Festschrift für den 3. Internationalen Petroleumkongreß (Bukarest, September 1907)

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Identifikator:: 100624364X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-33077

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Merckel, Curt http://d-nb.info/gnd/1024684814

Title:: Der Weltverkehr und seine Mittel

Edition:: Zehnte, durch einen Nachtrag ergänzte Auflage, Sonderausgabe aus dem Buch der Erfindungen, Gewerbe und Industrien

Place of publication:: Leipzig

Publisher:: Verlag von Otto Spamer

Year of publication:: 1913

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 981 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2017

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Die Eisenbahnen

Collection:: Economics Books

28 OUR MINERAL RESERVES. large and advantageously situated. No deposits of antimony ores have been found in the United States which entirely fulfill these con ditions, and as a result practically all the antimony metal used here is imported from European smelters, mostly from England. The ores for these smelters come largely from China, Mexico, and France. So long as the war lasts, and especially so long as sea traffic is dis turbed, the production will be curtailed and prices raised, for the use of antimony in type metal, and especially in bearing metals, is fixed and will continue. Other uses, such as the making of coffin trimmings, which consume a surprisingly large quantity of anti mony and from which there is no secondary recovery, might con ceivably turn to aluminum or other metals as substitutes. For several years the production of antimony in the United States from domestic ores has been confined to that contained in antimonial lead and small quantities recovered in the electrolytic refining of copper and lead. A production of antimony from foreign ores— which can only be estimated—is also made. The antimonial lead is mostly a by-product in the smelting of the precious metals, and efforts are made to save all possible, so that this production can not be largely increased. Th^quantity saved in electrolytic copper refin ing can probably be increased, though not enough to make it a serious factor in the market. The production, recovery, imports, and approximate consumption of antimony in the United States for 1913 are shown in the following table : Production, recovery, importa, and consumption of antimony in the United States, 1013. Antimony contained in antimonial lead from all sources, including by-product anti mony - Recovered from wastes, scrap, etc. (including a little ore), nearly all as alloy Imports: Met al and regulus Crude antimony and ore (probable antimony content).’ Quantity (short tons). 2,540 2,775 0,210 1,200 Approximate consumption of metallic antimony 12,755 Value. $450,491 402,115 798,581 137,780 1,828,967 Besides these items, more than 1,000 tons of oxide and salts of antimony, valued at over $117,000, were imported. It is probable that under the pressure of high prices attempts will be made, as in 1900-7, to work American deposits. If this can be done without great initial outlay, some antimony miners will prob ably make good profits; but it may be only a few months before prices will be back to or near those prevailing during the last six or seven years.

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