THORIUM DEPOSITS TO BE EXPLOITED
LOXDOX, Jan. 12. Tho Travautore (Tndia) (Jovenimont auuouuued that the BriLisli Governnient will assist in seeuring tlie eooperation of a British firm whose technical knowledge is essential for tlie production of tlioriuin, a vital metal in atomic bomb eonstruction, says the British United Press correspondent. Travancore eonfca»v>s the world 's larcost cleposits.
f The announeemont added that the lablUlimenl at Travaneore of a proees-, ; British iirm is ooliaboraling in Ihe es- \ i sijig l'actory for monazite, of whieh j ) Ihoriuin is a cnmpoiiqnt. The arrange- | iiicnls contemplated iuclude the export' j to Britain for a limited period of cerj lain quantities of surplus monazite; also a quanlity of the factory's output | ot' tho rimu. i | The British United TTess says the j Premier of Travan-'ore in 1945 empliasised that liis Government would resist I international or foreign eo.ntrol of its . iJuu'ium,
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 January 1947, Page 3
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