MINING AND MKTALS
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Countries
Weight
Value ||
Countries
Weight
1 Value
Tons
• £
Tons
£
France
5,697,292
2,363,721
Denmark .
1,879,182
773,725
Italy.
4,834,054
2,045,723
Holland .
947,235
411,222
Germany .
5,042,781
2,021,444
Argentina .
865,345
490,339
Spain
2,257,306
1,080,604
Norway
1,174,416
497,994
Sweden
2,286,558
1,014,056 I
Brazil
1,046,075
582,315
Russia
2,015,525
921,719
British India
208,432
104,609
Egypt
1,860,723
899,005
Portugal
683,002
308,680
From the principal ports the export of coal, coke, and fuel in 1897 was as follows : —
Ports
Tons
Value
£ 6,039,240
Ports
Tons
Value. 1
Cardiff . .
12,443,438
Kirkcaldy .
1,818,026
£ 669,901
Newcastle .
2,977,512
1,160,379 '
Hull . . .
1,252,696
608,093 i
Newport
2,903,167
1,356,897
Grangemouth
1,193,743
546,299 ';
S. Shields .
2,793,652
1,117,521
Grimsby
837,869
422,701 .
N. Shields .
1,468,595
587,708
Glasgow . .
855,049
320,380 1
- Sunderland
1,898,979
779,336
Goole .
635,130
278,670
Swansea . .
1,665,337
792,993
Leith .
469,655
238,118
The quantity and value of iron ore produced in the United Kingdom, and the quantity and value, exclusive of "purple ore" (467,318 tons in 1897), imported in five years have been : —
Year
Iron ore produced
Iron ore imported
Weight
Value
Weight
Tons 4,065,864 4,413,652 4,450,311 5,438,307 5,968,680
Value
1893 I 1894 1895 1896 1897
Tons 11,203,476 12,367,308 12,615,414 13.700,764 13,787,878
£ 2,827,947 3,190,647 2,865,709 3,150,424 3,217,795
£
2,792,028 2,978,597 2,977,952 3,778,789 4,436,004
The exports of iron ore are insignificant, and 3,497 tons in 1896, and 2,588 tons in 1897. Of the ore imported in 1897, 5,067,148 tons, valued at 3,621,835Z. came from Spain. The net quantity of iron ore available for the furnaces of Great Britain in 1897 was 20,221,288 tons.
The number of blast furnaces in operation, and the quantities of iron ore smelted and of pig-iron produced in five years, with the quantities of pig and puddled iron imported and of pig-iron exported, have been :-
Year
Blast Furnaces
Ore Smelted
Pig-iron made
Pig and
Puddled-iron
Imported
Pig-iron j Exported
1893 1894 1895 1896
1897
1
327 325 344 373 380
Tons 16,620,653 17,803,998 18,629,337 21,204,284 21,327,013
Tons 6,976,990 7,427,342 7,703,459 8,659,681 8,796,465
Tons
35,357
61,975
93,119
106,449
158,003
Tons
840,294
830,985
866,568
1,060,165
1,201,104
