ALUMINIUM WORKS
ATTACKED IN GERMANY ROYAL AIR FORCE SUCCESS (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 24 According to trustworthy information, the large aluminium works at Lauta, about 100 miles south-east of Berlin, which was attacked by the Royal Air Force on Sunday night, acI counts for just under 30 per cent of Germany’s total output of this material. which is vital for the construction oi 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 a view to using it as a substitute for other materials, notably copper, of which, owing to the blockade, they are seriously shore. The German supply of bauxite,may be ample, but the factory resources available for converting it into alirminium are not. The destruction wrought at Lauta is, therefore, complementary to the exclusion from Germany by the blockade of metals such as copper.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21228, 26 September 1940, Page 7
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176ALUMINIUM WORKS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21228, 26 September 1940, Page 7
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