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Mines de Bor, a French-controlled company. Theannual capacity of the smelting and refining plant atBor was increased to 60.000 tons in 1960. Leaching,-,.~-~~ ~capacity rate, 12,060 tonsofoie per day,'was Gogramezfar 1962. Official statistics far production of blister andelectrolytic copper are reported as follows:h'kchdflicBlblrr ~ PW, mpprr. *WYear: ahm lmu lrma1939 .................... 45,903 13,7381946 .................... 23,953 14,2471956 .................... 32,390 27,6551957 .................... 37,186 33,2101958 ~--- .................... 37.117 32.9641959 .................... 38; 857 36,7961960 .................... 39.384 38,639 IsraelSTRU~URE OF TBE INDUS~Y 291Caoitalization:~Authorized, £2,000,000 in units of stock of 2s. each,issued, £1,371,300,Production: 196.8 1960Ore milled . short tons 442,088 434,282Refined copper. .----- .do.. 8,630 8,310Mines and plants:Minina o~erations consist of the Mosaboni andBadia coipe; mines and kyanite deposits at KharsBwBn.Power, concentrsting, smelting, and refining planta;R ........ mtl mill: and a hrass foundrv have ..............heen erectedat Moubh&der. A; e~ectro~vtiE canner ~]ant underconstruction was scheduled for prod&tionhy the endof 1962. Most of the copper produced is made intorolled brass products.Fabrikn Kablovn Svetoznrevo.- Svetozarevo, Yu- Israel Mining Industries.- Tel Aviv, Israel.-goslsvia.-~his is a wire and plant, equipped forThis Government-owned company was designed andproducing high-conductivity copper. ~h~ set UP in 1951 to explore and develop mineral resourcesnew refining unit was built by ~j~~ ~ ~ carp.,of~Israel. Oneiof the prime~ventures~of this company~ ~ inow Ajax Magnethermic Carp., ~~~nt,,,,, N.J., Was development of the Timna ore deposit and asoperatingin 1955. H~~~ the electrolytic coppersociated processing facilities for leaching and preproductionof yugoslavia is to oxygen-free, cipitating copper the cementation process.high-conductivity copper and is vertically cast intoIsrael Mining has a capital of £1,000,000. The plantwirebars at this plant.was designed to process tons of ore daily or500,MX) tons a year. In 1959, 495,W tons of ore wastreated yielding 4,930 tons of copper. The copperASIAcement' is shlpped abroad for smeltmg and refining;however, the company plans are projected to produceChinablister or refined copper at Timns.There are virtually no data available on the structure Japanof thecopper industry in China. Increasing estimates ofproduction and other occasional news items indicate Dni Iiippon Kogyo K.K.--- Tokyo, Japan.-Thissignificant activity in mining, smelting, and refining, company owns the Hassei smelter, which has eightbut specific information either on size, expansion. stamping machines, one-Voleese-type briquetting maandproduction of established plants or construction chine, two round Dwight-Lloyd sintering machines,of new concentrators, smelters, and refineries has one shaft furnace, and two converters. Annual capacnotbeen found. The known plants are the Chunking ity is about 6,000 tons; 5,900 tons was produced incopper refinery, Szechwan Province; Szechwan copper 1958. Raw materials processed are concentratedand zinc refinery, Tungchuan copper plant, Yunnan fines, uncancentrated fines, unconcentrated lump.Province; and the Kunming electrolytic copper re- silicious ore, and copper scrap.finery, Yunnan Province. It is reported that a great The Down Mining Co., Ltd.- Tokyo, Japan.-number of small copper smelters, blast furnsecs, were Eatahlished in 1937. this comDanv is ca~italized forset up throughout China in 1958.Y3.045 million and 'is engaged in minin'p:. smelting.ch&cal, and transportati& Tndustries. T%e companyis noted for the copper, pyrite ore, and decopperized,pyrite cinder it produces. Other products are sincgypsum,sulfuric acid, gold, silver, lead, and copperCyprus Mines Corp.-For data on this company see. Ari,nna -. -sulfate.Cyprus Sulphur and Copper Co., Ltd.- Limni, Mines and plants: LdiaPolis. , Cvorns.-Incor~orated .. Aueust - 3.1940. . . in Cvnrus. Kosaka mine and Kosaka. Kazuno-gun,.ACaoitalization:smelter.Akiti-ken.. -- -Hanaoka mine ........ Hanaya-machi, Kitsf200,000,in shares of £1 each. 196,196 shares areakita-gun Akits-ken.issued and fully paid; 196,M)S of the shares are held by Yanahara mine ....... Yanahara. kume-gun,Esperanza Copper and Sulphur Co., Ltd., a holdingOkayah-ken. -company.Akagane mine.. ...... Ezasbika, Iwate-ken.Property:Nissho mine .......... Mamurogawa-machi,Monami-eun.The company holds lease on 30 square miles of the~&a~atx-ken.Limni concession in Cyprus, containing pyrites copper,and gold. The Limni concentrator was rehibilitatedin 1958. During the year ending March 3, 1960,107,650 tons of cupreous pyrites, 1,990 tons of copperconcentrates, and 467 tons of copper precipitates wereproduced during the year ending March 31, 1960.IndiaIndian Copper Corp.. Ltd.- Gillander House,Netaji, Subhas Road, Calcutta 1, India.-RegisteredLondon in 1924 as a reconstruction of Cordoba CapperCo., Ltd.Okayama plant ....... 3 Kaigan-dori 3 chome,Okayama.Arnagashi plant ....... 5 Ogimachi, Amagasaki.Production for the 6 months, from October 1958 toMarch 1959, was as follows:Electrolytic copper ......... ~hortons.. 7,577Cement copper, copper content ... do .... 539Electrolytic zinc ................ do .... 4, 058Electrolytic gold .............. ounces.. 6,366Electrolytic silver ............... do.. .. 108, 782Electrolytic cadmium .......... pounds.. 17,637