British India, always the second largest producer. has increased her y by 50 per cent in the last five years and now can produce 1.500.000 tons of high-grade ore. In addition extensive mines have been opened on the Gold Coast and Together with the British-controlled output of the Sinai Peninsula and the Federated Malay States, Britain can supply more than 3,000,000 tons of manganese ore annually, none of which is affected by German war moves, This tonnage covers both British and United States requirements. As production of the British Empire has been stimulated lately. following the temporary decline in the first war year through loss of shipments to the United can be raised on the shortest notice if required.
Meanwhile the British Empire supplied more than half of the United States imports of manganese ore last year. against Russia's 15. per cent. so that the changes in the United States import policy through possible loss of Russian supplies are much less disturbing than they would have been a few years ago. when Russia still dominated United States supplies.
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