Word: ingot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...based on the expansion programs of 20 big companies. Sawyer, who thinks that the best way to carry the rearmament burden is to expand production rather than cut civilian consumption, summed up: "The peak of military requirements and consumption during World War II was in 1943 when 53 million ingot tons of steel were required. By the end of 1952 our steel capacity will be more than double that figure...
...majority of the war-built aluminum plants. But to Roy Hunt's dismay, nothing he could do was enough to satisfy the trustbusters; in 1948 they marched back into court to demand that Alcoa's properties be carved up on the grounds that it still monopolized aluminum ingot production. Last week, at long last, it was Alcoa's turn to win a round. In a 180-page decision, Manhattan's Federal Judge John C. Knox refused to order Alcoa broken up. His reason: since 1947, Alcoa's share of the U.S. aluminum business had dropped...