut,
rather than supplanting. the (I'mmiNxul tywerm in whwh
the lead aod Kiltcry wilt omtmue to dwniiule fee a Km|
tune to come.**
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Cable Sheathing
fix* I urpejn lead IVelop*nem < *mrm:tee. after * v.r\Q m lw.| reported that imnc than a third of a million tine of lead it uted to thcilh cablet each yejr in Furttf< and
m ocry counti) at W-iw a gtuitrf of the total annual lead consumption it applied in cablet Irleptaph cablet were tint theaihed in kaJ in IK-4A and the metal hat thin given etc client vrftise fi*r met 100 > cart I hen' hat. however, been a partial rcplatcmcni m (event years <4 kaJ by other mclah iM pUvtcv in vomc tlatso i*f cahkt. In America the down* ward trend of kad in s j Mo hav been nun led in revent yean, hut in I utopt the timwmtptiofl hav remained evtcniially titnijnl alltwwivh vomewhat below peal valuct that have been recorded vuvc the war SuhwilutHfl wat rrutcrtally mtVufagrd h> the high pTwet for kad at the lime of the Korean war Aficr jamming the rk played by vanout ctvmpetitort to kad in this tield theC'>mmitiee concluded'.
In mow I uropcjn sounlno it appears that no significant change m the prevent usage and application for kad rv to
bcc'revtedmef the nett three to Inc yean Replacement it either viiiuallv c*mpkt< tfc etampk by aluminium on tiunl cables in Kirway) or else N'th manufat'lurerc and >oer agree that a further pern'd rv nevrtviry to gain etprtKTve befiUe tly new svmtrustiom can becomadercd at "proved*'. I unhctm**re with the prevent prwx c4 kad. mush of the incentive to uu jlicfnativcv hat dis
appeared In general w mt k further rrpl.Kcmcnt if kad rv* lx cvjvslsd t-wl a<t Hsti4H'd tal*k pi Juslnm ** a*w> antuipated and this vhtilj at kad help to maintain kad ctuwuniptHvn at itv prevent level In wrr-e ceunintt a nwvlcd furcate m sonvumptnut may evert he oJcnt I mally. to illuvtfate the Conimocd onlJrfKe in kad anJ faith in ttt future it m.*> be niMed that t number if tompamet have inwalled *r ordetcJ new kad vkathiAg cuu*pmcnt lo'nimv'us nwshmevl over the paw few yearv
In hrv paper t* the I cad < **ofcrcncc on the uvr id kad fit
power eabkt in I rarvr Mr R lellicf id I kctris'itc dc I'rar .
fuwnicd init that vvnc
t*m *4 kad were .vd m l*ttl
m the I terwh cable mduvtry It wav **nly likely, he v j k I. that
aluirnntum wovilJ rerUe kad in the fo'ew.vabk fu<ue for
pariKtilar applualMn> the trend towardv the uv< *4 steel
pipe high vidtage cablet had been civntirnxd in I ranee but
Wad dill re the mam manual uw-tl he the waicr>rcvrvtant
Ociihv m medium anJ k*w tenwstn eabkt
He icfsTied ti the c t .k v Channel sable between I nglaivj and I rarue whuh ^ >nc <4 the nvost uvtercding icvvrtl dfidopneW* m kaJ-vheathed ubmarnc Cabkw Ihc c miw miw i4 kad \hs* oh is King came J iwit at four plant* m kngthv 4 J i likiTvtret. with flevibk y'.m* On the haw* *4 pfctun.fsjrs tests n wav *kv k WJ to ad.*p< an alUw ssmtauw mg 0 J*. Sn anj 00't*. ( d f*r a sheath J.A mm thcl. Aimuunng rv suppled by Jx galvanised vtoef wires of A mn* mdistdually lass|ucrcd and uwficJ
Ocvpte the c*HiiprtitH*n whsh kad has to meet m this hekJ it rv mtcredmg to note that h i the I K sonvumptNWi if kaJ m sables this year hav cvmc fulh up io(\f\\uiHin* and shows a vi/cabk gam as f*41*ws tHnirvh Bureau i4 Non* I (inev Metal Statistics' figures. tA kvr.g |c-Avl:
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the me *4 kad as nulcar vhKUmg is *nc.whK.h has altrasted a lot >4 atlentum ahfwvugh as yet it fipresentv *nly a small pr*pfiK>n *4 the t**tal use of kad. Mr. <i. Vestey tHntish | cad Mills 1 id l poinlv ih i| in his paper to the ( oft* fererve that while large Wat is mstallainvm " ( anKadedwaiely chickled by coosirte. water or even only air, there are many eaves where temporary or*m*\abk shielding n required."
