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... zinc at slender profit . At the same time the Minerals Separation process which the Zinc Corporation had recently forsaken was improving so dramatically that the company regretted its change of policy . Nevertheless , it clung entirely ...
... zinc at slender profit . At the same time the Minerals Separation process which the Zinc Corporation had recently forsaken was improving so dramatically that the company regretted its change of policy . Nevertheless , it clung entirely ...
Page 279
... zinc from lead . For Australian mines the smelting of zinc was even more difficult than lead in 1914 , and was not solved until long after the war . The zinc produced in Broken Hill's flotation works was in the form of a moist powdery ...
... zinc from lead . For Australian mines the smelting of zinc was even more difficult than lead in 1914 , and was not solved until long after the war . The zinc produced in Broken Hill's flotation works was in the form of a moist powdery ...
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... Zinc Corporation slowly began to move away . It sold its shares in the zinc works at Risdon and so severed one bond with its old partners . Whereas the North and South companies remained Melbourne companies the Zinc Corporation ...
... Zinc Corporation slowly began to move away . It sold its shares in the zinc works at Risdon and so severed one bond with its old partners . Whereas the North and South companies remained Melbourne companies the Zinc Corporation ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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