DOMINION BUREAU OF STATISTICS Industry and Merchandising Division

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1 o DOMINION BUREAU OF STATISTICS 0 Industry and Merchandising Division 0 / OTTAWA A Pub'ished by Authority of the Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Trade and Commerce Vol.8-No.7 t PRIMARYIRWMDSFKKL JULY Price $2.00 per year Pig Iron- Production of pig iron in Canada amounted to 272,958 tons in July cpared with 229,561 tons in the corresponding month of last year. The total for the current month included 206,699 tons of basic Iron, 17,837 tone of foundry iron and 46,422 tons of malleable Iron. Ferro-alloja - Output of ferro-alloys in July amounted to 12,124 tone compared with 11,997 tone in the previous month and with 15,508 tone in July of a year ago. The following alloys were produced: ferrosi ii con, ci licomanganese, ferro-manganese, ferroebroma, ohrom-x and ferrophoaphorua. Steel Ingots and Castings - Production of steel ingots and steel castings during July, 1953, totalled 323,385 tons compared with 293,072 tons in July of last year. Output in the month under review included 315,203 tons of ingota and 8,182 tone of castings. (a) Pig Iron and Ferro-alloys Pig Iron - Basic ,754 18, ,699 11,129 Foundry... 12,177 17,040 17,837 8,572 Malleable... 35,630 26,125 46,422 43,826 - Total pig iron 229,561 61, ,958 63,527 Ferro-alloys... 15,508 15,686 12,124 10,740 (i) Includes amounts for sale and for own use. Table 2 - Cumulative Production and Shissants for the Seven Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage made (i) shipped made *) shipped (Net tons of 2,000 pounds) Pig iron - Basic... 1,213,694 93,553 1,419,191 49,323 Foundry , ,889 94,027 82,826 Malleable , , , ,289 Total pig iron 1,559, ,107 1,760, ,438 Ferro-alloys , , ,617 94,174 - (I) Includes amounts for sale and for own use. Table 3 - Iron Blast Furnace Charges During July and Seven Months 3nded July, 1952 and u 1 v Seven months ended July 195 Iron ore - Canadian 142, , , ,358 Imported 264, ,480 1,940,265 2,253,785 Mill cinder, scale, sinter, etc 36,669 60, , ,381 Limestone... 83, , , ,872 Dolomite... 16,440 26, , ,300 C oke , ,280 1,460,664 1,646,911 Scrap iron and steel 11,695 7,168 56,176 63, :

2 Primary Iron and Steel Blast Yurnaoea at and of Number of Total annual capacity Condition o furnaces furnaces Net tone Per cent In blast 13 3,229, Banked 1 114, Blown out 1 35, Total , (b) Steel Ingota and Stel Castthi Table S - Production and Sales During July, 1952 and 1953 July July, 1953 Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Steel Ingots Open hearth - basic...!lectric... Total steel ingota... Alloy steel ingots included in above... Net tozs of 2, 241,533 8, , ,463 3,765 35, ,996 11, , , , Steel Castings Open hearth - basic... Converter... Zlectrie... Total steel castings... 1,615 1,305 1,672 1, ,451 5,367 6,475 4,680 8,076 6,704 8,182 6,009 Alloy steel castings included in above: (a) High alloy, except manganese and abrasion resistant (b) High alloy, manganese and abrasion resistant... 1,154 1,176 1,216 1,230 (c) All other alloys , (a) Includes amounts for sale and for own use. Note: High alloy castings include all castings with any alloy content of eight per cent and over. Table 6 - Cwmilative Production and Sales for the Seven Months anded July, 1952 and Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage made (a) shipped made (a) shipped (Net tons of 2,000 pounds) Steel Ingote Open hearth - basic... 1,783,34? 96,086 2,089,403 45,382 Zlectric ,453 12, , Total steel ingota... 2,118, ,458 2,381,481 45,899 Alloy steel ingots included in above , , Steel Castings Open hearth - basic... 20,20? 18,309 18,134 15,416 Converter Xlectrio... 56,730 42,441 46,887 35,575 Total steel castings... 77,18'? 60,960 65,310 51,202 Alloy steel castings included in above: (a) High alloy, except manganese and abrasion resistant (b) High alloy, manganese and abrasion resistant... 12,695 11,158 8,466 7,565 (c) All other alloys... 6,289 2,344 6,921 1,564 (a) Includes amounts for sale and for own use. Note: High alloy castings include all castings with any alloy content of eight per cent and over.

