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Show Up Coal Reserves: Alaskas Huge O A Threat to Mining; in Utah? v7 ALASKA Robert Woody Tribune Business Editor On Friday the states of California and Alaska announced a joint effort of the energy agencies to size up Alaska coal reserves. By BELUGA COAL PRESERVES ANCHORAGE and Down tin Street . While the - CANADA Already, weslem coal is being headed off at the pass for use in eastern power plants by eastern coal operators and miners After all, it was they who pressured the President to require scrubbers on all power plants thus canceling out the advantage of low sulfur western coal in the East. And so, western coal looks to the Southwest and Northwest to meet the needs of California, Oregon and Washington. But what's this? Alaska Coal Reserves Alaska has enormous coal reserves. And just off Cook Inlet 40 miles west of Anchorage lies the Beluga coal field with about 2.5 billion tons of reserves mostly on state lands. Suppose, just suppose, the Beluga coal can be mined economically and transported by ship or barge to the West Coast. Better Economics? Might not the economics of ocean shipment 1,500 to 2,500 miles to West Coast installations be better than that for hauling Rocky Mountain coal 700 miles or so to coastal power plants? Don't knock the economics of ship transport. After all, that's what the Japanese claim gives them such advantage in getting their steel and cars into the American market. PACIFIC OCEAN The West Coast utilities are heavy into hydro and oil and gas generation Rut the hydro sites are nearly exhausted. And President Carter has told the oil and gas burners to start burning coal as quicky as possible. Shipment of Alaskan coal to West Coast power plants casts a shadow over market opportunities for Rocky Mountain coal. Outcome could depend on coastal or inland location of plants. Global Price Rises Moderating Reuters News Agency PARIS Consumer prices in the major industrial democracies increased by 0 4 percent in August, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (DECO) reported last week. At 9 per cent, the price rise over 12 months has also started to moderate, a statement issued by the grouping said 1 Here are details (August figure Greece had the best price performance in August with a decrease of 1 4 percent, cutting its annual inflation rate to 12 8 percent. Switzerland and West Germany remained the DECD countries with the lowest annual inflation rates of 1.3 and 3.9 percent respectively. Portugal. Iceland and Spain have the highest inflation rates with 29.5, 26.2 and 25.4 percent respectively. 16.5; Italy, not available and 18.8 to latest available; Canada, 0.4 and 8.3, Austria, 0.1 and 5.1; Belgium, 0.3 and 5 8; Denmark, 0.9 and 11 6; Finland, l.C and 13.6; Greece, minus 1 4 and 12 8. Iceland (third quarter), 1.6 and 26.2; Ireland (third quarter), 0.4 and 13.5; Luxembourg, minus 0.3 and 6.1; Holland, 0.4 and 6.8; Norway, 0.1 and 9.0; Portugal, not available and 29.5 to latest available; Spain, not available and 25 4 to latest available; Sweden, 0.3 and 12.4, Switzerland, 0.0 and 1.3; Turkey, not available and 18.7 to latest available; Australia, not available and 13.4 to latest available, and New Zealand, not available and 14 0 to latest available Cleaning Plastics Easier it receptive to the common process of cleaning by electricity. New York Times Se rvice WASHINGTON One way to make ears lighter, so they will need less gasoline, is to make automotive parts of plastic that is coated with metal. Nathan Felds. tein, president of Surface Technology, Inc., in Dr. Feldstem has 30 patents, and more are pendmg. Applications for a number have also been filed in foreign countries. The company specializes m cleaning technology for the electronics industry. Dr. Feldsteins inventions can be used also in cleaning plastics for car interiors and exteriors, for plastic pipes and other plumbing equipment, for furniture and for toys The processes eliminate the need of palladium or other expensive compounds. (Copyright) 18 Princeton, N.J , has been granted a patent for a method of producing electroless (chemical) cleaning composition. The compositions as more technically described m patent 4,048,354, contain oxides and other compounds of nonprecious metals. A metallic film is deposited with such a composition on a plastic article, making fol- lowed by annual figure to end August): United States, 0.4 and 6 6; Japan. 