MINERAL PRODUCTION

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 173, 18 April 1921, Page 9

MINERAL PRODUCTION

FIGURES FOR LAST YEAR IMPORTS AND EXPORTS The following statement, showing the mineral production throughout the unitea Kingdom and foreign countries for the year 19£0 has been supplied by cablcErani sent from the Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau of London:—. . United Kingdom. —Pig-iron, 8,007,900 long to TJriion South Africa.-Lead ore, 524 long tons; zinc ore and concentrates. 207( long tons; copper ore and concentrates, v/iu long tons; tin concentrates and metallic, 2189 long tons; arsenic, white, 10 long tons; silver, 892,2050 z. . Rhodesia., North and South. Copper, blister and finished. 29(15 long tons; lead. 14,602 long tone; arsenic. 390 long tone; tin, 4 long tons; silver, 164.5850 z. Canada.—Lead, 15.172 long tons; zinc, 17,931 long tons; silver, 12.793,5410 z.; copper, 36,230 long tons; pig-iron from Canadian ore, 67,740 long tons; iron ore sold for export, 7013 long tons; arsenic, whites and in ore.' 2150 long tons. United States. Amcrica.-Pig-iron, 36,750,000 long ton-.; iron ore. 67,773.000 long tons; zinc ore, smelter only. 428,368 lon F , tons; copper, smelter output, domestic ■ ore, 551,339 long tons; refinery production I of new copper, domestic and foreign orc. ( 702,232 long tons; arsenic (about), »IV long tons; lead refinery statistics, 469,32long tons; silver, 56,564,5040 z. Belgium.—Zinc. 81,711 long tons; raw steel. 1,214,121 long tons; finished steel. 1,055,580 long! tons; finished iron. 192.429 long tons. Italy.—Lead ore, 35,741 long , z,ni! ore, 96.514 long tons; copper, 6258 lontons; silver .ore. 492 long tons; cupreous iron pyrites,' 4329 long tons. Cuba.—Conper,, 7J66 long tons. Chile—Copper. 106,000 to 110.000 long tons , ■Federated Malay States. —Tin, 34,934 long tons.

Nigeria.—Tin concentrates. 6022 long tons. France. —Arsenic ore, 515 long tons.* copper ore, 367 long tons; lead ore, 473 t long tons; zinc ore, 4179 long tons; tin ore. 20 long tone; iron ore, 13,648,257 long tons. . ' Mexico. —Arsenic, 1180 long tons; silver, 33.112.5710 Z. Dutch East Indies.-Tln, 13,994 long tone. Imports Into United Kingdom,

Pig-iron.—From Sweden, 29,323 long tons; United States. 20,574 long tons; other countries, 164,407 long .tons. Total, 214,309 long ton;. Zinc, crude, and manufactures, 116,891 long tons. Lead, pig and sheet—From Spain. 08,149 long tons; United States, 9736; Mexico. 1049: 'Australia. 57.987; other countries. 35,909. Total, 162,850 long tons. . Copper bars, ingots, sheets—From United States, 37.817 long tons; Australia, 22,877; Chile, 13.323; other countries, 38,461. Total. 112 478 long tons. Tin—From Straits Settlement, 15,435 lontons; Australia, 1701; other countries. 11,613. Total, 28,749 long tons. Imports Into United States. Zinc ore. 23.000 lorig tons. Spelter, 207 long tons. Tin, 50,563 long tons. Ferro manganese. 59,234 long tons. Ferro silicon, 13,909 long tons. All other pig-iron, 123,201 long ton. Exports from United Kingdom. Pig-iron—To Sweden, 19,320 long tons; Germany, 24,484; Netherlands, 31,172; Belgium, 181.191; France, 59,316; Italy. 80,652; Japan, 26,574; United States, 72,558; British East Indies, 14,241; Australia, 1127; Canada, 3689; other countries. 65,131. Total. 579,455 long tons. Lead—To Russia, 617 long tonsSweden. 2223; Germany, 421; France' 1473; China and Mong-Kong.. 760; Japan. 2111; United States, 2998; British South Africa, 247; British East Indies. 5331: Canada. 7144; other countries. 11,283. Total. 34,628 long tons. Zinci. crude and manufactures, 101308 long tons. Copper, bars, ingots, etc., and manufactures—To Germany, 46 long toms; Netherlands, 533; Belgium. 1409; France 1758; Italy. 4101: British Fast Indies, 2736: Sweden, 252; Norway. 983; Turkey, 873: Brazil, 464; Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 3600; India, -7996; Straits Settlements. 305; Ceylon, 93; Australia, 1261; New Zealand. 585: other counfkies, 13,360. Total, 40.355 long tons. Tin, blocks, bars, etc.—To Russia, 116 long tons; Sweden, 999; Germany. 214; France. 1808; Turkey. 370; United States 3637; Canada. 1113: other countries, 5078. Total, 13,335 long tons. Exports from Other Countries. Federated Malay States.—Tin, 34,934 long tons, Newfoundland.—lron ore, 510,600 long tons. United States.—Spelter from foreign ore, 28,500 long ton?; from domestic ore. 86.000: copper, refined, 187.628; ferro manganese. 3454; ferro silicon, 632; all other pig-iron 212 742. Bolivia.—Tin, 29.542 long tons. China.—Tin. 11,795 long tons. Dutch East Indies.—Tin, 11.661 long tons. Algeria.—lron ore, 1,1)96,527 long tons; copper ore, 591; lead ore, 12,598; zino ore, 12,598. New Zealand Imports. The following table shows the quantity and value of metals and minerals imported Into New Zealand during 1920:— * £ Coal,. 476.343 tons 514.2419 Coke. 260-5 tons 8.631 Marble (dressed) 14,723 Marble (hewn or rough sawn). 611 tons 10.662 Building stone (dressed) 15,151 Building stone (hewn, etc.) 2.739 Bronze 10,725 Bronze (bars. etc.). 4O.?wt 473 An,timony, 376 cwt 1,557 Brass (pigs, liars, etc.). 825 cwt 5.664 Copper (angle, bar, rod, etc.l. 1047 cwt 7.201 Gold (bar, dust, ingot and sheet), 3470z1 1549 Iron and steel (bar. belt, and rod). 14,798 tons 396.070 Iron and steel (pig), 11 334 tons ... 124.2.31 Lead (pig and bar). U-’S lons SQ.P"i Mercury—Quicksilver (7281 b. 2'B Mnngnnesr- orc. 62 tows Tin (ingots, etc.). 5614 cwt 95.C86 Zinc (b'ir and spelter), 2524 cwt. ... 6F>2 Silver (specie) 31.250 Silver (bar. ingot, and sheet'. 32340 z. 982 Platinum (bars, blocks, rods). 2oz. 56