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Alter *>uilinmf the ihii^lrtivu needed foe tuch chieUmg
Mi \oii'> cbiim lhai Wad being the rrxvt abundant ar>d
tax-N the vhcai'oi of live heaxy metah ft clearly ih< beet
4> ijbk nuivrul. adding that ui N\k form a weight <4
40lh hi
fix txxnxcnxcnl handling without
mevtumval aJc Ax a Niux fx drugn a 4* cube weighing
>. IK wax vcWvtcd lixgetltrr wuh a 4* 4` 2' uml. To
an> ducvt paih thnujh the wall between coufeet the
xK<'M*n *" hfisl wax designed with l 4' 4` rpfxmfi|
iljt I-k o and the mK*r f*ur vdov cxxicivting of two male V*t
wO angWv and two female V`i to match. Where move
xuKianu.il vhieljing x mguircd and mechanical lifting lacAW
i rf\aib^W a 7* and 10* tyvtem n adxptcd Ihc Wad bricit
van lx proJixeJ by a xarviy i4 methxdx including gravity
voting. gravity cjwmg plut machining, prevvure catling.
{^exxiiX fvxmmg icixmpHlingJ and machining. extractor)
and machining and gravity catting and cold pfCtung.
Mr H Arnold Jeniin*m (W. G Jcnlimon I id ) date*
that the tiaftJaid ilkn fie Wad chxldmg both Wwit and
vtwumcn n 4 fer vent antirntxiial Wad t# ctHiform
io th; l K tpecincaKxt Al SM0420 Where e curved form
.4 axnnng ix rexjurrcJ pore Wad m*) he uvrd In the
vof viracimn o< Vra> riwmx Wad dl up to l may he tried
K_t whee rwtp<fc><vtll} large dividing n revimred theinox
i*' | io 12 x more may he nevewary | x inUarve the
x/ <Mtnf rexjui.'rd fxr the NS Savannah gixcv dimenv h x o x of
) dunxicr. *7 length and oxer >00 lxn% weight. Ihc Wad
jv uppJ<d 1
3 m area and I * to 2* ihtcV
Mr fi W <* Tad <4 the lntcnutwnjl Atonic. I nergv Vp;nv> v<nru rrulex the interesting cxxnment ihat. ax a r.aU 4 tcvhnxal vxxviJcr.i*xoc, tV demand fix Wad in
nuVai otahlrvS nenix can he xjuilc xafiahW " In one :.-v j I cviahLxhucn*. ( hali Kixer. it n doubtful if on a
xleady x(jrl) haviv more than 10 to 20 Inm per annum u4 Wad) would he accounted foe. whereat trw aultxmohilcv <4 the |
wixlert alone would account fxK 20 torn x4 Wad per year and their hr*mcv fix cn tx)U xaWnt amount In untra4 it it extimatcd that Sac lay tno tocral hundred lixn of lead per year." lie went xt to My:
C>n the average tin tarmut uiunuol t on prrtumc Ihat fx each imtalWd px*xt<e capacity t4 I Megawatt, about 7 lonx (4 Wad product* will he cixrvumcd 1 hat tv
whereat a rxucWar pxiwet reacitx XU MW electrical
capacity wxuhJ prtxhahly aevount fx Wvt than 5 Uxnt of Wad m itx vifixture per year ofcvpevtexl life, the avwxuted omiumpion of Wad h> the uen of the power will be *4 the ixder i4 I.XU tom per year. The Wad mJirxtry't rrwnt i4>civut hpc *4 menacing cixwumptxxn liet. therefxe. tn general mcreaxc in the mdxrvlrcal dcteUxpment
of a country, whxh mvrU in time depend on the axailatxlity
*4 power.
