Walker - 1967 - A geography of Italy

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output o f pig iron and steel trebled to reach 3-5 and lo-1 million tons respectively.
Before the war in an era of economic self-sufBciency, she was handicapped by a
lack of coking coal and the meagreness and dispersal o f her iron ore resources.
TRIESTE
I COKE OVEN
T OVER
1,000,000 TONS
UNDER
1 1,000,000 TONS
▼
1,000,000 OVER
TONS
OVER
BLAST
FURNACE
CAPACITY
5OO,OOOT0NS STEEL
T UNDER
500,000 TONS,
+ MAJ0R IRON OREDEPOSITS
4-MINOR IRON OREDEPOSITS
Fig, yr. The distribution of iron and steel production in Italy
Thus pig iron production was very hmited and, except for the Aosta furnaces,
was located on the coast notably in the I L V A works at Piombino, Portoferraio,
Bagnoli and Trieste. The majority o f Italian steel output came from electric
furnaces using scrap, much o f it imported. The location o f the most important of
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