CANTON ARRANGES FOR FUEL, FORBIDS FREE MARKET IN STRATEGIC METALS

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• Publication Date: August 24, 1950
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CANTON ARRANGES FOR FUEL,
FORBIDS FREE MARKET IN STRATEGIC METALS
GASOLINE, KEROSENE TO CANTON -- New York Hua-ch'iao Jih-pao, 8 Aug 50
Canton, 23 July -- Following an announcement from Hong Kong ordering con-
trols on ten types of commodities, three foreign petroleum firms in the colony
sealed their warehouses and stopped sales. Trading houses in general are some-
what wary of oil supplies to South China in the future.
To relieve the supply problem, the Canton Branch of the China Petroleum
Corporation is shipping a large quantity of gasoline and kerosene from Hankow.
This oil, which was still en route yesterday, is being supplied to Central
China from the Northeast. The oilSis of excellent quality and enjoys a fine
market in Hankow. It is estimated that Canton and environs will purchase 500
drums of gasoline and 700 drums of kerosene daily, so that the market supply
here will no longer be problematic.
FORBIDS SALE OF TUNGSTEN, ANTIMONY, TIN -- Hong Kong Kung-shang Jih-pao.
30 Jul 50
Canton, 29 July -- The Canton government has forbidden merchants to deal
freely in tungsten, antimony, and tin. Tae Canton Municipal Industry Associa-
tion and Municipal Chamber of Commerce have been informed by the Communists'
that these three nonferrous metals are essential war materials.
Effective this date, the free buying and selling of these metals and their
ores is not permitted. Producing plants under the jurisdiction of the Canton
staff office of the Nonferrous Metals Control Bureau having sufficient reason,
arising in production demands, may apply to the office for distribution.,
Other metal products still enjoy a free market, with the exception of gold
and silver, which have been under the control of the Military Control Commis-
sion and which will presumably continue to be restricted from free purchase !End
sale.
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LU-CHIANG ALUM MINE ACTIVE -- Shanghai Hein-wen Jih-pao, 31 May 50
An-ch'ing -- The Lu-chiang alum deposits are outstanding in Northern Anh-
wei mining production and possess an extremely rich mineral deposit. Under
the stupid KMT management, marketing routes were constantly obstructed and
living conditions among the workers dropped, to a point where maximum daily
output was no more than 400,000 catties. But things changed after the libera-
tion and the deposits, with the leadership and support of the people's govern-
ment, recovered and increased production.
At present, the mine is setting new records, with a daily output of
657,000 catties, an increase of more than one-third above the preliberation
production peak. The number of persons employed at the mines has risen to
over 3,000 from the former level of around 2,200, including miners, techni-
cians, and transport workers. A skilled worker can earn 16 catties of alum
per day, which roughly corresponds to 8,000 or 9,000 yuan. Roasters can earn
25 catt?.es per day. The total production of all the alum mines, prccessed
through 42 plants, can reach 200 or more piculs of alum'da?1y.
Following this rise in production and the opening of transport facilities,
the mines have received more orders from commercial firms than they cen fill.
In the past, the prirtary market for alum was in Wu-hu, Nanking, Shanghai, Han-
kow, and Nan-ch'ang At present, however, the market is in the process of ex-
panding. The authorities handling the matter have speeded up the marketing of
alum by establishing a staff office for the transport and marketing of local
products within Lu-chiang Hsien. The office will buy alum exclusively, to fur-
ther the development of the industry.
LIU-CHOU REFINERY REOPENS -- Canton Nan-fang Jih-pao, 30 Jul 50
In mid-June, the Liu-chou (Kwangsi) Metal Refinery began making plans to
resume operations. After the entire body of workers had labored assiduously
for more than 20 days, they completed the factory repairs ahead of schedule or.
8 July and production has now been officially rehabilitated.
The refinery was badly damage'd by Chiang bandits in May 1949, and the work-
ers fled. In the end of May 1950, the Kwangsi Branch Control Bureau for Non-
ferrous Metals was established at Kuei-lin and took over this refinery. The
workmen returned to the area and, by mid-June, rehabilitation was begun.
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