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Nitrate Industry of Chile. ANON. (Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, Dec. 8, I913.)--According to the annual report of the Nitrate Propaganda Association, the total production of sodium nitrate in Chile during 1912 was 2,885,959 short tons, as compared with 2,784,361 tons in 1911. Exports from the whole district in 1912 were 2,753.,5oo tons as compared with 2,705,382 tons in 191I, 2,579,945 tons m 191o, and 2,357,968 tons in 19o 9. During last year the United States received about 500,000 tons of the product. Germany received about 600,000 tons, and the United Kingdom I,OOO,OOO tons out of the total listed exports. Of iodine the United States took 183 tons, as against 264 tons to European countries and 65 tons to the United Kingdom. Considerable progress has been made in the use of oil as fuel for boilers in the oficinas, and it is said to effect a saving of about 40 per cent. It is proposed to carry out experiments on a large scale, with a view to discover a method of treating low-grade caliche.
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Utilization of Asphaltum Residues. ANon. (Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter, June 24, I912.)--It is shown by the Geolo~eal Surveys publication, " Mineral Resources," that the chief feature of the asphaltum industry in 1911 is the great extension of the use of residues from the asphaltic varieties of petr