0.0 and 8.5; West Germany, minus 0.1 and 3 9; France, 0.5 and 9.9, Britain, 0.5 and 10 Dio in llalj FlotnU Reuters News Agency At least 10 people GENOA, Italy have died and several others are missing after extensive fioodmg m northwestern Italy, police salt Saturday Telephone lines and roads to several small towns have been cut and police said more victims could be buried in the ruhble of destroyed houses California, which has resisted coal burning for years because of the obvious environmental apprehension, is now doing coal plant site studies. Inquiries Triple Russell Schaff, director of Alaskas Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey, told The Tribune that the rate of query about Alaskas coal has quadrupled in six months. Two weeks ago, Juneau Alaskas was the site of a major coal capital conference attended by 200 persons from throughout the nation. Alaska has only small coal producsome 750,000 tons a year tion now from the Yesebelli coal mine, which goes for power production in Fairbanks 100 miles distant. Thats about one tenth of current Utah production. But it claims about 150 billion tons of coal on the North Slope. And in the south, it reckons its Beluga reserves principally on state lands at about 2.4 billion tons. Stripable Reserves Don McGee, petroleum and coal geologist for Alaskas survey (and a 1955 graduate of the University of Utah) says the stripable reserves at Beluga are estimated at between 400 and 800 million tons. The Beluga coals are not much on BTU content ranging from 7,100 to 8,500 a pound, or about two- - thirds that of western coal. But they have exceedingly low sulfur content, ranging be- tween .2 and .3 per cent compared to one or more per cent for Utah coals and upwards of 6 per cent for eastern coals. Puget Sound Power & Light Co. president J. W. Ellis says his firm has been studying use of Alaskan coal for two years. far. the economics have not looked right. If the coal has to be shipped by rail to the Alaska coast, transferred to barges to port in Washington, then retransferred to tram for delivery to an inland site, the ocean transport advantage has been cancelled out After we complete our However. two (7()0 megawatt) mine mouth plants at Coalstnp, Mont , we would rather not ship coal all the way to our area by rail if we can get a better supply for a local power station. Alaska coal will make it if it's there (commercially mineable) and we can can get it here. Richard Maullin, chairman of the Cabfomia State Fnergy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, says to date California i looking at inland sites on its various for deserts Mojave, Sonoma, etc sites because of the environmental advantage. Whose Advantage? work An inland location would against the adv antage of Alaska ocean PRINTING SALE MONTH OF OCTOBER 100 COPIES $299 8 18 tl Slt instats West 700 South Isa; MAY WE HELP YOU? i Instrument Repair I Calibration STA8RO LABORATORIES. INC Kntrumn motntanofx and NHb qud ifiabta calibfo'ion of ervH to AetONpov equipment cKemiitty, dtniMnoroi. medico pretwre and mdostnuf MewiswM conti ocu avoitabta Tr.abi to Njl'inji Bufeaii o' Sj'hjjmn cr t Lv v' , ' j A - INSTRUMENT MA'NTt NANCE CAUMATtOD i A, Set Um flC'1 AM 2U7 ; 'i xy) 3 . ; j A B. 4 4 d C. Fully D. londtcopad grounds E. Ful! sarvka Was carptd attic 5 ara utiliha ond jcmitonal rvic). witbm a two-F. 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ECLINING nuo tfinw,;k,' 3 SWIVEL ik M I'.i u rush nV- EXECUTIVE CHAIRS Ciimati2d 4 d gas-fire- By Robert Mindlin New house News Service The banking capital NEW YORK of the world is. 2.-0- year Ogden City between 20lh Street and 3Ait Street, c.id Wall Avenue and 41 Harnjon Avenue On ute parking for 20 cor. The lease 4 PARKING must guarantee 20 stall for the ue of the office of Recovery Service. of AMOUNT OF SPACE. Approximately 3,300 square feet room uob' tpoca, on confranc Ho plot, md wrtb mk, two-buminimum 13 cu. ft- - rafngarator, and countf, attic, wotting ara IA tompta Boor plan wtfl b . iNxog fvrmbd upon wnttn rqut). A. Extnor and Intooor occibil(ty MISCELLANEOUS to tba hondteappad. 4c oil-fir- World Banking Session Draws Money Leaders State of Utah requests all persons interested in leasing space to the State to submit their proposals by p. m. October 25, 1977. LOCATION a Page 12 7 IDCNTiriCATION Department of Social Service (SBB Office of Recovery Service 1YPE Of SPACE Fmihed office type poce Two-ye- ar leoe with o montk-to- LENGTH Of LEASE month thereafter, and on option to terminate at the end of each fiscal . Even From Cuba STATE OF UTAH PROPOSAL are worked out of coal burning, or coal conversion, coastal sites are a possibility Southern California Edison Co , which supplies much of the southern part of the state, has been studying Alaskan coal, a spokesman said However, it is still trying to resolve problems in getting permits to bum coal m its service area, Mr Maullin said. Some 9,000 megawatts of its overall watt capacity is now pro13, stations. duced by gas and Pacific Gas and Electric Co serves northern California. Nearly 8.000 of its 14.000 megawatt capacity is by oil and generating stations It is now looking at four sites for its station first (twin California units produemg 800 megawatts) In anticipation. Pacific Gas & Elec Section H ADVERTISEMENT FOR SPACE jCRNSKfli I rail-shipp- Sunday Morning, October The n coal Rocky Mountain But if the environmental bugs Halt fake Sntnuu SALES GET ACQUAINTED OFFER of shipped coal and to the advantage So Vl:. ,x. F MANPCW! HV i NIBvtx'tl 370 SOUTH 7 |
