Word: milled
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BIGGEST URANIUM MILL in U.S. will be built in New Mexico's Ambrosia Lake area to process ores of Kermac Nuclear Fuels Corp. The $16 million plant will go into operation in 18 months, have daily capacity of 3,300 tons v. 3,000 tons for next largest mill. Kermac has 15 million tons of high-grade proven reserves in area...
This is only one of five similar direct-reduction processes that are getting the close attention of steelmen. Though none is yet in sizable commercial use, the Madaras process is working successfully in a 50-ton-a-day steel mill making plates and light-gauge sheets in Monterrey, Mexico. Madaras and Murchison are presently negotiating with eight groups, five in the U.S. and three abroad, to set up 500-ton-a-day plants costing $3.5 million and expandable to 2,000 tons by an additional $3.5 million investment. They expect to announce one or more sign-ups in June...
...last steelman still running a major steel company he founded, stepped down as chairman and chief executive of National Steel Corp. because of ill health. At 15 Weir started working for a Pittsburgh wire company for $3 a week, at 30 acquired a broken-down West Virginia tin-plate mill and built it into the nation's sixth largest steel company, with 1956 assets of $675 million and $664 million of sales. In his career Weir fought the Government, unions and fellow steelmakers; his is the only sizable steel company not organized by the United Steelworkers. To succeed himself...
...fifth and sixth singles, Cal Place and Phil Mills had a much easier time of it than their teammates in the top four positions. Place defeated Fritz Van Winkle, 6-2, 6-0, and Mill downed Tom McIver, 6-4, 6-0 to give the Crimson five of the six singles matches...
With food already scarce, Red China's population of 630 million is increasing by an alarming 15 million every year. This not only means extra mouths to feed, it means taking time off to feed them. In one Shanghai textile mill alone 7,000 men and women workers produced exactly 7,000 children during the seven years of the law. In another factory, 17% of the women got pregnant twice within one year...