3 Primary Iron and Steel -3- Table 7 - Pig Iron and Scrap Charged to Steel Furnaces During July, 1952 and 1953 and Seven Months Ended July July July Seven months erded July, 1953 (Not tons of 2,000 pounds) Pigiron , ,151 1,355,233 Scrap - Own make... 80,950 93, ,072 Purchased... 83,244 75, ,803 Table B - Monthly Production of Pig Iron. Ferro-afloys and Steel, 1952 and 1953 Ferro- Steel Month Pig iron allo'a InKots Castings Total steel (Net tons of 2,000 pounds) January ,153 21, ,721 11, ,034 February ,162 22, ,846 11, ,365 March ,755 23, ,385 11, ,896 April ,330 19, ,456 11, ,141 May ,079 21, ,390 11, ,024 June ,266 17, ,008 11, ,455 July ,561 15, ,996 8, ,072 Total seven months 1,559, ,793 2,118,800 77,187 2,195,987 August ,387 16, ,759 9, ,098 September ,686 17, ,662 10, ,996 October ,464 19, ,093 9, ,104 November ,490 19, ,874 8, ,274 December ,932 18, ,918 7, ,684 Total 2,682, ,036 3,578, ,037 3,700,143 A: 9 53 January ,606 15, ,215 7, ,648 February ,182 16, ,741 9, ,063 March ,572 17, ,890 10, ,974 April ,585 15, ,907 10, , ,461 13, ,896 10, ,967 June ,180 11, ,629 9, ,463 July ,958 12, ,203 8, ,385 Total seven months 1,760, ,617 2,381,481 65,310 2,446,791 Note: Ingots figures for 1952 are revised. Primary steel shapes - Shipments of primary shapes by Canadian steel mills, exclusive of prothtcers' interchange, totalled 238,597 net tons in July, 1953, compared with 270,235 tons in July, The July shipments included 7,600 tons of semi-finished shapes, 17,054 tons of structurals, 15,962 tons of plates, 18,774 tons of rails, 7,174 tons of tie plates and track material, 37,564 tons of hot rolled bars, 22,959 tons of pipes and tubes, 17,584 tons of wire rods, 36,405 tons of black sheets, 7,926 tons of galvanized sheets, 8,126 tons of castings, and 41,469 tons of other rolled products. The amount of producers' interchange was 123,216 tons in July, 1953, as against 132,799 tons in July, Of the amounts shipped for sale during July, 40,441 tons went direct to railways and railway car shops; 10,605 tons went to pressing, forming and stamping plants; 21,819 tons to merchant trade products; 36,547 tons to building construction; 22,430 tons to the containers industry; 5,993 tons to agricultural equipment; 20,129 tons to the automotive industry; 11,026 tons to machinery plants; 1,425 tons to shipbuilding; 14,296 tons to mining, lumbering, etc., and 7,497 tons to miscellaneous industries, including national defence and public works and utilities; wholesalers and warehousing accounted for 35,511 tons, and exports for 10,878 tons. Producers' interchange, or the tonnage shipped to producers' own works for further processing, totalled 123,16 tons in July.

4 Primary Iron and Steel Production and Producers' Shipments of Primary Iron and Steel roauc;ion flipments (Including producers' For Producers' interchange) sale interchange (Tons of 2,000 pound8) Carbon Steel Billets, etc., for forging... 9,837 5,232 4,637 Other Semi-finished shapes, not for re-rolling bymakers... 28, ,487 Structural shapes and piling... 20,462 17, Plates... 16,618 15,948 Rails... 23,353 18,774 Tie plates and track material: Splice bars 1,687 1,767 Tie plates 4,866 4,588 Spikes Concrete reinforcing bare... 12,747 12,133 Hot rolled bars for cold finishing... 1, ,202 Other hot rolled bars... 30,842 29,277 4,839 Pipes and tubes... 20,505 22,959 Wire rods... 16,020 17, Hot rolled black sheets... 76,794 18,144 56,797 Cold reduced black sheets... 25,039 18,261 5,748 Galvanized sheets... 8,209 7,926 Steel castings... 5,592 5,869 All other products (includes tool steel, cold finished bars, tin mill black plate, tin plate, cold reduced strip, axles, etc.)... 54,961 28,479 31,533 Total carben steel , , ,348 Alloy Steel Billets, etc., for forging... 2,196 2,216 Other semi-finished shapes, not for re-rolling bymakers Structural shapes and piling... Plates Hot rolled bars for cold finishing... Other hot rolled bars... 7,368 8, Pipes and tubes... Wire rods Steel castings... 2,314 2,257 All other product. (includes tool steel, cold finished bars, tin mill blaok plate, tin plate, stainless steel, cold reduced strip, axles, etc.) Total alloy steel... 13,775 13, Table 10 - Production and Producers' Shipments of Primary Iron and Steel Shapes, Seven Wonths ended July, 1953 P r o d u c t i o n Shipments (icluding producers' For Producers' jnterchange) sale interchange Carbon Steal Billets, etc., for forging... 81,793 56,060 25,363 Other semi-finished shapes, not for re-rolling bymakers ,921 58, ,085 Structural shape, and piling , , Plates , ,455 Rails , ,495 Tie plates and track material: Splice bars 10,018 10,004 Tie plates 28,650 26,685 Spikes 8,998 9,111 Concrete reinforcing bars... 89,719 88,974 Hot rolled bars for cold finishing... 9,87?... 9,690 Other hot rolled bars , ,452 48,158 Pipes and tubes , ,270 18

