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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1970 June 17 DOC#: NMA155 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Chemical Week Article - Asbestos Builds for Steady Growth MAR:\TS U U n ,a i* L'i C L S v .^ '/ r wc''r o i v i h World m arkets are paced by use in building products; accent on pollution control buoys pipe business and aids asbestos growth in this country Ashes** producers have problem s. T hey arc n m v m c d about being o ie J - p o te n tia l iDtircx; o f e n s in ts rn c m a l button. A nd thev don*t like th e ih o u rh t oT losing m a rv e ls k o th e r m aterial* th a t re m o re e x p e n siv e hut lev* ohn> taonaM c in term e f h .a lth ( O r . .Wur / / . : ... aJ r.T v iro n m e a t a n d h e a lth de i**t se e m u> b e at all bad for a ib e tiN T h e m ark et n firm ?n d pr*ce a re o s m - up. The hiehcM -priced n ta tc ru i. N o. I erode. b now SI.525/ion (C ana- d u n dollars). K i ah m c the p fk t two y e a n ago. A sd No. 4 shingle fiber a fa rg c -v o tu n ie p ro d u c t sel!* a t S2IK369/k m . com paicd with in spimg *68. U .S. u)D)pM&i<a, L i.li U u<lii4 U i.i 65*5 o f W este rn wh 1J o u tp u t, h a v e M tlU a u V lill> * V * i. T ill w iii l i t r e I M ils I5St. o f dom estic needs. Most o r the re^i e n m is fro m Can.-** u H irh pnsrft. 75'- o f W estern a n in iru ')' o utput, ex p o rts ab o u t 95ii o f its p ro d u ct.o n (ab o u t t5V o f mhich come to the U S L New capacity hem s readied will a J J a b o u t Iff* to W estern w orld o u tp u t d u n n g ue n e x t tw o years. A o J th a t w .;; j a s l ahoui m atch the a n l u t p a u j m* U m k iu d e m a n d . Bui liu c ifu m u r u m ark et erow th over the Joas te rs; tw s p a t p re v u rr on available supplies. ba> w * a u ; tu aw u w m * ivv For exam ple. Freeport Sulphur h evaluating M exican dcpoii> estim ated at 25 m illio n ions, w hich t*. bop^> to d e velop for the l.xtin-A m erican build me m arket free a h e p . 67). A nd C erro C orp. is planning a G reet project for p ro d u . lio n o f 40.000 h m s/y c ar. It wiU req u ire at least 815 m illion to pet this venture w id er wjv Sm all L a n , B itte r G ala: A sbesu* prudiM r u> ^ i * . l s i .. T m a rk e ts th a n tb ev m av lose b c c iu e V environm ental and health problem * O n th e m inus wdc sptavJ-n iii-uiati'>n T he Sew S o r t VoifJ T rad e Cer.u*r p io iu t mav take as much as u iiu fo r Ihi applK ^biH ) Bui fe u h c n lJ tj.f p ro jw is w m u k a m eh as ICr< *i o u t airr^r;. A J o f t k piaycd-u- hcvl^ busm ens because o f tin. h e alth h a ra rd s it prevents m i d rem ove a m a rk e t that is less th a n .V# o f to ta l cv*issum ption. O n th e o th e r hrm d hr itiaH e fo r j>w bcb*wvcm enl d rain ag e aid ewaee ~- -k-- --I ... t.-. *.`.t --. - f t m u . could increase as the em phasis on p o llu tio n c o n tro l a c e d c n v N . Aad th is coufcS h e lp to ta l U-S. m a rk ? : rm rn ih - now only r ^ /y c a r. com pared with 5* /year for the rest o f the world. N W i s j M arkets: O ne reason for the slow er L'.S. m arket u o w th rale is that b o u t 4V< o f the a d ie sk n produced n used m pipe The brggcsL faicst-grow- ing m arket is in asbestos vcm cni ouiiu- ,UP *^MUwis. ti l IS wsvu a a U 'llliilicin m a te ria l, a t a level o f ll> .Vf- ) pnduct fHiMMu iimii in ocaI DW fsci m o e v o - * * ..................i ` * n au v They can be nuuic u s d j mitn u n sk ille d laK. ,, r.J *i.Xfvi%.v.. r.;pU cq>p#*rr I hey are crehL stro n g a iv fp ri `if **ij i!i in>i rust tr m t. A n d they resist a iia ck from u>cci m l Avhesios sheet b also a m ajor build ing m a te ria l th ro u g h o u t rirpe An<i >t i> a biK c o n stru c tio n n ia i.