Cocks, E. J.

A history of the zinc smelting industry in Britain, / E. J. Cocks and B. Walters. - London : Toronto : Harrap, 1968. - x, 224 p. 24 plates, illus., plans, ports. 25 cm.

includes index


Early history of zinc smelting
The zinc industry in the nineteenth century
Why the modern british industry began
1917-1923 false dawn - how the national smelting company began
1923 - empire metal interests move in
1924-1929 a fresh start
1929 - why imperial smelting was formed
1929-1939 expansion
1929-1939 the metal basis
1929-1939 the sulphur complication and the foundations of a chemical industry
1929-1939 sidelines
1939-1945 - the war years
1945-1967 post war boom and slump
1937-1967 the advent of the imperial smelting process
The international zinc market and the zinc duty question



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Zinc industry and trade--Great Britain.
Zinc smelting--Great Britain.

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