5 Primary Iron and Steel Table 10 - Production and Producers' Shipments of Primary Iron and Steel Shapes, Seven Months Ended July, 1953 (Concluded) Production Shipments (Including producers' For Producers' interchange sale interchange Carbon Steel (Concluded) Wire rods , , Hot rolled black sheets , , ,691 Cold reduced black sheets , ,354 39,431 Galvanized sheets... 63,682 63, Steel neat ings... 47,217 46,358 All other products (includes tool steel, cold finished bars, tin mill black plate, tin plate, cold reduced strip, axles, etc.) , , ,161 Total carbon steel... Alloy- Steel 2,732,548 1,807, ,422 Billets, etc., for forging... 11,783 12,314 Other semi-finished shapes, not for re-rolling bymakers... 5, ,198 St ructural shapes and piling... Plates... 1,338 1,305 Hot rolled bars for cold finishing 64 6 Other hot rolled bars... 61,399 64, Pipes and tubes... Wire rods Steel castings... 16,652 15,3 All other products (includes tool steel, cold finished bars, tin mill black plate, tin plate, stainless steel, cold reduced strip, axles, etc.) 8,596 8,425 Total alloy steel , ,401 5,324 Note: Figures shown under "Producers' interchange" represent the amounts shipped to producers' own plants or to other plants within the primary industry, for further processing, e.g., black sheets to galvanizing department, hot rolled bars to make railway track material, etc. Table 11 - Producers' Shipments, for Sale, of Primary Iron and Steel Shapes, Subdivided According to July-, 1953 of 2,000 pounds at Automotive industries... Agricultural, including farm machinery Building construction... Containers industry... Machinery and tools... Merchant trade products... Mining, lumbering, etc... National defence... Pressing, forming and stamping... Public works and utilities... Railway operating... Railway cars and locomotives... Shipbuilding... Miscellaneous and unclassified... Wholesalers and warehouses... Direct export (a) to British Empire... (b) to other countries... Total shipped for sale... Producers' interchange... 11,757 8, ,189 58,420 5, , , , , , , ,527 5,158 21, ,474 2,617 13, ,760 6,961 4, ,310 2,780 10, , , , , ,498 1,888 12, ,124 1,824 1, , , ,243 1,484 35, ,476 1, , ,253 2,598 76,375 16, ,847 13,750 1,807, , , ,422 5,324

6 Primary Iron and Steel Table 13 - Imports of Primary Forms of Iron and 3teel July, 1953 and Year to Date Ju1y, 1953 Year to date Comaodity OUnt9 C arbon Alloy 5tai Carbon Alloy less (Tone of 2,000 pounds) Pig iron - Basic... United States Malleable... United States ,301 Franca Silvery... United States ,339 Foundry... United States ,047 Australia 2, ,361 Ingots... United States , Billets, blooms, slabs and aheet bars United States Tube roundb and tube billets... United States , Bars and sections - Hot rolled, n.o.p.... United States France Japan Germany Austria Hot rolled - For agricultural implements... United States Rounds over 4", squares over 4"... United States France Angles, channels, etc.... United States France Germany Japan Structurals (bar sizes) for agricultural implements... United States Sash or casement sections... United States Cold finished, n.o.p.... United States Sweden France Cold finished, for agricultural implements... United States Tool steel... United States Structurels... United States France Japan Germany 4, ,010 3, , , , , ló , , , , , , , , ,265 6, ,334 1, ,

