Large Exportable Surplus of Scrap is better placed with regard to supplies of home iron ore than the' other iron and steel producing countries in Europe, Shehas also a large exportable surplus of scrap.
These facts. are brought out in an official survey of iron and steel making resources in Europe conducted by the British steel industry, states the "Financial News" of August 26. of the iron ore 21 per cent, Greece 11 per cent, and Norway and Germany 7 per cent. each.
The consumption of scrap, mostly in steel works, but partly in blast furnaces, runs about 1,000,000 tons a year. In 1929 some 516,000 tons of scrap were imported, and the figure Rose to 643,000 tons in 1937. The main suppliers in he latter year times were the United States with 32 per cent, Holland with 21 per cent., the United Kingdom with 11 per cent. and Belgium with 10 per cent.
No estimates are available of what Even in 1913, Thionville area of tonnage might be available from domestic reserves in an emergency. Most of the scrap is landed at Gdynia, and the traffic would be subject to easy interruption.
Poland has ample resources of coke and coking coal, and is able to ex-Port about 350,000 tons year. The coke output in 1937 at colliery ovens exceeded 2,900,000 tons, and iron and steel works consumption was about 750,000 tons, all of Polish origin.
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