Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 218, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1918 — Making Tin Plate in Australia. [ARTICLE]

Making Tin Plate in Australia.

The supplies of tin plate for Australasia, the value of which amounts to over $12,000,000 per year, are drawn from Great Britain and America; but recently the lack of shipping and other difficulties have led to a serious shortage In deliveries. A leading Australian producer of steel has accordingly arranged to establish tin-plate works which will eventually supply the whole of the antipodal demand. Plenty of tin is available In Australia as well as the necessary steel. The company, in question, in addition to supplying steel for Australia, has sent considerable quantities "of munitions steel to Great Britain and has also opened up trade South Africa by supplying 20,000,000 tons of steel rails.—Scientific American.