Shett nd Pipe
A.torher long ctlaMethcd and impeuni uxe 4 Wad n m the form of thed anj pipe. A rather turpotmg fact m tha tvU it that :hc contvmptn*rt ^ I*'1* * `A h-iv ahtayv been rruxb biggrf profwxrtHxrutely than mv the USA and. devpete broadly wmilar clwrutx' condi! mm, a ho cixftwderably target than m I uropcan cowntrxev
T1< rxitlrtt fix Wad pipe cannor truthfully tv twnl to chow much ptiimrxe of evparttnxt at the prevent time Indce J ltv> arc tcnJing to thrtnV. lead theet n nx kxxger uved olentivelx foe rooting, but foe ILxhuip, weathcrmgv. damp proof Courses, etc., rt n enuncntlx tuilalW and it finding a griwtmg market I igurev <4 concumpiwxi almtwl invariably lump chert and ppc txgeih<T and in the afgrcgJK
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h the* appej/ to he full) holding their *o. I Ifiet* are bring a jr\d %i)] be made lo c <v h >j |k use in I u m*t x im a scale
lo that csisimg in ihc I K
In recent year* si*mprittHw fnn pla*lK piping ha* N\i*i<
4 *efj ICj I fastlW and 40 4 dik'd pll*hkt1 lO the
fd
*on< hoihlmg tube outWu to n*ppcf and |'iani/rd Htw
Indeed. w w ik Wad pp< manufa* 'mem art interesting them
selves in pla*nc p*pr proJixlion 4\ imWed Ha*e also w*me
tube nii<iu(Aium In vne gujitcr* it h felt that
tl*e WaJ pipe industry rs tm* apt u ihinK in Itiim id the
fiHttyi pvjlrm- Jj j * and that j mmt o (v iik n w m and
J)ium< poll*) is called for rf the ks* id outWi* n mH to
be\Hiv atule At to-day** pun id pj leaJ the ifp^lmwlj
fif aggressive marketing couhj hardly be bcitcte*!.
Span from the tiuul use* id kaJ sheet in I be KpUmf
industry referred lo abmr. a
Jed id inirmi ha been
sinTMn rcvrntl) m the pHrniul ui'peuivt id w*unJ insula-
Ih k i at an outlet for thin lead sheet Th* ha* been ir*cd w
far in t*nl* a fci hiiKl.np where gevul con**Wr4i*m hate
gmcrnoJ ill m< it can be uwd in uimn way* in m'anul
partitioning. h) N>mJing H lo saro*** lpo id Nj'lJing
board \khcthcr there will pri*e to be any large ciwinetcul
ma'Krt hai still lo be pmsed but a lot of promottona! mock
rc hong done to hU a nr* channel id lead (vmumpinn
In iho connection H n hoped that the Common am *Hcn
casting machine developed m Austtalia wilt be a helpful
factor.
Speaking i*n the men I'd kad and lead alk*>* m the
cSonol irvlustry mamh in the Item id pfe ir decl
Mr It Bovin iHloerl (nnljr (imMI i vh*fj the (V*e
*i,evtion kl<oi lead * mxu-.pi n*n m the * hem*, al
wvtuMo ami the prixluousn and
n-o id sulphurv
n! tl< iLiinvJ that kad ha* MMiXikd again*! ItUA)
u.ixsnnppcitiiithncc ma'ir--iiUt T* meet the requirement* d the
.hi-niK jl mdusirs ^ nr umber td ipcvul kad altos* haic Nvn kicellooppeedd and di.f/fVerent r>>cihsd* id laNs-aim* dc*r*ed
rii+lom arising Koue id h-gt. pi\onn( ik u i (*{ a Ho
JixmeJ
Lcidfd Fucli
\k ith the do c *-pmem id the high nvnpr c*n internal
ii<n'bnlH<n engine anj the nerd f*a high islanc foth a new
anj imp*nam outlet do eloped lor lead in the form id the
foci jJslituc. kad let r ait hi I the io< id I hr* pf e* r.pdl.
first m the l'ruled Staten ami tNn in I grope. w.ik the
I K raiding a* a prmtiKer ami a Ijige o'ttiumcf In
tho imtarve the metal r* uvJ to ileormtum %o that there t\
n vtap rrtu'_ fa^tie In 1*^I Amc>ha iocd *ime
I V.ltU iixn id kad m :ho Hem and the I K
tom.
