Show INCREASING l OF fr J HELPS AH f lj Zinc c pi producers u of no long longer er n bewail the te fact fie that there ther ther Is la a high price being paid pid for spelter and they are unable unable to find a a. a market fo for their product Since SI nee the United States Smelting Smelt Smelt- Smet- Smet iIi ing comp company n n the tho zinc smeltIng mel smelt smelt- In InK Ing business It Is la learned that t there ere has been a rapidly Increasing zInc sm smelting lu capacity In me tnt steel seel producing 1 lag ing plants Ic Each lot Jot of new retorts padded f ded to the zinc plants plant lende to overcome vcr vcr- come the f factor which Ich more mora than a any i p oilier her sent ant prices ek skyward wl l In recent J months nth namely the lack of ot facilities n me crude the tho crude ore The following summary of ot additions to smelting capacity Is given ghen b by r the tho Engineer and Mining Journal At twelve works listed Iste January Januar 1 t C 1515 si n new nw w retorts to the a aggregate of ot ar are ar being Ing added Five Fv old works not rot then listed have hwe ben been In operation ton Jh a a tota total of old ol and and and n now w wr r retorts tots 1 amounting to to Three Thre n new plants plante Are b being b built t with hit a n a total of ot 1410 Therefore about tons tOne 0 o r rr pr 11 Annum annum which will wl give given Iv n I total capacity for tor the production pro pro- of 01 about tons of or speIr pei ter or nr DT annum The T new nf capacity will wi probably be become be- be b- b brom rome rom available nala le to Its Is full tul extent a good Io deal cleil sooner than WR wee was previously rn estl- estl mated It I turns out that the tho United States StAteR Steel corporation Uon is 18 building not only anly a n Donors Donora crr Ps but also alo at Gary md It I Is said eaid Id that the production of p r Iter at Donora I IK lato to begin about abut No No- vemb r r 1 I and at t Gary about January I i T. T 1 If I tho those 1 dates are lived up to nil all ni records In building smelters fired with wih 1 coal cOlI will I be surpassed The managers er of ot the steel corporation appear to have confidence in this inasmuch an as al Its Is purchasing nl agent alent Is reported to be buyIng buy buy- lag Ing no spelter for delivery deliver after ler No- No No No- vember ember It I is clear dear that these new going to thA smelt zinc plants are a put I Ing Industry Into a ft 1 n now phase ph e. When hen the largest consumer a a concern that uses about abut tons tone of spelter per pr puts annum-puts puts Itself into a position to tolu lu supply about abut tons tons' of nt Its Is requirement require require- ment mont there will wi be ti n t void voi in the general general gln- gln gen gen- eral rat market that the th t total addition additon to American zinc smelting capacity which will 1 be about retorts retort corresponding correspond correspond- ing to fill fi to capacity for It I. I will wi not be tal easy |