METAL AND THE WAR.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 144, 11 February 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

METAL AND THE WAR.

It is not without interest to note that, in the opinion of well-informed persons, a dfcaive military triumph for the Entente would mean a great rush of orders for industrial metals of all sorts, but especially copper and iron, in view of suspended work, on which nothing is being done until the result of the War is more clearly assured. Of all base metals tin hfls been, perhaps, less affected by the War than any. It is, of course, used to a certain extent in the manufacture of munitions, but, relatively, on a minute scale. The market is merely quiet and featureless. Spelter, which is at an outrageous price with the quotation £74-70, is still largely under German control/and. according to recent authoritative utterances, Ike'y to be until the end of the War, if not for some time afterwards. Lead remains steady with a good demand, with no material change in quotaticns.