NAZIS" ALUMINIUM
British Official Wireless.
EEASON FOR BRITISH RAID
Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Sept. 24. According to trustworthy information, a large aluminium works at Lauta, about 100 miles south-east of Berlin, which was attacked by the Royal Air Force on Sunday night, accounts for just under 30 per cent. of Germany's .total output of this material, which is vital for the construction of aircraft. Bauxite, the' raw material of aluminium, is in fact one of the few minerals of which Germany has ample . supplies, but the importance of this target derives from the fact that the Germans are attempting to achieve a large increase^ in the output of aluminium with the object of using it as a substitute for other metals of which, because of the blockade, they are serioilsly short, notably copper. The German supply of bauxite may be ample, but factory resources available for converting it into aluminium are not. The destruction wrought at Lauta ^ is therefore complementary to exclusion from Germany by the blockade of metals such as copper.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 September 1940, Page 8
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