-n j} in J a p a n . I i j v ' Ilk: a sbestos m a rk e t ts no appukasim ig x w .'ii< or^*s car amt xroiiit: at a rate oi O -z v . j r A lth o u g h W este rn E u ro p e 's s g io w m g . ii uc|>enes on im ported m aterial (mvtolv from C an a d a ) to supply O kue that R0'- t*f needs Japan is lew sell-sofficicm . has only O .O U M ons'year dom es]ic p ro d u c tion. R us-ia. w hich prudusres ab o u t 2.2 m illion tons/ycar o f asbcshis (m ined prim arily in the U rals) has domes!*.- re- quireaientN o f a b o u t 1.? m illion o rts/y ea r. 5wwiet export*, m ostly to cU i.in a n J L > v in Lw tw ^.iM ou;- In e v grew rap id ly (nm `6 5 to w Thev d ro p f x d m *69, p ro m p tin g s*mc o b serv ers to sp ec u la te th a t S o u c l p.*Jt.slMr has ri-m jm c d rc la tw c h stat.w c v ir t)K past iv.u i' th; v vim' s. a b u ild u p d i..m s iht mill- N s Howcvci Russian cvpins -parucu- ta ils to f u iK c Cu iiiu u an d J a p a n - h a v e risen r r u c s l h . arc a m a t a L*vti o f a h u i 20a0UU k m s /y e a r But L'.S. p r i* tlw e fv are w u o w n 'n w s ) iKrwit (irtS^r expansioo o f Sovset exports. They sa* If a t d e m a n d w ith in R u*su *t high ; ' l ll^at the ra p id g r.m th o f L a ste rn l.s* w w k t u wiii if) up s iis t u i s pVu UjcI kjA. W w .sw ri. U a unlikely that the R v sian will w ant so d u m p atKso oi. the w orld m a rl et. says one observer. R ea son- a com piam i m ade in a So*set u n d e K*wnui m a t C anadian exporters w ere c u a ip c liM unfairly m la a t n i f w- ropean m arkets by granting cra fid c n u a i d isco u n ts o n k>tg-tcmi c ontracts. h u t another m arketer points out that n w h oi th e S o*tei ascesi e x n u ri imv a p o h u c a i p u rp o se . T his m a k e s ti iifTV * 1 v Jol/T? Ib iO 't S ' r?r* p. V- IC>. ' C l '. p**rt . il* J . f _ p ro tents arc c u m p iic a u d by th e ch ar r*T' *.:er!h, e - d **h.*?r.:rr!!\ J diltcr.m l filler lengths, fiber stifTne"- a n d rc v isu iK i ti* wi can re s ti ist t r a r i l. *f wtrrs. p r.v itto Frevessm g ca*-. . ch an g e th e fibwr charauertM ivv A nd indusirv f"j ! O nJ m arkciv th a i w ill fu a p a rtic u la r fib.*r. rath et th an trying lo tailor a Tibet ic : a particular m arket * As a nrali u Uh n.c-ui u . litu i * m arket, producers otten musi stockpile tu ^ T s ut u titc r e n t icngtus a iu i type Tur use ai a latei lim e. * M uch *f th e d e v e lo p m e n t new m arkets is b e n ts channeled m u areas that put a prem ium on or.e o r m ore cbaraiicnsfecs o f an asbestos Tiber. E x am ple: I bioo C alb tJc's C vultn^a. C alif., m in e prcwJuik* a Tibet that n used for fWhng pln v u o . ih u k < r p f s u r face a u ltn g v and opac*fymg fine pa- prs ' In a;-advi s a w . chi< w n U rk c l d e m a n d s h.is le d Johns-M aovtM c ic v ijim laig. to n n a g e s o f .sbc to r its J c llrry . O tic m ine laiii- kV'Hh d e v . !.pnont f r e U' a r d Ihv itK i.'usm g emplvasis on p o '`" ! - 'r . nirol, th e stcadv grwth o f a A v . m arkets w .-m s asuiwd. [.VD h n e 1 7 . ]70 CHM K>L h 'i L *. 1 U