"Most of the scrap now sold to Germany is non-ferrous material, not steel scrap. Germany is buying it because she has to take whatever she The British Iron and Steel Federation official emphasized: "The scrap would be no use to our furnaces That is the only reason it goes abroad. But some merchants do not agree. can get.
Our exports of all kinds of scrap metals have dropped this year. From January to the end of May the average amount sent each month has been about 5,000 tons. From May to June 10 only 514 tons have been sent. sent.
Mr. Charles Robinson, head of a firm of scrap merchants at Greenwich who last year exported large quantities of scrap to Germany, told the "Sunday Express"—It is quite true that Germany is buying old automobile parts here. I have heard of a lot of car radiators being sent out, and I know who is selling them."
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