though *omc d the taller l*gore p'i'habH tcpt'enti e*pon*
there n mm c-oe pidiathwi on ih< ( ontimot *Kih
mav he reltcvled in a cmalkr I K kaJ offtake fw thi*
piitpxe, althmigh m u<(al an u aJ *r<ml n etpMcJ
fhe gtiramg in< id |ft eng>no m aircraft r* rcd-aiing
simoJetaM> the
id htgh <\ti < fvcH *n that dfevtHq\
and therefore id lead le'iarth^l. * the pomng number id
nvxti cal* in me lhr*ugHiHit -p msU ka*H on< to <*pevt
an urard trend :n the o*f a I *inMimptn*n id Wad. not
though theie are. id c< *r*e. alwmatne. i*r ciwn4>eiftiv<
mrthixH id prodia.mg higl o.tane petid. cVKvall) ffimr
ccitam l*pc* id *rv*W oil
To Kevp pave with the nune *oiat*k petroH in general me IK.- tiend i> fin Wad tctra-mcih*I to be *uh%tiuled Hu Wad t.Mia<th>l but a* far at kad o*niuinpKn i* lomcrned thi* reproentt little I'r no ihanjse In the I NS and the l*K pri*baM> `>0 per cent ie miuc id the peliid used in nvMoe
car* i* Waded but m Hiai> otler nunti*o there * nxun f*r luT.lm gn*ih In Krnsia. for i vamj'k ahhi'ugh the me d WutWd fuel * gfonmg o h pridvabl) run mote than M ftr sent id the liual so far.
Alloyj
A great deal id Wad it. id nui*e. med in alk>> Hum Haller) plate* are one bg oulWl lo aitiimomal Wad. and. a* indicated flyuhctf, 4 per cent anirmomal Wad n comrmm alto* in nucWar shielding The iiher mam alio)* Ssirb*ng I caJ im luik solder, tvpcmelal and hearings.
(he starting pxnl fi*r Wad aUo)s rs *cr> Largnr 1> vr*p and
residue* but there t* natuialb al*i* a *<m*drrabW son-
iumpHW id new metal In wilder there r* a certain a mourn
d ikwnsaril pressure i*n mdn k Iil j I item* id unsumpsin
due t* such fasti** a* competition frim plasiKs in bd>
solder f*r var rejvurv ahh*ugh in the re mxkU st>kWr is
still mostl> prcfcricd The growth id printed onuili ami
the mmialufisatHifi id imOi rk\lfv a-h ! eWxlionw' exjuip-
ment alsi* tend* to hrmt the armHint id solder uvil per tan.
but with the merall me d *ush polixi* steadil) powing
th< aggicgt< yS rttand
t *'!} tre*n*i upa*H
lead n aHo. rd course, a Substantial tomiiiucnt rd t* pemetaH. Nit the ou<Wl in thr* Jircvlsw rs lirmioJ as tspemetal ha* a *er) li*ng 1>f< In bearing* llie Wad tin babbit.s arc subject to guile a bit of ci-mpeiiiwwi f<i*m mber metal bearing*, and from plaUx-s |lwo**r. ahhigh thc> are CurrentH taking a rather smatWt pstisnlage id the tial trade, it n a smallet percentage id a Lnjrei ami still pi*wmg market so that in total Wad umwt'pnw in lhn tlirrilH<n * espamting rather than shrinking
Lead in Stetl
A uc d Wad that r* at present of limited unpetircr ai regard* tonnage bill `'sk has Cimsider.ibie {xwen.aLt<s. n the aUtiiH*o rd a gu ir*cr to a third pet uni d W*l to Night *tcvl ha* to unproic it* mavl.mmg guali<<-* If tellurium n alwr added to Waded **\l oen faster suttmg psed* van he .uhtcud bat Uliutium hwg a hs-P,,^lus-> n*etal and in tunned **>ppl>. there are J*fl^.uhrs in the was of buckling up thi* dc*ckprT*ent Ati<rnaricH selenium *an be uvJ noicad <d tellurium, but aliho-jgh ihn ri in rather easier *upp|* at it< present tmse t n atw a b* -prtviue't metal.
Pigmenu
I ead pigmcttf* ha*C. d cimrse. a Umg hiwtU) and Hdt viHisumr guite a lot id Wad. tbmigh n<4 neail* a* mwh a* the* did thirls i'r fttij yeats ags* In l'*hl the I K uwnumpih>fl in white lead. Wad o*nks and *<mpn*rKH <i*iSet than for hilicKs) amounted to csre II.(U) tom whilst (W Amcfnan annual offtake -n pigments rs id the ih iJc T id hO.OMU ti*n* to hf.OOO tom a year tSee aK** table *n p.,x* s s mI.
Mis^elljncoui
There are. of c*ufse. man* mher Ws* substantial us* id Wad *uch a* Wad *h**t. bulk"! rixl. colljp'ible inN'*. f***l. Wad yarn, window Wad. ornanvntal Wad castings, etc. Variations in the Wsel *d denund fw *uih pfodustv hi*we*rf. is unlikel) to be id su.licimt intportamc to artevt the hro,td pisutum id the metal.
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