Show I CHINA IIMA PRODUCES REAl GREAT QUANTITY OF ANTIMONY I A KOW China Oct liL li-As li Aa a r result of the be interruption io of German Industries China has n x become the chief chit producer of antimony antimony anti UTI mony and Hanko Is China h as chief let antimony center f r Before Defore the war there there- was one anU anti t J mony many plant in and It was not operated Now ow it Jt is working j and nd two others been established V A More than half of ot Ul the tons ton of antimony required by the Ute world last year was produced produced- in China chiefly in The The- price of the metal meW is uncertain at all alt times and la ts now three times as great t as before lefore the opening of the war t Antimony is chiefly used In peace times by the trade A alight amount of the Js is necessary In to I making type type- It is al also o required in treating lead for tor use UlSe in ammunition n. n but the proportion demanded Is very I slight Ore front from antimony may be obtained is available a in to sev- sev flora ral parts of ot China but in ordinary times the amount of the metal ne- ne n neary ary to supply the world is not sufficient nt to justify bl big hie operations |