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Show AUGUST 13, The Western Mineral Survey, Salt Lake City, Utak year's toals are less favorable in comparison with last year inasmuch as the effects of the 1952 steel strike undoubtedly were a factor still influencing iron ore output in May, 1953. Mine stocks were reduced by 747,634 tons to Iron Mines U. S. Increase May Production 10,579,70 tons on May 31, 1954. The Lake Superior district (Michigan, Minnesota, and WisUnited- States iron mines in- consin) in. the first full month creased production and ship- of the 1954 season produced. ments sharply in May as the tons and shipped from seasonal upswing mines 9,194,818 tons. These totals momentum, according to the were 32 percent and 30 percent Bureau of Mines, United States respectively, below May, 1953. Department of the Interior. Pro- Mine stocks were 9,528,762 tons duction, 9,817,734 gross tons, at the end of the month. more than doubled that of April, The Southeastern States (Alabut was 31 percent below that of bama, Georgia, Tennessee, and May, 1953. Shipments, 10,573,029 Virginia) was the only district tons, were 3 times the April total to reduce output below the April and 30 percent below that of totals. Production, 471,124 tons, May, 1953. Notwithstanding cur- decreased 7 percent below April rent low operating rates in the and was 28 percent below May, iron and steel industry, this 1953. Shipments, 505,646 tons, de - gained creased only 1 percent below April but was 25 percent below 5 May, 1953. Mine stocks were 68,-10- tons on May 31. Northeastern States (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylincreased production vania) (394,077 tons) 15 percent and shipments (410,089 tons) 24 percent over April. Comparison with May, 1953 indicates decreases of only 8 percent and 9 percent respectively, which is a substantially better showing than that of other districts. Mine stocks were 426,227 tons at the end of the month. Western States (California, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah) increased production (379,821 tons) 16 percent over April with a 47 percent 'decrease from last year. Shipments (406,451 tons) increased 5 percent with a 40 percent decrease tfrom last year. ANACONDA t 1954 Coke Plants Run Oil Refining Up Safety Record indus- Capacity The coke-manufacturi- try established a new safety record during 1953, according to the Bureau of Mines, United States Department of. the Interior. Both the combined death The average petroleum refinand disabling - injury rates for ery in the United States inthe industry as a whole were creased its capacity to process lower than ever before reported, crude oli by nearly 1,500 barrels and the total number of injur- a day during 1953, according to ies, fatal and nonfatal, was the a Bureau of Mines report relowest recorded in any year since leased today by Secretary of the 1939 and the sixth lowest annual Interior Douglas McKay. total since complete records for Presenting results of the Buthe (industry were first made reaus annual survey of capaciavailable in 1916. ties at crude-oi- l in- In U. S. Rising refineries, From reports submitted to the cluding cracking plants, the reBureau on 27,301 active coke port shows that throughout capacity at the average refinery ovens, the combined frequency was 23,759 barrels daily as of rates, fatal and - nonfatal, were 1, 1954, compared with January 6.69 injuries per million man22,270 barrels daily a year hours of worktime or exposure earlier. the number of Although and 5.14 injuries per million net refineries operating tons of the product manufactured. dropped Each rate, a sharp improvement from 343 to 337 drunig 1953, over its respective rate of 8.82 total daily capacity rose from. and 7.59 in 1952, was affected 7,38,661 to 8,006,897 barrels, an reduction in the increase of more than 368,000 by a barrels. number of injuries, a Additional crude oil capacity s of workincrease in totaling 397,500 barrels was reincrease time. and a under ported construction at the in production. Although the number of men employed daily in beginning of 1954. Accounting the industry dropped 7 percent for 129,500 barrels of this total to an average of 23,440 in 1953, are facilities for new refineries; the coke plants were active 30 three in North Dakota, two in Washington, and One each in days more than they were in Ohio and Utah. The balance is 1952. reported as additions to erritjnp facilities. Byproduct Plants The report summarizes refinery and cracking plant capacity by At byproduct coke plants, 8 States, 332 were by districts, and by years were killed and persons disabled for more than the re- from 1914 to 1954, and lists mainder of the day on which changes in crude oil capacity by they were injured. In number, districts from January 1, 1953 this represents a reduction of 88 through January 1, 1954. A copy of I. C. 7693, Petroleum or 21 percent below the total casualties reported during the Refineries, Including Cracking year. The overall injury exper- Plants, in the United States, ience at byproduct coke plants January 1, 1954, by J. G. Kirby, in 1953 was the best recorded can be obtained from the Bureau statistical history of of Mines, Publications Distribuin a tion Section, 4800 Forbes Street, the industry. The combined 5.56 rate of per Pittsburgh 13, Pa. It should be million manhours was 24 per- identifed by number and title. cent lower than the 1952 rate of 7.28, and the rate of 4.31 per million tons of product produced SUBSCRIBE was 31 percent lower than the corresponding rate in 1952. There were 124 less active byproduct coke ovens and the average of 21,011 workers was slightly less than the previous years employment figure. However, as the s or 4 percent, million and production rose 15 percent to nearly 79 million net tons, the greatest yearly output on record. nt man-hournt - Kearns Bldg. 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