Word: steele
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...miles away. At Basel, the Rhine picks up city sewage; the chemical industries near Mannheim dump acids, oils, phenols, ammonia, dyes, chlorine, sulphate, iron, copper, bleach, cadmium and formaldehyde into its waters; the coal mines near the confluence of the Ruhr disgorge calcium deposits and sludge; the steel mills of Cologne contribute iron dross, furnace slag, oils and fats. As a result, the Rhine has come to be known as "Europe's longest sewer...
...animals gone, the visitor's eye is drawn to the delicate yet cleverly engineered network of wooden joists that support the roof. This inside structuring makes possible vast, interior spaces that seem as impressive, because of the humble materials used, as those of cast-iron railroad stations or steel-structured airline terminals...
...become increasingly alarmed by the shrinkage of its trade surplus from $7 billion in 1964 to less than $1 billion last year. Washington has reacted by putting up barriers against products as diverse as Mexican tomatoes and European and Japanese steel. Since January, Congressmen have filed 300 bills to restrict imports of lamb, baseball gloves, artificial sweeteners and other products...
Mount Newman mine, which is 60% Australian owned. Under his feet was Australia's largest known iron-ore deposit, an estimated 1 billion tons, enough to make about 563 million tons of steel, or almost as much as the entire world produced last year...
...first shipments of ore from Por1 Hedland went to Japan, which will be Mount Newman's biggest customer. The Japanese have contracted for 146 million tons, worth $1.2 billion, over the next 15 years. European steel mills have agreed to buy 1.5 million tons by 1989, while 70 million tons will go to Australian mills. Australian steelmen are also considering building enormous integrated mills that would be fed by Mount Newman and other western iron mines. When that happens, proud Australia will indeed be master of her vast iron reserves...