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