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FILE NAME Cape Asbestos CAPE
DATE 1970 Dec DOC CAPE134
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Internal Document - Overview of NAAC role in
Asbestos Industry Legal - Tibbs Case Exhibit 32
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Vol 5 No. 12 - December 1970
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NAAC's PLACE IN THE SUN - Because of changing personnel duties and the entry
of new people into the industry each year NAAC herewith presents a quick
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overview of our own role in the asbestos industry As many of you know
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North American Asbestos Corporation is a member of the Cape Group of Companies
which has its headquarters in England Cape through its mining subsidiaries
owns and operates Amosite and Crocidolite Blue Asbestos mines in seven
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locations in Southern Africa NAAC imports and distributes these Amphibole
Mineral Fibres in the United States Canada Mexico and the Caribbean region
RICHLAND NAAC currently is importing 12
of Crocidolite NAAC does not
different
import or
grades of Amosite and eight grades sell Chrysotile asbestos NAAC is
the largest U.S. importer of Amphibole Fibres which are distributed from
our warehouse locations in
pending on the visscitudes
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East Coast Gulf Coast and West Coast Ports De-
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of the ocean freight industry and fibre supply at
COMMON the mines the normal delivery time for the most popular grades of
COMMON Amosite and Crocidolite fibres is about 45 days NAAC has complete access
three Cape Asbestos Fibre laboratories in the U.K. and is always ready to COMMON
assist customers with technical and manufacturing problems
PLEAS DENT NAMED CHAIRMAN OF
of Companies has been
SUBSIDIARIES - R. H. Dent appointed Chairman of five
Chairman of the subsidiaries of
Cape Group our Cape
Holdings Group affiliate Charter Consolidated Ltd. The subsidiaries all located i
England include Heatrae Ltd. Elistic Rail Spike Co. Ltd. Rathdown Holdings
Ltd. Rathdown Industries Ltd. and Lee Green Precision Industries Ltd.
ASBESTOS DOWN UNDER - Asbestos Bulletin reports a 160 million Chrysotile
asbestos mining operation Australia's first of any consequence is to be
established 11 miles east of
the mine will produce 70,000
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ALUMINUM PAINT- An
203CP41759 Barraba New South Wales It's
tons of fibre per year from 1.5
expected that
million tons of
American company has developed a combination
aluminum and asbestos paint six to eight times thicker than ordinary paint *
which is said to last for 15 to 20 years The paint says the Asbestos
Producer combines the reflective qualities of aluminum with the long
life and resistance of asbestos fibres
RUSSIAN ASBESTOS INDUSTRY - Russian author P. Ya Titarenke says that there
are now 14 large asbestos deposits in Russia being and these represent 63 of the world's resources
exploited industrially
He says Soviet production
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of asbestos accounts for 50 of the world's output
ELCTRONICALY MEANWHILE IN FINLAND - Asbestos is said to have been in use in Finland for
4,500 years according
asbestos fibres was in
to a couple of Finnish writers pottery clay for reinforcement
deposits of Finland turn out from 15,000 to 18,000 tons
The earliest use of
FILED Today the Paakkila
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asbestos annually
2023 LAST DIAMOND RUSH = Grab that shovel What may be the last in Southern
Oct Africa diamond rush is now
Farm near Koster Transvaal
underway in an alluvial field on the Zwartrand Minister of Mines and Health Dr. Carel de Wet
said few rush
that payable alluvial diamond fields were becomming scarcer and the
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left must be protected for the bona fide digger
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has attracted a mere 300 diggers even though one man found a 48.12 cara
stone which he sold for 42,000 Perhaps we're getting less adventurous
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PM the diamond rush in 1926 attracted 20,000 people
/ FOR LAWN AND GARDEN - New product catalog of a Southern African company
RICHLAND called Superconcrete Pipes contains a rich assortment of a products for
the lawn and garden Among the products included are outdoor furniture
RICHLAND including
barrels in
a stool that
many shapes
looks just like an elephant's foot flower pots RICHLAND
fish ponds and decorative itens The company also
makes / products for indoor gardening reports booming sales and has no -
worries about bugs consuming their output
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SCARES OFF KILLER WHALES - J. H. Loubser light house keeper at Cape St. Bl Cape Province was watching eight whales about 120 yards from the lighthouse
cliff when they were suddenly cornered by a large pack of killer whales
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Leubser put in an emergency call to the town council patched a helicopter The helicopter hoved over the took fright and swan out to sea at great speed The intoned It was no time for engine failure
PLEASPLEAS which immediately dis
the killer whales brave copter pilot
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NEW S.A. HARBOR
Legislation to provide for building of a new harbor at
Richards
Transport
stage of
Bay is expected to be introduced in the 1972 session Minister Ben Schoeman After approval completion of
the harbor is expected to take four years
according
the first
to
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SOPHISTICATED WHISTLERS - Dr. J. R. Grindley director Oceanarium reporting on comprehensive study of living
of the Port Elizabett
dolphins says
Elizabett
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Dolphins social organization depends on a dominance hierarchy that requi
a sophisticated communication system
by whistling
Dolphins communicate with each other
AND TO ALL - - = OUR BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOURS FOR A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASO AND A HEALTHFUL AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
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