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Near by rise the skeletons of two blast-furnaces which will smelt the ore into iron, and the chimneys of nine open-hearth furnaces where the iron will be turned into molten steel, spilled into a giant ladle and poured into ingots. Beyond are the "soaking pits," huge ovens where the ingots will be kept red hot while they wait their turn in the mills, where tremendous rollers will press the glowing ingots into slabs...
...Flight of Falcons, by Francoise d'Eaubonne, is an attempt by a young Frenchwoman to write a historical novel in the grand manner of The Cloister and the Hearth, and she achieves a considerable success...
...English language offers no warmer word of greetings to a visitor than "Welcome," yet it seems inadequate as an expression of the warmth of hearth with which Boston and all New England await the arrival...
...build Liberia's first railroad, from the mines to the port of Monrovia 43 miles away. The high-grade Liberian ore (whose iron content is almost 70%, compared to 51% for Lake Superior ore) is rich enough to be used directly in Republic's open-hearth furnaces. Republic expects to use 600,000 tons a year of Liberia's output, estimated at more than 1,000,000 tons, also to sell ore to other steel companies...
...Kaiser Steel Corp. has just added an eighth open-hearth furnace to boost ingot capacity to 1,380,000 tons...