Dear JHB
At 07:47 10/02/99 -0500, you wrote:
>If this is a repeat message I appologise. I received a message that it had
been
>returned "Host Unknown".
>
>I was on the phone today with a number of people in the US iron/steel industry.
>They mentioned that most of the iron produced in Brazil is charcoal iron.
>
>JH Brothers IV
>
>
I can't imagine whom you talked to in the US industry, but the information
they gave you was entirely wrong! The Brazxilians are working with coke,
like everyone else in the world. There may be some small charcoal furnaces
operating still, but they were on their way out when I was last there in 1973.
There used to be charcoal furnaces at Wandawi (I think that's how it is
spelt) in Western Australia. The plant was built by the government in 1941/2
when there was a threat to the centre of the Australian industry around
Newcastle on the west coast from the Japanese. The capacity of the WA plant
was severely controlled by the regeneration of the eucalyptus forest from
which the charcoal was produced. I imagine it must have gone out of
production many years ago.
Best
Henry Cleere
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