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Show GREAT-BRSTAiN WILL . BID BIG REFINERY. First Electrolytic Copper Plant in Country to Cost Ten Million Pounds NEWTON ABBOT, Eng., March 10. Tnls little town has been chosen as the sko for the first electrolytic copper cop-per refinery In Great .Britain, to cost 10.000,000. , The war revealed the fact that Jiere was no refinery of lhis kind in Great Britain. The Non-ferrous Trades com-i mittce, formed by the government, strongly recommended a plant capable; of producing 100,000 tons of copper' should be established in lhe United! Kingdom for which, as far as possible, British copper in biistcr form should bo used. ! The government promised financial: assistance if required, and Sir Gerarti MuiUz. a member of a big West Brom inh copper firm, who was chairman of -the, committee, now heads a syndicate syndi-cate which will erect the new cwppei refining plant. At Newton Abbot (here are tide watvir facilities, in addition to a bed of over S00.000.000 tons of lignl'c for 'ho generation of electricitv at a very low cost. |