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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM

Iron ore produced in and imported into the United Kingdom :-

H *-

Iron ore

produced

Iron ore

imported

Tear

•

~ v, ■'■

Weight

Value

weight

Value

Tods

&

Tons

£

1913

15,997,328

4,543,558

7,442,249

7,045,883

1914

14,867,582

3,921,683

5,704,748

5,154,769

1915

14,235,012

4,587,651

6,197,155

7,176,731

1916

13,494,658

5,545,072

6,933,767

11,775,431

1917

14,845,734

6,429,620

6,189,655

12,040,206

1918

14,613,032

7,106,656

6,581,728

13,441,225

1919

12,254,195

7,428,366

5,200,696

11,271,244

1920

—

—

6,500,911

16,547,528

The exports of British iron ore are insignificant. 01 the ore imported in 1919, 3,526,794 tons, valued at 7,667,6182., came from Spain. Including 627,527. tons of 'purple ore,' the net quantity of iron ore available for the furnaces of Great Britain in 1918 was 21,822,127 tons.

Statistics of blast furnaces in operation : —

Year

Furnaces in Blast

Ore Smelted

!

Pig-iron made

Uoal& coke used

Pi* iron

Export oil

1913 1914 1915

338 291 289

22,470,749 1 21,706,411
 * Tons
 * 25,707,518

Tons

10,260,315

8,923,773

8,723,560

Ton*

21,223,607

18,381,106

(a)

Tons 1,128,412 782,349 612,848

1916 1917 1918 1919

294 318

318 280

21,505,556

22,901,714

22,544,064

1 19,044,272

8,919,469 9,338,104 9,107,384 7,417,401

a] W

(a)

(a)

918,158 733,943 482,161 356,985

(a) 1015 : Coal, 2,509,456 tons ; Coke, 9,740,743 tons ; 1916 : Coal, 2,612,543 tons , Coke, 10,300,888 tons; 1917: Coal, 2,S16,318 tons ; Coke. 10 901,731 tons: 1914: 0«1 2,006,840 tons; Coke, 11,2S6,6S0 tons ; 1919: Coal, 2,309,587 tons ; Coko, 9,381.337 tons.

The output in 1920 was :— Pig iron, 8,008,000 tons; steel ingots, 9,057,000 tons.

Various unmanufactured metals imported

—

1913

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

(pre-war)

Antimony ore and regu-

lus. . Tons

10,334

27,203

38,106

24,784

11,521

6,547

Copper ore and

183,375

76,060

78,148

44.792

36,332

30,914

Copper. . „

HUMS

182,517

118,649

143,883

204,065

Lead. . ,,

204,136

•J'.:./.i77

158,373

147,124

207,932

217,610

Lead ore ,,

IS, 453

14,002

11,143

8,657

1,502

Pyrites of Iron and

copper. ,,

781,711

903,407

880,708

■ise ore ,,

601,177

372,724

331,264

Tn.

45.682

38,8%

33,646

27.148

12,51.7

Tin ore. . ,,

34,592

44,748

33,912

32,880

Zinc (crude). ,,

145,004

74,522

53,827

76,105

64,138

Ww. ore. ,,

64,670

114,360

78,825

87,868

92,787

l'latmuiu Troyoz.

42,640

3,348

1,964

3,806

1,223

2,705

Quicksilver. lbs.

8,401,165

3,043,434

2,550,214

2,173,484

1,077,460

2,841,803