7 Primary Iron and Steel Table 13 - Imports of Primary Forms of Iron and Steel 1 July and Year to Date (Continued) Commodity Country July, 1953 Year to date of origin Carbon Alloy Stain- Carbon Alloy Stainless less Plates - 78" and under in width... United States 4, , , , Germany ,503 Japan 2, , ,659 Over 78" and under 100" in width... United States 3, , ,725 Japan " in width and over... United States , Flanged, dished or curved... United States Boiler, pulp-mill digesters... United States , Chequered or surface pattern... United States , Sheets - Silicon.075 or more... United States... 1, , Galvanized... United States , :5,355 France Hot roiled - 18 gauge and heavier... United States 5, , United Kir.gdom , Sweden Japan Lighter than 18 gauge... United States ill gauge and heavier... Cold rolled - United States , , Sweden Lighter than 18 gauge... United States 1, , , , , C orrugated... United States , Germany Coated with paint, tar, asphaltuin, etc.... United States ,059 For saws... United States Sweden For hollow ware (vitreous enamel) United States , , Black plate - Tin mill... United States For motor vehicles... United States ,447 For heating apparatus... United States For tubes... United States Ti n plate - Primes ,020 United States , Electrolytic 50 pounds United States Electrolytic 75 pounds United States Terms plate - Long... United States ,917 Short... United States ,780

8 Primary Iron and Steel Table 13 - Imports of Primary Forms of Iron and Steal, July, 1953 and Year to Date (Continued) Commodity Cot u1y, 1953 Year to date of origin Carbon Stain- Alloy Carbon Alloy Stainless less Strip - Hot rolled - 18 gauge and heavier... United States 1, , , France Lighter than 18 gauge... United States Cold rolled - 18 gauge and heavier... United States , Sweden Lighter than 18 gauge... United States , Sweden For cold rolling... United 3 tates For shoe and corset laces, buckles, ball bearings, etc.... United States For saws... United States Sweden For motor vehicles... United States ,214 For tubes... United States ,055 For tubular products... United States Coated with paint, tar, asphaltwn... United States ,768 Germany Silicon.075 or more... United States ,888 For butt hinges... United States , Swedem For hoops... United States Galvanized strip... United States , Germany Skeip - 15 " in width... United States 6,1& ,721 8 France , , Germany Over 15" in width... United States ,098 P late... United States Pipes and tubes - C ast... United States , ,023 Bedstead... United States Repair of pressure parts of boilers - Hot finished... United States , Sweden Germany Cold drawn... United States Sweden

9 Primary Iron and Steel Table 13 - Imports of Primary Forms of Iron and Steel, July, 1953 and Year to Date (Continued) July, 1953 Year to date Country Commodity otjn Carbon Alloy Stain- Carbon Alloy Stainless less Pipes and tubes - (Concluded) Repair of pressure parts of boilers - (Concluded) Welded... United States , Seamless, 12" and under in diameter - Cold drawn... United States ,447 1, , Sweden Germany Hot tlrjishud... United States , , Sweden France Seamless, over 12" in diameter - Hot finished... United States , , ,503 Welded, 4" and under in diameter United 3tates , , , Welded, over 4" in diameter... United States 1, , ,848 Tubing - Not over " diameter, welded and coated... United States Spiral welded... United States ,269 Conduit... United States , Casings... United States 6, ,954 1, ,883 Fittings and couplings... Germany ,629 Japan ,205 Italy ,465 United States , Germany Japan Wire rope... United States 35 :s B elgium Germany Nory Holland Wire for rope... United States , ,278 Germany Wire - For corset laces, steels, etc... United States For spring mattresses, etc.... United States , Wi re, coated... United States Germany Wire, all other... United States , Germany Sweden * 55 Wire rods, not over 3/8" in diameter... United States , ,394 Germany France Sweden Welding wire and welding rods... United States ,

10 Primary Iron and Steel Table 13 - Imports of Primary Forms of Iron and Steel, J4y and Year to Date (Concluded) u1y, 1953 Year to date Country ConOdit7 of origin Carbon Alloy Carbon Alloy St:in- Castings - For agricultural implements... United States For ingot moulds... United States 2, , Malleable... United States Non-malleable... United States Steel... United States France Norway For railway vehicles... United States Rolls... United States , Piston rings (rough)... United States Forging3... United States Germany Wheels - For railway rolling stock... United States , ,850 Tires - For railway rolling stock... United States Axles - For railway vehicles... United States Rails - 60 lb. and under... United States Over 60 lb. and including 100 lb.... United States Over 100 lb.... United States 2, , Track material - Angles, bars, tie plates, rail joints United States 1, , Intersections, switches, frogs... United States Total imports... United States 75,940 2, ,804 26,797 4,714.0 All other 38, ,741 1, TOTAL ,570 3, ,545 28,796 5,547.8 Table 14 - RxDorts of Primary Iron and Steel, ]u,953 and Year to Date u1y, 1953 Year to date Pig iron 43, ,535 Ingots, blooms and billets 6, ,085 Bars 1,008 14,202 Rods Plates, sheets end strips 5,648 68,412 Rails 1,955 3,445 Structural shapes 58 3,669 Pipe and tubing - Wrought iron Cast iron Galvanized Other Castings, iron and steal 318 5,723 Forgings 1,251 7,796 Total 60, ,367 \' cp''o