'From Margam to Mauritania. The Steel Company of Wales and the globalisation of iron ore supplies, 1952-1960' in L Miskell (ed), New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History
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- Author(s) Miskell, Louise
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 2020
- Pages
- Publisher University of Wales Press
- Place Published Cardiff
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- Name Joint ventures & other co-operative modes
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the supply of iron ore to the South Wales steelworks of the Steel Co of Wales Ltd and the ways in which this was sourced, focusing especially on the firm's investment with others in iron ore production in Mauritania, West Africa. Comments on the effectiveness of this means of supply as opposed to purchasing from specialist multinational producers. Has sections: 'Postwar steel and the problem of ore supply'; 'From America to Europe'; 'Role of the Steel Co of Wales'; 'Economic development or exploitation?'; 'The consequences for Port Talbot'; '