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Show STACKS OF INDUSTRY LOOM UP AT GENEVA , r - v . 3.. 't j si i r .7 i rip pit t' fM u , t i t 1 J-j f fcWJi'i .wt lift--' ,5- ' , ! On the basis of last information available, the United States Steel Corporation plants in various parts ot the United States had before the war a capacity in excess of the combined units of Germany, Italy aDd Japan. Tet the company, aided by the federal government has launched a $700,000,000 expansion program, which together with other steel companies in America should meet any demand placed upon them by the Allied nations. Most of the new units now under construction by the United States company should be ready for operation during dur-ing the first half ot 1943. One of the major units now under construction is located at Geneva, Utah, near Provo. The plant, when completed will represent an investment invest-ment of approximately $150,000,000. Iron ore and coal to supply the plant will be mined in Southern and Eastern Utah. i The expansion program Is being carried on in accordance with the wishes of the federal government with the view of supplying enough steel to meet the requirements on all the fronts. Mining of the coal and iron to feed the new Geneva plant will naturally bring much industry in-dustry into the state. Possibly after the war, fabricating fabricat-ing plants may spring up near the source of this new supply. The Pacific Coast in the past has been forced to reach into eastern and southern states for much of its steel requirements, a large percentage per-centage of which could be supplied by the Geneva plant with a much shorter haul. It is interesting to speculate on the future possibilities of Utah's enlarged steel industry, and one could easily vision Utah as another Pittsburg or Birmingham. It will only come, however, if Utah seeks the industry and if the state makes its laws conducive and attractive to industry. |